MouseAdventure-ing at Disneyland!

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If there's one thing you can guarantee a Disney geek will be proud of, it's his or her profound knowledge of all things Disney. And one of the best ways to put that trivia knowledge to an extreme test is to compete in one of the craziest, funnest, uniquely Disney geekiest events out there: MouseAdventure!

MouseAdventure is produced by the Disney fan and news site MousePlanet, and on their website, MouseAdventure is described as...

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"...part-scavenger hunt, part-road rally, part-trivia challenge - a team-based competition that guarantees you will never look at the Disney theme parks in the same way again."

I discovered MousePlanet about eight years ago, in the time leading up to Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Celebration. I was searching the Internet for all kinds of info about the park's events, its history and goings on that year. They have a discussion board, MousePad, and for a few months I lurked through the Disneyland threads discovering a lively community of fans like me, before ultimately registering and joining in the discussion. (I go by user name Gone2Disneyland.)

My first MouseAdventure team

Eventually, I learned about their little scavenger hunt game and finally got the courage to form a team with some fellow Disney friends and register to play. My first MouseAdventure was played in the Spring of 2007. Our team, It's All About ME! And Frank, placed 6th in the Basic Division out of 83 teams. So close to the Top Three and having so much fun embracing the challenge of the quests we had to tackle, it was a no-brainer we'd return to play again.

Alas, after many twice-a-year MouseAdventures and a variety of team members shuffling up the line up, placing in the top three remained elusive. But after a time, it just became more about being challenged and having some fun going through it than needing to win. I was fine with that.

Then of course, that's when things turned around.

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After our big "Card Games" win

After five years of MouseAdventure with different iterations of the team I started, I dropped out of my own team to play for another. I needed a change.

The new team I joined called themselves the Naboombu All-Stars, and they were made up of other local theatre friends. And in an ironic twist, I had no clue what relevance their team name had to Disney history. I've since amended that lack of knowledge.

They learned about MouseAdventure from me too, and they had played the last few games, getting the hang of the game and after placing 4th in the previous MouseAdventure, were getting hungry to break into the top three. And truth be told when they had a spot to fill on their team, they figured having me on their team wouldn't hurt. As it turned out, our first time playing together was the first time any of us had placed in MouseAdventure at all. Not only that, we won First Place in Basic division! For all my yapping that I wasn't playing to win anymore, it was a pretty welcome surprise that reach that feat!

We played again in the next two MouseAdventures. With expectations distractingly high after our first win, playing MouseAdventure Road Games at DCA was challenging, especially under the 100° heat on game day. We placed 7th overall, but in a game that included Advanced teams with the Basic ones. So we played against teams that had been above our level. Returning this past Sunday for our second MouseAdventure together in MouseAdventure Musical, with the divisions separated as usual, we pulled out our second First Place/Basic win!

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After winning First Place in "Musical"

MouseAdventure teams who earn three First Place wins are retired from the games, earning the title of Masters. Masters teams can still play, but only non-competitively and many Masters team members also decide to help with Beta testing new quests and work as volunteers during game day. We've discussed it, and we think the next time the Naboombus play, we'll register for the Advanced division. With only one more chance to place first before being retired, we figured it was finally a good time to play with the big boys!

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Post Game crowd for "Musical"

Here's a link to the recap of MouseAdventure Musical, the one we just played, to get an idea of the kinds of activities, puzzles and quests you'd face if you participated. There are also links in the paragraphs above to past MouseAdventure recaps to look through as well.

Included with every MouseAdventure game I've played are trivia questions. Each question is worth 2 points, and I've included the ones we had to answer this last game at the end of this blog. Feel free test yourself to see how you'd do with actual trivia questions from a MouseAdventure. Answers are at the very end.

Here's the official page for MouseAdventure, and here's the MouseAdventure discussion board. Take a look through them for more info. Then, if you're interested in forming a team and playing yourself, be sure to sign up to their newsletter at MousePlanet.com to learn when registration begins. The next games are in the Fall.

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MOUSEADVENTURE MUSICAL TRIVIA QUESTIONS

1. Music in the queue of Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is from this decade:
A 1920s
B 1930s
C 1940s
D 1950s 
E 1990s

2. What song do guests hear while waiting to disembark from Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage?
A Under the Sea
B Sea Cruise
C Beyond the Sea
D Sea of Love
E Too Many Fish in the Sea

3. Which of these musicals did not run at Disneyland's Videopolis/Fantasyland Theater? 
A Dick Tracy starring in Diamond Double Cross 
B Mickey's Nutcracker 
C The Spirit of Pocahontas 
D Snow White: An Enchanting Musical 
E Twice Charmed: A Cinderella Story

4. This band provided the song for the Rockin Space Mountain makeover at Disneyland:
A Aerosmith 
B Van Halen 
C Red Hot Chili Peppers
D One Direction 
E Bon Jovi

5. This Disney actor voiced Sam, the host of America Sings:
A Fred MacMurray 
B Burl Ives
C Kurt Russell
D Ed Wynn 
E Sterling Holloway

6 The Main Street Window in honor of The Musical Quill is for this person: 
A X Atencio
B Marv Davis 
C Marc Davis
D Ken Anderson 
E Claude Coats

7 The Silly Symphony Swings, based on The Band Concert, operates to this well-known song: 
A 1812 Overture 
B The William Tell Overture
C Yankee Doodle 
D The Stars and Stripes Forever
E Turkey in the Straw

8 On the show Disneyland Showtime, this famous musical family gets to ride the Haunted Mansion with EJ Peaker and Kurt Russell:
A The Jacksons
B The Carpenters
C The Osmonds
D The Carters
E The Cowsills

9 If you go to the Enchanted Tiki Room in Adventureland, don't try to find this song; it was cut several years ago:
A Rockin Robin
B Offenbach's Barcarolle
C Birdland
D Tiny Bubbles
E Pachelbel's Canon in D

10 Whats the name of the show on the Disney Wonder cruise ship that gives awards to Disney films and characters?
A Golden Mickeys
B Golden Walts 
C Golden Disneys
D Golden Minnies 
E Golden Dreams

11 Swisskapolka could be heard in an attraction in this land:
A Fantasyland 
B New Orleans Square
C Critter Country 
D Adventureland
E Tomorrowland

12 Who conducts the Just Add Water concert on the Paradise Pier lagoon?
A Mickey
B Donald 
C Goofy
D Stitch 
E Dopey

13 This TV special aired when Disneyland opened Mickey's Toontown:
A Toontown Rocks
B Party in Toontown
C Toontown Tonight
D Rock N Toontown
E Rock n Roll at Mickey's House

14 Fill in the blanks to this Sherman Brothers song from Adventures Thru Innerspace: A world of __________ , of endless __________, with treasures more than man can ever spend!
A mystery, energy
B energy, mystery
C molecules, possibilities
D possibilities, energy
E mystery, possibilities

15 Are we on our way to Nottingham, to Brittingham, to Buckingham or any hammy hamlet by the sea? No! We're on our way to hang out with this character:
A Peter Pan
B Alice in Wonderland
C Roger Rabbit
D Pinocchio
E Mr. Toad

16 In Muppet Vision 3-D, Sam's Salute to All Nations, but Mostly America includes this classic Disney tune:
A Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
B it's a small world
C When You Wish Upon a Star
D A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes
E The Mickey Mouse Club March

17 Disney's All-Star Music Resort at Walt Disney World is considered to be this type of resort:
A Deluxe
B Moderate
C Home Away From Home
D Value
E Military

18 Which name is not part of Thomas O'Malley's full name based on the song he sings?
A Giussepe
B Abraham
C Casey
D Delacy
E Augustus

19 The Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy horns can play all of these songs, except:
A Be Our Guest 
B
A Whole New World
C When You Wish Upon A Star
D A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
E Yo Ho (A Pirates Life For Me)

20 Why Don't You Do Right? is sung by this character who appears in Roger Rabbits Cartoon Spin:
A Roger Rabbit
B Benny the Cab
C The Weasels
D Jessica Rabbit
E Bongo the Gorilla Bouncer

21 True or False: You can hear the theme song to Blazing Saddles as you walk through Frontierland.
A True
B False


22 In the song “Grim, Grinning Ghosts,” what kind of wake is it?
A Scary
B Spooky
C Splendid
D Swinging
E Somber

23 “ The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” which was also sung by the characters Henry and Sammy in the Country Bear Jamboree, came out first in this year:
A 1953
B 1954
C 1955
D 1956
E 1957

24 This song from Newsies can be heard in the Red Car News Boys show at Disney California Adventure:
A “Carrying the Banner”
B “Santa Fe”
C “The World Will Know”
D “High Times, Hard Times”
E “Seize the Day”

25 “Fortuosity” is not only a store on Main Street, but also a song from this Disney movie:
A Pete’s Dragon
B The Happiest Millionaire
C Summer Magic
D The Parent Trap
E The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

26 The new full-service restaurant in Walt Disney World’s Fantasyland is named for this song in Beauty and the Beast:
A “Something There”
B “Be Our Guest”
C “Beauty and the Beast”
D “Human Again”
E “Belle”

27 This Sherman Brothers song, from Bedknobs and Broomsticks, makes inanimate objects move:
A “Higitus Figitus”
B “Bye-Yum-Pum-Pum”
C “Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo” 
D “Substitutiary Locomotion”
E “Ooo-de-Lally”

28 What is the name of the a capella group that performed in the lobby of Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln?
A Voices of Liberty
B Songs of Freedom
C Voices of Freedom
D Songs of Liberty
E Red, White and Blue Baladeers

29 “A Lady Has to Mind Her Ps and Qs” could be heard in this Disneyland attraction:
A The Disneyland Railroa
B Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
C Splash Mountain
D Mine Train Thru Nature’s Wonderland
E The Golden Horseshoe

30 What is the name of the “gift” that Captain EO and his team have to give the Supreme Leader?
A “We Are Here to Change the World”
B “Billie Jean”
C “Rock With You”
D “Just Another Part of Me”
E “When You Believe”

31 Casey Jr. has its own attraction in Fantasyland, and its own song in this Disney film. Do you remember which?
A “Make Mine Music”
B “Melody Time”
C “Dumbo”
D “Fantasia”
E “Saludos Amigos”

32 This Disney attraction got its own version of “Macarena” in the 1990s:
A The Jungle Cruise
B Star Tours
C “it’s a small world”
D The Enchanted Tiki Room
E The Matterhorn Bobsleds

33 Peter Pan’s “The Second Star to the Right” was originally written for another Fantasyland attraction based on this film:
A Dumbo
B Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
C Pinocchio
D Sleeping Beauty
E Alice in Wonderland

34 What’s the name of the band in The Country Bear Jamboree?
A Bear Cave Five Plus Two
B Bearly There
C The Five Bear Rugs
D The Sun Bonnet Trio
E Henry and the Hibernators

35 According to the Sherman Brothers (and Disney lore), this was Walt’s favorite song:
A “It’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow”
B “Feed the Birds”
C “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius”
D “Fly A Kite”
E “it’s a small world”

36 If you are in Toontown, you can sing this line appropriate to Gadget’s Go-Coaster:
A “ Gummi Bears! Bouncing here and there and everywhere.”
B “ Life is like a hurricane here in Duckburg!”
C “ Ch-ch-ch-Chip ‘N Dale’s Rescue Rangers”
D “ Friends for life, through thick and thin … With another tale to spin”
E “ Darkwing Duck (Better watch out, you bad boys)”

37 According to the song “Date Night at Disneyland,” what time does “the sky light up each night”?
A 7 p.m.
B 8 p.m.
C Half past 8 p.m.
D Quarter to 9 p.m.
E 9 p.m.

38 This venue in Downtown Disney is known for its Sunday Gospel Brunch:
A The Earl of Sandwich
B Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen
C The House of Blues
D Napolini
E Catal

39 In Disneyland’s Fantasmic! what song is not part of the show?
A “Pink Elephants on Parade”
B “Part of Your World”
C “A Night on Bald Mountain”
D “I’ve Got No Strings”
E “Colors of the Wind”

40 The song There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow started gracing Tomorrowland in this year:
A 1964
B 1965
C 1966
D 1967
E 1968

41 The Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grof is made up of five movements but this is the one you hear on the Disneyland Railroad:
A Sunrise
B Painted Desert
C On The Trail
D Sunset
E Cloudburst

42 These days, at the end of Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln, you can hear this song first heard in the American Adventure at Epcot:
A Golden Wishes
B Golden Dream
C American Dream
D American Adventure
E America of Gold

43 This lyricist wrote both Grim, Grinning Ghosts and Yo Ho (A Pirates Life for Me):
A Alan Menkin
B Robert Sherman
C Tim Rice
D X Atencio
E George Bruns

44 When it's a small world gets a holiday makeover, you can hear this song in the attraction:
A Joy to the World
B Sleigh Ride
C Winter Wonderland
D Let It Snow
E Deck the Halls

45 Every night in Cars Land, when the lights come on, so does this song:
A Life is a Highway
B Shake, Rattle and Roll
C Our Town
D Sh-Boom
E Route 66

46 This patriotic song became the basis for a Circle-Vision 360 film that ran on and off for several years in Tomorrowland:
A America the Beautiful
B This Land Is Your Land
C God Bless America
D A Grand Old Flag
E God Bless the USA

47 Every few minutes, you hear this song playing at the Snow White Grotto:
A One Song
B Heigh Ho
C I'm Wishing
D Someday My Prince Will Come
E The Yodel Song

48 Which of these is not a float in the Soundsational Parade?
A Simba's Beastly Beats
B Pinocchio's Stringed Symphony
C Tiana's New Orleans Jazz Jubilee
D Royal Princess Romantic Melodies
E Mary Poppins Spoonful of Rhythm

49 If you are listening and watching Remember Dreams Come True Fireworks, what attraction music is the last one you hear?
A Space Mountain
B Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye
C Star Tours
D The Disneyland Railroad
E The Peoplemover

50 If you were trying to remember where you parked on your Disneyland visit, which of these songs would not help you find your car?
A Hakuna Matata
B I've Got No Strings
C Youve Got a Friend in Me
D Disco Mickey Mouse
E The Second Star to the Right

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MOUSEADVENTURE MUSICAL TRIVIA QUESTION ANSWERS

1. Music in the queue of Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is from this decade:
B 1930s**

2. What song do guests hear while waiting to disembark from Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage?
C Beyond the Sea**

3. Which of these musicals did not run at Disneyland's Videopolis/Fantasyland Theater? 
E Twice Charmed: A Cinderella Story**

4. This band provided the song for the Rockin Space Mountain makeover at Disneyland:
C Red Hot Chili Peppers**

5. This Disney actor voiced Sam, the host of America Sings:
B Burl Ives** 

6 The Main Street Window in honor of The Musical Quill is for this person: 
A X Atencio** 

7 The Silly Symphony Swings, based on The Band Concert, operates to this well-known song: 
B The William Tell Overture **

8 On the show Disneyland Showtime, this famous musical family gets to ride the Haunted Mansion with EJ Peaker and Kurt Russell:
C The Osmonds**

9 If you go to the Enchanted Tiki Room in Adventureland, don't try to find this song; it was cut several years ago:
B Offenbach's Barcarolle**

10 Whats the name of the show on the Disney Wonder cruise ship that gives awards to Disney films and characters?
A Golden Mickeys**

11 Swisskapolka could be heard in an attraction in this land:
D Adventureland**

12 Who conducts the Just Add Water concert on the Paradise Pier lagoon?
C Goofy** 

13 This TV special aired when Disneyland opened Mickey's Toontown:
D Rock N Toontown** 

14 Fill in the blanks to this Sherman Brothers song from Adventures Thru Innerspace: A world of __________ , of endless __________, with treasures more than man can ever spend!
A mystery, energy**

15 Are we on our way to Nottingham, to Brittingham, to Buckingham or any hammy hamlet by the sea? No! We're on our way to hang out with this character:
E Mr. Toad**

16 In Muppet Vision 3-D, Sam's Salute to All Nations, but Mostly America includes this classic Disney tune:
B it's a small world **

17 Disney's All-Star Music Resort at Walt Disney World is considered to be this type of resort:
D Value**

18 Which name is not part of Thomas O'Malley's full name based on the song he sings?
E Augustus**

19 The Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy horns can play all of these songs, except:
A Whole New World **

20 Why Don't You Do Right? is sung by this character who appears in Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin:
D Jessica Rabbit**

21 True or False: You can hear the theme song to Blazing Saddles as you walk through Frontierland.
A True**

22 In the song “Grim, Grinning Ghosts,” what kind of wake is it?
D Swinging**

23 “ The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” which was also sung by the characters Henry and Sammy in the Country Bear Jamboree, came out first in this year:
B 1954**

24 This song from Newsies can be heard in the Red Car News Boys show at Disney California Adventure:
E “Seize the Day” **

25 “Fortuosity” is not only a store on Main Street, but also a song from this Disney movie:
B The Happiest Millionaire**

26 The new full-service restaurant in Walt Disney World’s Fantasyland is named for this song in Beauty and the Beast:
B “Be Our Guest” **

27 This Sherman Brothers song, from Bedknobs and Broomsticks, makes inanimate objects move:
D “Substitutiary Locomotion” **

28 What is the name of the a capella group that performed in the lobby of Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln?
A Voices of Liberty**

29 “A Lady Has to Mind Her Ps and Qs” could be heard in this Disneyland attraction:
E The Golden Horseshoe**

30 What is the name of the “gift” that Captain EO and his team have to give the Supreme Leader?
A “We Are Here to Change the World” **

31 Casey Jr. has its own attraction in Fantasyland, and its own song in this Disney film. Do you remember which?
C “Dumbo” **

32 This Disney attraction got its own version of “Macarena” in the 1990s:
D The Enchanted Tiki Room**

33 Peter Pan’s “The Second Star to the Right” was originally written for another Fantasyland attraction based on this film:
E Alice in Wonderland**

34 What’s the name of the band in The Country Bear Jamboree?
C The Five Bear Rugs**

35 According to the Sherman Brothers (and Disney lore), this was Walt’s favorite song:
B “Feed the Birds” **

36 If you are in Toontown, you can sing this line appropriate to Gadget’s Go-Coaster:
C “ Ch-ch-ch-Chip ‘N Dale’s Rescue Rangers” **

37 According to the song “Date Night at Disneyland,” what time does “the sky light up each night”?
E 9 p.m. **

38 This venue in Downtown Disney is known for its Sunday Gospel Brunch:
C The House of Blues**

39 In Disneyland’s Fantasmic! what song is not part of the show?
E “Colors of the Wind” **

40 The song There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow started gracing Tomorrowland in this year:
D 1967**

41 The Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grof is made up of five movements but this is the one you hear on the Disneyland Railroad:
C On The Trail **

42 These days, at the end of Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln, you can hear this song first heard in the American Adventure at Epcot:
B Golden Dream **

43 This lyricist wrote both Grim, Grinning Ghosts and Yo Ho (A Pirates Life for Me):
D X Atencio**

44 When it's a small world gets a holiday makeover, you can hear this song in the attraction:
E Deck the Halls **

45 Every night in Cars Land, when the lights come on, so does this song:
D Sh-Boom **

46 This patriotic song became the basis for a Circle-Vision 360 film that ran on and off for several years in Tomorrowland:
A America the Beautiful **

47 Every few minutes, you hear this song playing at the Snow White Grotto:
C I'm Wishing **

48 Which of these is not a float in the Soundsational Parade?
B Pinocchio's Stringed Symphony**

49 If you are listening and watching Remember Dreams Come True Fireworks, what attraction music is the last one you hear?
C Star Tours**

50 If you were trying to remember where you parked on your Disneyland visit, which of these songs would not help you find your car?
E The Second Star to the Right **