THE MOUSY MINDBOGGLER
If you subscribe to the AllEars® Weekly Newsletter, you’ll know that we run a little game called the Mousy Mindboggler. Sometimes it’s a word game, sometimes it’s a riddle, sometimes it’s some other brain-teasing challenge — but it’s always fun!
Once each month, in the AllEars® newsletter, our friend James Dezern (known as “dzneynut” around several Disney discussion forums) supplies us with a puzzle of his own design.
Every month, James also Shares the Magic in another way — by posting an all-new puzzle here in this AllEars.Net Guest Blog. The subject of the puzzle will vary, and James will award the winner of the challenge a collectible Disney pin!
This month, James writes:
Here is the solution to the last crossword puzzle:
We received 41 correct responses; all of you knew that Donald Duck’s middle name, according to his draft card seen in the short “Donald Gets Drafted,” was indeed Fauntleroy. Someone asked me if there was any significance to this name in Disney lore, and this was what I found on http://www.meetthemouse.com/donald-ducks-middle-name/#
“Donald Duck’s middle name, as revealed by a close-up of his draft card in the 1942 wartime cartoon ‘Donald Gets Drafted’, is Fauntleroy. His full name really is Donald Fauntleroy Duck, which is unique because he is the only Disney character to have an official middle name.
“Why Fauntleroy? Well, although we don’t know for sure one way or the other, there is a clue in the meaning of the name. Fauntleroy means ‘an excessively well-mannered or elaborately dressed young boy.’ Combined with what we know of Donald’s smart little sailor suit and notorious bad temper, the name is likely a Disney joke. Donald’s parents were apparently into peculiar names though, as they named his sister Dumbella.”
The winner of a Donald Duck pin, randomly drawn from the correct responses, was Thomas H. of Absecon, NJ.
If you missed it, that’s OK, because here’s another chance!
This month we continue with the special crossword puzzle series concentrating on Disney History. The subject of this month’s puzzle is “This Month in Disney History, June.” All of these events happened sometime during the month of June. Please note, for this puzzle ALL of the clues are used.
The object is, as always, to have fun, but if you’d like a chance to win a Disney collectible pin, send me the answer IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF AN EMAIL addressed to [email protected].
Send your entries no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on July 22, 2016. All correct answers will be entered into a random drawing, and the winner will be awarded a Disney pin. The answers and drawing winner will be posted in this Guest Blog in mid- to late July.
As always, any feedback on the puzzle format or topics would be appreciated! Drop me a line at [email protected].
Thanks!
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