MouseFest 2004 Scrapbook

Monday,
December 13, 2004

WDW
TriviaFest — Disney-MGM Studios – Backlot Express restaurant

Lou
Mongello, author of The Walt Disney World Trivia Book, hosted
what else, a trivia meet on Monday afternoon. Here's his recap of the
event:

OK,
Lou… deep breath. It's almost time for your meet. Now remember,
you're on the last day, late in the afternoon, so if no one shows up,
don't be disappointed. Based on people that I've spoken to at MouseFest,
you know you have at least 7 or 8, so that will still be fun. I head
out to the car to get my stuff, and while going through my body cavity
search at the gate, a security guard asks me, "What's the deal
with the question mark logo? I've seen a bunch of people with pins and
shirts with that on it here today." Interesting. I may get 10 people
to my meet after all!

Well,
the day is absolutely perfect weather-wise in the 70's, so I got that
going for me. We stake out the outside umbrellas at the Backlot Express,
under the looming watch of the AT-AT walker at Star Tours next door.
I am comforted by the now-familiar faces of James and his wife, Brian,
Sam, Carol, Jason (TrendyMagic) Cara and a few others. Counting Marion,
we're getting close to 10 people already!

Wait
a minute! What's this?! A wave of people (many with those nifty little
question mark pins) descend on the unsuspecting Backlot Express! And
I'm pleasantly surprised and honored to see that Deb Wills from AllEarsNet
and the Marx family from Passporter have joined us! Wow! I can't believe
how many people have come!

Taken
back by the attendance, I nonetheless get things rolling by hading out
tickets to everyone who wants to play. We draw 7 random stubs from the
box and we now have our contestants for Round One.

I
ask about 12 multiple choice questions of the group, and they held up
the corresponding A/B/C/D answer sheet. At the end of the round, we
took the top three for a tie-breaker round, but I told everyone not
to leave, as there would be prizes for everyone! Winners had a choice
of WDW Trivia Books, shirts, or pins, as well as signed copies of Cara
Goldsbury's Luxury Guide to WDW and beautiful Epcot lithographs kindly
donated by Jason (TrendyMagic).

We
had three rounds of play and a few tiebreakers that went the distance,
with some impressive scores from some of our resident members of DisneyWorldTrivia.com.
Again, I cannot stress how flattered and impressed I was at the turnout.
The fact that so many people took time out of their busy vacation to
come to my meet really meant a lot to me. For those of you that attended,
my sincere thanks. I hope you all had fun!

–
Lou Mongello