The World's Toughest Disney Quiz Book

The World's Toughest Disney Quiz Book

Volume 1

Shaun Finnie

THEME PARK PRESS

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© 2016 Shaun Finnie

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Contents

Cover

Front Matter

Introduction

The Quizzes

About the Author

More Books from Theme Park Press

Introduction

So you think you’re a Disney fan? You can reel off the names of the Seven Dwarfs without pausing for breath? You have Walt’s birthday and the anniversary of Disneyland’s opening day on your calendar along with your family’s birthdays and your wedding anniversary? You spend all your vacation time at the theme parks and when you’re not there you’re planning your next visit?

Congratulations. You’re a card-carrying, ear-wearing Disney geek.

But how well do you really know the wonderful world of Disney? The films, the theme parks, the TV shows. And what about the stage shows, the cruise ships, the cancelled projects? Or maybe even the video games, the comic books, and the people who created all these things?

Still sure you know your Disney stuff?

Take the challenge or, better still, challenge your Disney-loving friends. Try The World’s Toughest Disney Quiz Book. It’s stuffed with a thousand questions and answers to test even the most ardent Disney fan’s knowledge.

Could you be the ultimate Disney mastermind?

Quiz 1

What was the name of Pete’s dragon?

Which Disney character’s middle name is Fauntleroy?

Which character was played in the Pirates of the Caribbean films by Keira Knightley?

Under what name did Mickey’s dog Pluto originally appear?

Approximately how much did Disneyland cost to build when it opened?

Who was the voice of Esmeralda in Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

What theme park did Disney plan for Long Beach, California?

What was the first Mickey Mouse short film to be made?

The stars of which abandoned Disney project from the 1940s (about small creatures sabotaging the British Royal Air Force for destroying their homes) featured prominently in the Epic Mickey video game?

In which city was Walt Disney born?

Quiz 1 Answers

Pete’s Dragon was Elliott, voiced by Charlie Callas.

Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy. He occasionally wears a Fauntleroy suit.

Keira Knightley played Elizabeth Swann, later to become Mrs Elizabeth Turner.

Pluto’s first appearance was in The Chain Gang in 1930, though he wasn’t given a name in that film. Later that year he appeared as Minnie’s dog Rover in The Picnic. It wasn’t until 1931’s The Moose Hunt that he became Mickey’s pal Pluto.

The original build cost of Disneyland was $17 million.

In The Hunchback of Notre Dame the voice of Esmeralda was provided by Demi Moore.

DisneySea was to have been built in the area of Long Beach around the Queen Mary ocean liner (which Disney also owned for a time).

Mickey Mouse’s first film was Plane Crazy, but Steamboat Willie and The Gallopin Gaucho—both made after Plane Crazy—were both released before it. All three came out in 1928.

Work on The Gremlins was halted in 1943. Gremlin Gus is Mickey’s guide in the Epic Mickey game.

Walt Disney was born in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. His family later moved to Marceline, Missouri.

Quiz 2

What was the first ship in Disney’s cruise line fleet?

Who voiced the Genie in the Aladdin TV series?

What is the exclusive club and restaurant at Disneyland called?

In The Princess and the Frog, who provided the voice of Tiana’s mother?

Name the two villainous cats in Lady and the Tramp?

Who were Gruffi, Zummi, Cubbi, Sunni, Tummi, and Grammi?

Which veteran horror actor recorded the narration for the Phantom Manor attraction at Disneyland Paris?

The name of which Disney animation princess means Playful in her native language?

What are employees of the Walt Disney Company known as?

What was the name of Walt Disney’s wife?

Quiz 2 Answers

Disney Cruise Line’s first ship was the Disney Magic.

Dan Castellaneta (best known as Homer Simpson’s voice) provided the voice of the Genie in the Aladdin TV series and the second of Disney’s Aladdin films. He also recorded the soundtrack for Aladdin and the King of Thieves before Robin Williams agreed to reprise his role as the Genie and re-recorded the whole lot.

Disneyland’s private club and restaurant is Club 33. The waiting list for new membership is reported to be around 15 years. Tokyo Disneyland also has its own Club 33.

Oprah Winfrey plays Eudora, Tiana’s mother in The Princess and the Frog.

The evil Siamese cats from Lady and the Tramp are called Si and Am. Early in development they were to be called Nip and Tuck.

Gruffi, Zummi, Cubbi, Sunni, Tummi, and Grammi were the six stars of Disney’s Gummi Bears, the company’s first animated TV series. It ran from 1985 to 1990.

Vincent Price was the Ghost Host when Phantom Manor—their version of the Haunted Mansion—opened at Disneyland Paris.

Pocahontas means Playful in the Algonquin language.

Within the company, all Disney employees are referred to as cast members.

Walt married Lillian Bounds in 1925.

Quiz 3

Which Disney movie inspired Steven Spielberg to make E.T.?

What is the name of Bambi’s skunk friend?

Which two Walt Disney World minor theme parks are no longer open to the public?

What kind of fish is Nemo?

Who played the role of Bert in Mary Poppins?

Which Disney character sings Trust in Me?

Where in Walt Disney World can you eat a Kitchen Sink?

How did Walt Disney do his patriotic duty in World War I?

What does the acronym Epcot stand for?

What was the sequel to The Rescuers called?

Quiz 3 Answers

Spielberg claimed that seeing Pete’s Dragon inspired him to create E.T.

Bambi’s skunk friend is Flower.

River Country closed in 2001 and Discovery Island in 1999. A section of Disney’s Animal Kingdom has now taken the Discovery Island name.

Nemo is a clown fish.

Dick Van Dyke played Mary Poppins friend Bert.

Sterling Holloway sang Trust in Me as Kaa the python in The Jungle Book.

A Kitchen Sink is a huge dessert (with everything thrown in it) at the Beach Club’s Beaches and Cream soda shop.

During the latter part of World War I, Walt Disney drove an ambulance in France for the Red Cross. He had wanted to join the army, but was under age.

Epcot was to be Walt Disney’s Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow. The park we see today bears little resemblance to Walt’s dream.

The Rescuers was followed by The Rescuers Down Under.

Quiz 4

On what date did Walt Disney World open to the public?

Which Disney animated TV series featured many actors from the Star Trek franchise in its voice cast?

What did Emperor Hirohito of Japan wear all the time after being presented with it at Disneyland in 1978?

What number is painted on Herbie, the Love Bug?

What are the names of the three geese in The Aristocats?

According to his television show’s theme song, who was born on a mountain top in Tennessee?

Which classic Disney animation featured Billy Joel and Bette Midler as the voices of two dogs?

What was the sequel to Fantasia called?

Where in Walt Disney World can you watch sports on over one hundred TVs?

Who were Baldy, Puffy, Shorty, Lazy, Flabby, Deafy, and Swift?

Quiz 4 Answers

Walt Disney World opened on October 1, 1971.

Many actors from the Star Trek TV and movie series provided the voices for Disney’s Gargoyles TV show.

Emperor Hirohito never went anywhere without his Mickey Mouse watch.

Herbie the Volkswagen Beetle sported the number 53.

The geese in The Aristocats were the twins Abigail and Amelia Gabble and their drunken Uncle Waldo.

Davy Crockett was born on a mountain top in Tennessee.

Billy Joel and Bette Midler provided voices for the 1988 release, Oliver and Company.

Fantasia was followed by Fantasia 2000.

The ESPN Club at Walt Disney World’s Boardwalk