Q 01/05

What does the name EPCOT originally stand for?

A) Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

B) Educational Playground Created On Tomorrow

C) Environmental Park Celebrating Our Technology

D) Epic Presentation of Cultures Of Today

Answer · why

A) Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

Walt Disney envisioned it as a real city of 20,000 residents; after his death the company decided it did not want to run a city.

Q 02/05

In which year did EPCOT Center open?

A) 1979

B) 1982

C) 1971

D) 1975

Answer · why

B) 1982

It was the second of Walt Disney World's four parks; groundbreaking had happened exactly three years earlier, on October 1, 1979.

Q 03/05

Spaceship Earth is what kind of structure?

A) A cantilevered dome

B) A tensegrity tower

C) A geodesic sphere

D) A hyperbolic paraboloid

Answer · why

C) A geodesic sphere

The term was popularised by Buckminster Fuller, and the ride inside was scripted with help from Ray Bradbury.

Q 04/05

Epcot is often described as a permanent what?

A) Botanical garden

B) Science museum

C) Olympic village

D) World's fair

Answer · why

D) World's fair

In the mid-1990s Disney even added the year to the name, Epcot '94 and Epcot '95, in imitation of expos.

Q 05/05

How many nation pavilions does World Showcase have?

A) 11

B) 7

C) 5

D) 9

Answer · why

A) 11

Nine were there on opening day; Morocco arrived in 1984 and Norway in 1988.