***UPDATED WITH THE ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM***
This week, we’ve decided we want to start a new series of trivia each week. This is just meant to be something fun and you may even learn something you didn’t already know. For this first week of trivia, we are going to talk about the Haunted Mansion. We encourage you to put your answers in the comments either on The Main Street Mouse website or the comments on Facebook. We will post the answers to the trivia on Wednesday so you can see how you did.
Ready to start off with week 1?
1.
Q: The Haunted Mansion’s exterior in Disneyland was completed in 1963, but the ride didn’t open until 1969. What was the main reason for the delay?
A) Technical difficulties
B) The 1964–65 New York World’s Fair
C) Lack of funding
D) A change in location
2.
Q: Who provided the voice of the Ghost Host in the Haunted Mansion?
A) Paul Frees
B) Thurl Ravenscroft
C) Corey Burton
D) Vincent Price
3.
Q: Which Imagineer was known for pushing the Haunted Mansion toward a more humorous, less terrifying tone?
A) Rolly Crump
B) Marc Davis
C) Yale Gracey
D) Claude Coats
4.
Q: The “Hatbox Ghost” was originally installed when the attraction opened but was quickly removed. In what year did he officially return to the ride?
A) 2005
B) 2010
C) 2015
D) 2019
5.
Q: The pet cemetery outside the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland features a tribute to what non-ghostly Disney character?
A) Dumbo
B) Mr. Toad
C) Pluto
D) Figment
6.
Q: In the stretching room, one of the portraits shows a woman holding a parasol. What is revealed beneath her?
A) A pit of snakes
B) Quicksand
C) A tightrope above an alligator
D) A collapsing bridge
7.
Q: The Disneyland Paris version of the Haunted Mansion is called what?
A) Phantom Manor
B) Mystic Manor
C) Ghostly Chateau
D) Specter’s Villa
8.
Q: The ballroom scene uses multiple copies of figures to create its ghostly illusions. Where are the actual animatronic figures placed?
A) Behind the mirrors above the guests
B) Beneath and above the ballroom
C) On rotating platforms in the room itself
D) In a hidden attic room
9.
Q: What is the official name of the ride vehicles in the Haunted Mansion?
A) Doom Buggies
B) Ghost Carts
C) Spirit Carriages
D) Phantom Mobiles
10.
Q: The singing busts in the graveyard scene are nicknamed what?
A) The Five Ghastly Gents
B) The Phantom Harmonizers
C) The Grim Grinning Ghouls
D) The Singing Busts
How did you do?
ANSWERS (scroll down below the image)
- B) The 1964–65 New York World’s Fair
- A) Paul Frees
- B) Marc Davis
- C) 2015
- B) Mr. Toad
- C) A tightrope above an alligator
- A) Phantom Manor
- B) Beneath and above the ballroom
- A) Doom Buggies
- D) The Singing Busts
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