Toy Trivia

Well known girls and boys toys received on a Christmas morning.

Can you remember the classic games and toys of both today and yesteryear?

Toy Trivia Quiz - Questions

1. Trouble, with it's "Pop-O-Matic" die container was launched in America in 1965 - what different name is this game known by in the UK?
2. Which helical spring toy invented by Richard James in the early 1940s performs tricks such as travelling down a flight of stairs?
3. In the late 1940s, Peter Adolphe used one of his mother's coat buttons in an early set of which toy?





4. Name the world's top-selling puzzle game?
5. Which handheld Japanese digital pets were one of the biggest toy fads of the late 1990s?
6. In L.O.L. Dolls what do the initials L.O.L. stand for?
7. Which model railway brand, with roots dating back to Liverpool in 1901, produced its first clockwork train in 1920?
8. Which sort of toys are named after the 26th president of the United States?
9. Which toy gets its name from the Danish phrase meaning "play well"?
10. Wasgij is a brand name associated with which sort of toy?
11. Action Man was launched in Britain in 1966 as a licensed copy of which American "movable fighting man"?
12. What colour is the traditional frame surrounding the flat gray screen of Etch A Sketch?
13. Which bricks designed for young children are twice the length, height, and width of traditional Lego bricks?
14. Which electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, originally produced handmade playing cards in the 1880s?
15. Which strategy board game of diplomacy and conquest is played on a political map of the world, divided into forty-two territories?
16. Which electronic toy invented in the 1970s creates a series of tones and lights that requires a user to repeat the sequence?
17. What does the 'MX' stand for in BMX bike?
18. The history of which game actually dates back to Hawaii in the 1920s when milk bottle caps were used by children?
19. Which game's name is derived from the Swahili word which means "to build"?
20. In Cluedo, how many rooms are there in which the murder can take place?

Toy Trivia - Questions and Answers

1. Trouble, with it's "Pop-O-Matic" die container was launched in America in 1965 - what different name is this game known by in the UK?
   Answer - Frustration
2. Which helical spring toy invented by Richard James in the early 1940s performs tricks such as travelling down a flight of stairs?
   Answer - Slinky
3. In the late 1940s, Peter Adolphe used one of his mother's coat buttons in an early set of which toy?
   Answer - Subbuteo
4. Name the world's top-selling puzzle game?
   Answer - Rubik's cube
5. Which handheld Japanese digital pets were one of the biggest toy fads of the late 1990s?
   Answer - Tamagotchis
6. In L.O.L. Dolls what do the initials L.O.L. stand for?
   Answer - Little Outrageous Littles
7. Which model railway brand, with roots dating back to Liverpool in 1901, produced its first clockwork train in 1920?
   Answer - Hornby railways
8. Which sort of toys are named after the 26th president of the United States?
   Answer - Teddy bears (named after Theodore Roosevelt)
9. Which toy gets its name from the Danish phrase meaning "play well"?
   Answer - Lego
10. Wasgij is a brand name associated with which sort of toy?
    Answer - Jigsaw puzzles
11. Action Man was launched in Britain in 1966 as a licensed copy of which American "movable fighting man"?
    Answer - G.I. Joe
12. What colour is the traditional frame surrounding the flat gray screen of Etch A Sketch?
    Answer - Red
13. Which bricks designed for young children are twice the length, height, and width of traditional Lego bricks?
    Answer - Duplo (Duplo bricks)
14. Which electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, originally produced handmade playing cards in the 1880s?
    Answer - Nintendo
15. Which strategy board game of diplomacy and conquest is played on a political map of the world, divided into forty-two territories?
    Answer - Risk
16. Which electronic toy invented in the 1970s creates a series of tones and lights that requires a user to repeat the sequence?
    Answer - Simon
17. What does the 'MX' stand for in BMX bike?
    Answer - Motorcross
18. The history of which game actually dates back to Hawaii in the 1920s when milk bottle caps were used by children?
    Answer - POGs
19. Which game's name is derived from the Swahili word which means "to build"?
    Answer - Jenga
20. In Cluedo, how many rooms are there in which the murder can take place?
    Answer - Nine