Disney Trivia VIII: Disney Conservation Fund

Volume 1, Issue 8

The Wilderness Must be Explored

Greetings readers, and welcome to our latest round of Disney trivia!

The marvelous folks with the Disney Conservation Fund (DCF) have announced the recipients of their 2021 DCF Conservation Grants. Today’s trivia post is centered around Disney’s contributions to conservation and nature.

The Walt Disney Company has enjoyed a long legacy of supporting conservation efforts, beginning with company founder, Walt Disney. Walt chose animals as the subjects of his early cartoon shorts, and he viewed nature as a valuable resource to be both admired and respected.

It wasn’t long before Walt was investing his time and energy in assisting with conservation campaigns, and focusing on creating wildlife documentaries.

True Life Adventures

In 1948, Walt Disney received an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film as the producer of Seal Island. Over the next 20 years, Walt Disney would go on to produce 14 wildlife documentaries for his series, A True Life Adventure.

It has been said Walt and his team of filmmakers pioneered the genre of wildlife documentaries and the Walt Disney Company, through its Disneynature brand, carries on the legacy.

“Conservation isn’t just the business of a few people. It’s a matter that concerns all of us.”

-Walt Disney

Building a Legacy

In the early 1990’s, Walt Disney Imagineering began to develop plans to build a new animal-themed park, then called Disney’s Wild Animal Kingdom, at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida.

Disney formally announced plans for the construction of the park in 1995, and it was in the same year Disney announced the creation of the Disney Conservation Fund (DCF). During its first year of operation, the Disney Conservation Fund awarded grants to 39 projects supporting wildlife in wild places.

“We did not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children”.

-Chief Seattle, Suquamish Tribe, Washington State

Twenty-five years later, the Disney Conservation Fund, through the financial support of guest donations, has made quite an impact.

Here are some wonderful statistics about the conservation fund. Image courtesy of the D23 website

“The Greatest Natural Resource is the minds of our children.”

-Walt Disney

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Disney Conservation Fund Trivia

1) In partnership with the United States Forestry Service in 1944, Walt Disney lent the use of which set of Disney characters to be used in the Smokey the Bear campaign?

A) Bambi B) Dumbo C) Donald Duck and his nephews D) Mickey and Minnie Mouse

2) Which Disney Legend narrated the 2007 Disney Nature Film, Earth?

A) James Earl Jones B) Billy Crystal C) Roy E. Disney D) Sir Elton John

3) This Mickey shaped solar farm can be found adjacent to which Disney theme park?

A) Magic Kingdom B) Epcot C) Disney’s Hollywood Studios D) Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Azizi is pictured her with her new baby in August of 2021, photo courtesy of the Disney Parks Blog

4) In August of 2021 Disney gorillas Geno and Azizi welcomed a new baby to their troop at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. What is the name of the baby gorilla?

A) Lily B) Ada C) Nakia D) Shuri

5) For many years, the Disney Conservation Fund has participated in an educational conservation program called Tour de Turtles, in which rehabbed sea turtles are released back into the ocean with trackers. What was the name of the turtle sponsored by Disney in 2021?

A) Luca B) Alberto C) Raya D) Sisu

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1964-65 New York World’s Fair Trivia

1) The groundbreaking show, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, was presented in which state’s pavilion?

A) Virginia B) Illinois C) Maryland D) Pennsylvania

2) The Progressland exhibit, sponsored by General Electric, was later repurposed into which attraction featured in Disneyland, and in the Magic Kingdom?

A) The Carousel of Progress B) Innoventions C) Universe of Energy D) The People Mover

3) WED Enterprises also created a 120 foot tower for the World’s Fair which stood near the entrance of the Small World exhibit. What was the name of this tower?

A) World of Laughter Tower B) Tower of the Trade Winds C) Tower of the Four Winds D) Tower of Peace and Unity

4) Which of the following WED designed World’s Fair exhibits featured the first ever Audio-Animatronic Dinosaurs?

A) Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln B) It’s a Small World C) Progressland D) Magic Skyway

5) Partnering with UNICEF, WED enterprises developed the It’s a Small World exhibit for which corporate sponsor?

A) Coca-Cola B) Pepsi Cola C) IBM D) General Motors

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