If you're a long-time reader of the Trivia Why's blog, you know that I'm just a kid at heart. My family wasn't exactly poor growing up, but I didn't have a tenth as many toys as my kids have now. Maybe that's why I often enjoy playing with their toys almost as much as they do! With the holidays here, let's find out what you know about the following famous toys.
Toy Time Questions
- Q1) On what geometrical shape are the answers in a Magic 8-Ball printed?
- Q2) What toy, invented by A.C. Gilbert in 1911, was manufactured in New Haven, Connecticut, for over a half-century?
- Q3) What doll line led to a successful nine-figure lawsuit by Mattel against a former employee?
- Q4) What handheld digital pet has sold over ten million units since Aki Maita created it in 1996?
- Q5) What type of powder inside an Etch-a-Sketch allows the toy to draw lines?
- Q6) What toy, invented by British engineer Denys Fisher and first shown at the 1965 Nuremberg International Toy Fair, is based on hypotrochoids and epitrochoids?
- Q7) What toy did Danny Hillis use to create the Tic-Tac-Toe-playing automaton now on display at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California?
- Q8) On October 7, 2008 what did Vitrorobertson and artist Lori Kanary use to create a 9-foot by 14-foot ASICS sneaker?
- Q9) For what "foamable resinous composition" did Leonard A. Fish and Robert P. Cox receive a U.S. patent in 1972?
- Q10) What toy did Joel Glickman invent after being inspired by flexible drinking straws?
- Q11) What did Scott Stillinger invent in 1986 for his kids to throw and catch?
- Q12) What Ganz stuffed animals, released in 2005, come with a secret code to enable access to a themed web site where an electronic version of the animal can play in an online world of fun and games?
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