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1. Following Walt Disney's original plan that Fantasia be an evolving work of art, this 1940 animated classic now features several brand-new musical sequences. The popular sequence with Mickey and his dancing brooms is still thrilling audiences in Fantasia 2000. What's the name of that story?

2. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony provides the backdrop for the new movie's opening segment. Its familiar dot-dot-dot-dash motif, which Beethoven called "fate knocking on the door" happens to be which letter in Morse code?

3. Another new segment is set to "Rhapsody in Blue." Which famous American composer wrote this jazzy number?

4. The Carnival of the Animals story features a bevy of pink flamingos and a yo-yo. In the movie, the wacky birds get their color from Day-Glo paint. What makes real flamingos pink?

5. Finally, Donald Duck gets a starring role in Fantasia when he marches the animal pairs onto Noah's ark to the tune of "Pomp and Circumstance." At what major event do we traditionally hear this music?

1. Following Walt Disney's original plan that Fantasia be an evolving work of art, this 1940 animated classic now features several brand-new musical sequences. The popular sequence with Mickey and his dancing brooms is still thrilling audiences in Fantasia 2000. What's the name of that story?
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

2. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony provides the backdrop for the new movie's opening segment. Its familiar dot-dot-dot-dash motif, which Beethoven called "fate knocking on the door" happens to be which letter in Morse code?
V

3. Another new segment is set to "Rhapsody in Blue." Which famous American composer wrote this jazzy number?
George Gershwin

4. The Carnival of the Animals story features a bevy of pink flamingos and a yo-yo. In the movie, the wacky birds get their color from Day-Glo paint. What makes real flamingos pink?
The food they eat.

5. Finally, Donald Duck gets a starring role in Fantasia when he marches the animal pairs onto Noah's ark to the tune of "Pomp and Circumstance." At what major event do we traditionally hear this music?
Graduations

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