Q 01/05

Walt Disney's first documented Disneyland plan was a 1948 memo to which studio production designer?

A) Herb Ryman

B) Dick Kelsey

C) Marc Davis

D) Harper Goff

Answer · why

B) Dick Kelsey

It followed his trip to the Chicago Railroad Fair and Henry Ford's Greenfield Village.

Q 02/05

How large was the original 'Mickey Mouse Park' site planned across from the Burbank studio?

A) 160 acres

B) Two acres

C) Sixteen acres

D) Sixty acres

Answer · why

C) Sixteen acres

The site is now home to Walt Disney Animation Studios and ABC Studios.

Q 03/05

Which two Stanford Research Institute men picked the Anaheim site?

A) Joe Fowler and Bob Gurr

B) C. V. Wood and Harrison Price

C) Roy Disney and Card Walker

D) Herb Ryman and John Hench

Answer · why

B) C. V. Wood and Harrison Price

Price was named a Disney Legend in 2003 for the analysis.

Q 04/05

Retired Navy rear admiral Joe Fowler was hired to be Disneyland's what?

A) Construction boss

B) Head of security

C) Riverboat captain

D) Landscape architect

Answer · why

A) Construction boss

He was introduced to Walt when Walt said he wanted a paddle steamer in the park.

Q 05/05

Besides Walt Disney Productions and Walt himself, which two partners co-owned Disneyland, Inc. in its first five years?

A) Coca-Cola and NBC

B) Bank of America and CBS

C) Western Publishing and ABC

D) Santa Fe Railway and Pepsi

Answer · why

C) Western Publishing and ABC

Disney bought out all the other shares by 1960; the ABC tie eventually led to Disney buying ABC in the 1990s.