Week 2 Mouse Hunt Question

Mouse Hunt Family,

Country Bear Jamboree was a popular animatronic show featuring bears who sung and played instruments. Sadly, on Sept 9, 2001, those beloved bears sung their last song in Disneyland. They were replaced by the Winnie the Pooh Dark ride.

QUESTION: When Country Bears was in operation, mounted on the wall next to the stage there were three animal heads; an Elk, a Moose and a Bison. What were the names of these 3 characters?


Bonus Question: In honor of the historic attraction, Disneyland hid these 3 heads somewhere in the park. Where are they now??

Good luck everyone! Remember that the first one to answer the main question gets 3 bonus points!!!

-Michael & Brit

And This Week's Winner Is...

Disney Family,

This week, the first person to respond with the correct answer was... SAVANNA!!! She gets 3 extra points. Her email came 8 minutes after the question was asked. We had SIX people answer within the first 13 minutes. Way to go guys!!
It's only our first week and things are already so fun!!! I have loved your emails.

This week, the center of Disneyland is...

The brass spike just under Sleeping Beauty's castle.
If that is what you sent me (or something close) you got 7 points!!

As you may have seen in Kim's email, the center was originally the giant compass just in front of the castle (so that would also have been an acceptable answer) but with the addition of Toon Town, at the back of the park, the center moved. Now millions of people step right over that small marker without knowing what it is. But now you'll all know!

Everyone who answered anything at all still got 5 points, so no biggie if you were wrong, here are some of your "good guesses"...

The Walt and Mickey Statue, Sleeping Beauty's castle, and we even got a Tom Sawyer's Island!

Remember, there is still a chance for you guys to get the bonus question!

Next Monday at 8pm (MST) you will be getting question #2 plus another bonus question!

Love,

Michael & Brit

p.s. I think I smell a pop quiz question on the horizon...

One more little thing. While trying to find more info about the center of Disneyland, I found some sites trying to say that the spike as the center was just a rumor. So I took a snapshot from google maps and measured it myself using photoshop. It was only about 5 pixels (a very small amount) off from what I could measure as the dead center of the image. Since the picture was taken at an angle from a satelite, and the "border" of Disneyland is not super clear, I am pretty sure we can call this a Disneyland Fact!!

First Mouse Hunt Question

Hey gang,

Well here is question #1! Remember the first person to respond gets an extra 3 points! Good luck!!

Disneyland was designed to resemble a giant wagon wheel. The paths where to be the actual wheel shape, and the lands where to reside within the gaps of the wheel.
Question 1: What object marks the very center of the park and where is it? (Hint: the center of the "wheel," or hub, is not really the geographical center of the park, but it is pretty close)

Bonus question: What "family friendly" object hangs just above the geographical center of the park?

If you need to review the rules, below is the email from last week. Remember that you have until next Monday at 8 to answer the bonus question (for 3 points) but the main question should be answered as soon as possible.

Introducing... The First Ever MOUSE HUNT!!

Disney Family!!

Here is the update you have all been waiting for! We are so excited about Disneyland Day and all that it brings. Our last update was full of hello's and invitations and now it's time for the MEAT!! Mickey's little helpers have been getting together to plan the inner workings of this special weekend and now it is time to let everyone in on the excitement!

First, Savanna and Brit are going to be making everyone awesome matching Tshirts to wear on Saturday around the park. They will be loud and proud so get excited!! The Tshirts are going to be $8 p/person. Feel free to pay your dues at our Disneyland Day KICKOFF BREAKFAST (more details later). We will need to get started on the shirts right away so please respond to this email with your tshirt size and the name you would like on your shirt. If we don't get a name we'll just use your first name. A sneak peak:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/66734959/ladies-medium-v-neck-favorite-mouse-tie?ref=sr_gallery_31&ga_search_query=disney&ga_shopname=tatortotsboutique&ga_filter=&ga_page=0&ga_order=date_desc


Next, this year Mickey has upped the fun with our annual first Disneyland Day...

MOUSE HUNT!!!
Mouse Hunt is a competition between all parties that were invited to attend Disneyland Day. Contestants do not have to go with us to Disneyland to participate. There will be a Mouse Champion, that champion will be the 2011 Disneyland Day Mouseketeer!!They will be awarded an official Mouse Hunt TROPHY which they get to keep until the next year when a new winner is announced. There will be additional awards given out to other outstanding participants.
Official rules...
Every Monday at 8pm (MST) we will be sending out an email to everyone containing the current score of The Hunt and 2 questions: the weekly Mouse Hunt question, and a Fact Fanatic (bonus) question.
Scoring:
The first person to respond with a correct answer will be given 10 points!!!
A correct answer is worth 7 points, but you will be deducted 1 point for every 24 hours that go by.
An incorrect answer is worth 5 points, but again, that goes down 1 point for every 24 hours that go by.
The bonus question can be answered for 3 points, this just has to answered BEFORE the following Monday at 8pm (MST) and can be sent in separately from your main answer.

2 bonus points will be awarded to those in attendance at the Kickoff Breakfast.

If you have any questions about it let us know. EVERYONE is encouraged to participate, even people not coming. This is NOT a team sport. Every member of the family should submit an answer of their own.


Disneyland Day 2011 Kick Off Breakfast/Awards Ceremony

The Awards Ceremony will be Saturday morning at 8am at the IHOP next to Disneyland. Everyone will meet there to eat breakfast, collect your shirt, submit the answer to the last Mouse Hunt question and participate in the crowning of our 2011 Mouseketeer! You will not want to miss this monumental event!!
Thanks guys! We are SO excited. Your first Mouse Hunt question will be sent this coming Monday 1/31 at 8:00pm MST... Be ready!!!!
Much Love,

Michael & Brit