Q 01/05

Who insisted the Florida resort be named Walt Disney World, not just Disney World, as a memorial?

A) Lillian, the founder's widow

B) Roy, the founder's older brother

C) Card Walker, a studio executive

D) Ub Iwerks, the first animator

Answer · why

B) Roy, the founder's older brother

Roy, the founder's older brother and business partner, pushed the project through after Walt's death and wanted the full name as a memorial; he died l...

Q 02/05

Which architect designed the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotels?

A) Michael Graves

B) Robert A. M. Stern

C) Frank Gehry

D) Robert Venturi

Answer · why

A) Michael Graves

Michael Graves designed both hotels, each crowned with giant statues of its namesake; Disney chief Michael Eisner wanted striking buildings, in a styl...

Q 03/05

Disney's Hollywood Studios opened on May 1, 1989, as both a theme park and a working production studio, under what name?

A) Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park

B) Disney-Touchstone Studios Park

C) Disney's Backlot Studios

D) Disney-Paramount Studios Theme Park

Answer · why

A) Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park

Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park was the name until 2008, taken from a licensing deal with the film studio MGM; real productions shot there at first, but...

Q 04/05

What is the park icon at the centre of Disney's Animal Kingdom?

A) The Forbidden Mountain

B) The Floating Mountains

C) The Earffel Tower

D) The Tree of Life

Answer · why

D) The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life is a 145-foot sculpture, not a living tree: artists carved more than 300 animals into its trunk and roots, and a 4D cinema is hidden ...

Q 05/05

What did Walt Disney's acronym EPCOT originally stand for?

A) Environmental Preservation & Conservation Oasis Tour

B) Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

C) Eastern Progress Center of Technology

D) Entertainment Park Central Orlando Theme

Answer · why

B) Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow was Walt Disney's 1966 plan for a real working city; after his death the company judged it unworkable and...