Q 01/05

Which Disneyland ride was planned as a wax museum until It's a Small World showed boats worked?

A) The Haunted Mansion

B) Jungle Cruise

C) Pirates of the Caribbean

D) Splash Mountain

Answer · why

C) Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean was redrawn as a boat ride once the 1964 World's Fair showed how fast boats could move a crowd. It opened in 1967 as the last...

Q 02/05

The It's a Small World song was written in 1963 in the shadow of which Cold War standoff?

A) Cuban Missile Crisis

B) Bay of Pigs invasion

C) Berlin Crisis of 1961

D) U-2 spy plane incident

Answer · why

A) Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was still fresh when the tune was written the following July. That is why a theme-park singalong is, at heart...

Q 03/05

What were the dolls of It's a Small World first meant to sing, until it proved a noisy clash?

A) Folk lullabies

B) National anthems

C) Nursery rhymes

D) Christmas carols

Answer · why

B) National anthems

National anthems from every country on the route were to play at once, and the result was a din. Walt Disney then asked for a single tune that would w...

Q 04/05

In which Disney animated film does a caged bird start singing the It's a Small World song?

A) Aladdin

B) Robin Hood

C) The Aristocats

D) The Lion King

Answer · why

D) The Lion King

The Lion King has the hornbill Zazu strike up the tune from his cage, and Scar cuts him off at once. The gag works because the melody is famous for st...

Q 05/05

Proceeds from It's a Small World at the 1964 World's Fair went to which United Nations agency?

A) UNICEF

B) UNESCO

C) UNHCR

D) WHO

Answer · why

A) UNICEF

UNICEF received every fare, and the boat ride was billed as a salute to the agency. Adults paid 95 cents to board and children 60.