Sorry about the general lack of posts this week. It's been busy around here, with home remodeling projects and my twin boys' 5th birthday. It was, at their request, a huge movie-themed blowout... specifically Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Since that's where my mind has been, the Weekend Trivia for today on Twitter focused on the subject of Star Wars and Indy in the Disney Parks. Here are the questions. Look for the answers to appear in the comments some time tomorrow afternoon.
1) What was the first Disney Parks attractions created in association with George Lucas?
2) When and where did Star Tours make its debut?
3) Who provided the voice of RX-24 in Star Tours?
4) Where and how in the original Star Tours attraction was there a direct reference to George Lucas?
5) The G2 droids in the Star Tours queue at Disneyland previously appeared in what incarnation?
6) The original Star Tours film featured a cameo by what iconic element from an extinct Disneyland attraction?
7) In what year did Star Wars Weekends debut at Disney's Hollywood Studios?
8) For three years starting in 2003, Star Wars Weekends featured a Star Wars-themed version of what Hollywood Studios attraction?
9) The store at the exit of Star Tours at Disney's Hollywood Studios has gone by what two names?
10) In what venue outside of Disney Parks has the Disney-produced Jedi Training Academy show been presented?
11) What was the first Disney Parks attraction to feature Indiana Jones?
12) Indiana Jones attractions can be found in what four Disney Parks around the world?
13) What "treasures" are being sought on the Indiana Jones Adventure attractions in Disneyland and in Tokyo DisneySEA?
14) What was the title of the live show presented during the Disneyland Summer of Hidden Mysteries event in 2008?
15) What Indy attraction was conceived and announced for Disneyland, but never built?
Here are the answers to this week's questions. How did you do?
ReplyDelete1) Captain EO was the first collaboration between Disney and George Lucas.
2) Star Tours debuted during a 60-hour party at Disneyland in January 1987.
3) RX-24 ("Rex") was voiced by Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman.
4) George Lucas's name could be heard in reverse in the Star Tours queue: Paging Mr. Egroeg Sacul.
5) The G2 droids, also called goose droids, were originally geese in the America Sings attraction in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
6) The Mighty Microscope from Adventure thru Inner Space (the attraction Star Tours replaced at Disneyland) can be seen in the hangar bay just before the StarSpeeder 3000 heads into space.
7) Star Wars Weekends began in 1997 to coincide with the release of the Star Wars Special Editions.
8) A Star Wars edition of Who Wants to be a Millionaire - Play It! was featured during Star Wars Weekends, beginning in 2003.
9) The store at the exit of Star Tours in DHS was originally Endor Vendors. It changed to Tatooine Traders in 1999 with the release of Episode 1.
10) Outside Disney Parks, Jedi Training Academy has been presented at the official Lucasfilm Celebration events, most recently held in Orlando.
11) The first attraction to feature Indiana Jones was the Great Movie Ride.
12) Indy attractions can be found at Disneyland (Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye), Hollywood Studios (Epic Stunt Spectacular), Tokyo DisneySEA (Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull) and Disneyland Paris (IJ and the Temple of Peril).
13) IJ Adv in Disneyland: Explorers seek eternal youth, earthly riches or Power to see the future. IJ Adv in Tokyo focuses on the legendary Fountain of Youth.
14) Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Stone Tiger was presented during the Summer of Hidden Mysteries event in 2008.
15) In the early 90s, a Young Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular was announced for the back section of Frontierland at Disneyland. The project was abandoned in favor of the Indiana Jones Adventure attraction.