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I know there are millions of Disney fans in this country and maybe not as many they’d like due to recent political choices made by their management. My better-half surprised me with an article dated July 1993 containing a Disney World trivia quiz. Please don’t email me to tell me that some of the answers aren’t accurate because this retro quiz contains information that’s thirty-two years old. Here are ten questions for those true Disney lovers out there. As always, the answers will be posted below.
- Mickey’s Starland opened in 1988 with a different name. What was the name and why?
- How many countries are included in World Showcase? Name them in order around the lagoon.
- What is the name of the shipwrecked boat atop Mount Mayday at Typhon lagoon?
- What is the name of the first hotel ever constructed at Walt Disney World?
- The Empress Lillie at the Disney Village Marketplace is named after what lucky lady?
- What is the name of the largest water slide at Typhon Lagoon?
- What two colonial cities inspired the design of The Hall of Presidents in the Magic Kingdom?
- What is the hat size of the Mickey Mouse ears atop the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park’s landmark, the Eiffel Tower?
- The Magic of Disney Animation at Disney’s-MGM Studios Theme Park is narrated by two famous personalities? Who are they?
- What Disney World resort is home to Doubloon Lagoon, a themed swimming pool with a serpent?
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Answers
Mickey’s Birthdayland (his 60th), 11- Mexico-Norway-China-Germany-Italy-USA-Japan-Morocco-France-England-Canada, The Miss Tilly, The Contemporary, Walt’s wife Lillian, Humunga Kowagunga, Philadelphia & Boston, 342 1/2, Robin Williams & Walter Cronkite, Magic Journeys.
The internet has become famous for anonymous facts claiming to be true as well and out-and-out fake news and scams of all kinds. Here are ten facts that are surprising and amazingly TRUE.
- More tickets were sold to see the movie Gone With the Wind in theaters than people living in America at its release.
- John Lennon signed the official paperwork formalizing the split of the Beatles while staying at a Disney World hotel.
- Yoda from the movie Star Wars, cookie monster from Sesame Street, and Miss Piggy from the Muppet Show were all voiced by the same person.
- The leading role in the movie Forrest Gump was originally offered to John Travolta.
- Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t draw the sketch of Kate Winslet in Titanic, but director James Cameron did.
- Gene Roddenberry originally wanted Patrick Stewart to wear a wig for his iconic Star Trek role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
- Stephen Spielberg submitted Schindler’s List as his final project for film school.
- Brad Pitt’s first acting gig was dressing up as a giant chicken.
- The NFL, NBA, and MLB have all had one player win the championship MVP while playing for the losing team.
- Violet Jessop was the one passenger who was aboard both the Titanic and its sister ship the Britannic when they were sunk.
TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE SWEARING
Today’s a good day for miscellaneous nonsense. A few odd and weird truths that you may not have heard before.
- An average McDonald’s Big Mac bun has 178 sesame seeds.
- The “spa” dates back almost 2000 years to when Roman soldiers, marching home from battle, stopped overnight in a Belgian village that had hot mineral springs. The town name “Spa”,became a popular resting spot for Roman soldiers returning from battle.
- John Lennon was the first person to be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
- Manhattan is about half the size of Disney World.
- A caterpillar has nearly 5 to 6 times as many muscles in his body as a human.
- Domino’s has marketed a reindeer sausage pizza in Iceland.
- An average office chair moves a total of roughly 8 miles over the course of the year.
- Princess Diana appeared on the cover of People magazine more than 50 times.
- The chili and the frijole are the official vegetables of the state of New Mexico.
- Blondes typically have more individual hairs on their heads than brunettes. Redheads have the fewest of the three.
- The launch of the shuttle Discovery was once delayed after woodpeckers pecked holes in the spacecraft’s foam insulation. Decoy plastic owls, purchased at Walmart, deterred the woodpeckers and solved the problem.
- Tickets to the very first Super Bowl sold for $12 – and that was for the most expensive seat.
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