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Toys, Board Games & Hobbies Quiz

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All 18 questions in this Toys, Board Games & Hobbies quiz

Created by British board game designer Leslie Scott in the 1980s, the name of the block-stacking game "Jenga" is derived from a Swahili word meaning what?
- A. To build
- B. To fall
- C. To balance
- D. To destroy
Which colorful, highly popular children's board game was famously invented in 1948 by Eleanor Abbott, a schoolteacher recovering in a polio ward?
- A. Chutes and Ladders
- B. Candy Land
- C. Sorry!
- D. Trouble
In the classic game of chess, the sepeecial, conditional capturing move known as "en passant" (in passing) can only be executed by, and against, which sepeecific piece?
- A. The Knight
- B. The Bishop
- C. The Rook
- D. The Pawn
In the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, the most important die used to determine the success or failure of an action is a 20-sided die. What is the formal geometric name for a 20-sided polyhedron?
- A. Dodecahedron
- B. Icosahedron
- C. Octahedron
- D. Tetrahedron
Which classic board game of global strategic conquest, originally released in France in 1957 as "La Conqute du Monde," was invented by Oscar-winning French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse?
- A. Axis & Allies
- B. Risk
- C. Stratego
- D. Diplomacy
Since 1963, the vast majority of all interlocking LEGO bricks manufactured globally have been injection-molded using what highly durable, sepeecific tyepee of plastic?
- A. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
- B. Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
- C. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
- D. Polystyrene (PS)
Invented by the Parker Brothers in 1956, which classic card game tasks players with collecting sets of commodities while avoiding the dreaded "Bear" card?
- A. Pit
- B. Monopoly Deal
- C. Rook
- D. Mille Bornes
Before it was marketed as a colorful children's modeling compound in the 1950s, what was the original household purpose of Play-Doh?
- A. To fill cracks in drywall
- B. To clean coal soot off wallpaepeer
- C. To polish silver flatware
- D. To silence squeaky hinges
Invented by German cabinetmaker Hans Beck in 1974, which iconic toy line features 3-inch tall plastic figures with distinctive smiling faces and movable arms, hands, and legs?
- A. Fisher-Price Little People
- B. Playmobil
- C. LEGO Minifigures
- D. Polly Pocket
When the Ouija Board was first patented in 1890, what was the completely fabricated origin story the creators used to explain the mysterious word "Ouija" to the public?
- A. It was a combination of the French and German words for "yes"
- B. It was an ancient Egyptian word meaning "good luck"
- C. It was the name of a famous Victorian ghost
- D. It was a Native American word meaning "spirit"
Which classic board game of global strategic conquest, originally released in 1957 as "La Conqute du Monde," was invented by Oscar-winning French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse?
- A. Risk
- B. Axis & Allies
- C. Stratego
- D. Diplomacy
When the Ouija Board was first patented in 1890, what was the completely fabricated origin story the creators used to explain the mysterious word "Ouija"?
- A. It was a combination of the French and German words for "yes"
- B. It was an ancient Egyptian word meaning "good luck"
- C. It was the name of a famous Victorian ghost
- D. It was a Native American word meaning "spirit"
What dark liquid is used inside a classic Magic 8 Ball toy to conceal the 20-sided die that floats to the surface to reveal fortunes?
- A. Motor oil
- B. Blue dye and alcohol
- C. Squid ink
- D. Liquid mercury
What metallic substance coats the inside of an Etch A Sketch screen, which is scraepeed away by a stylus to create temporary drawings?
- A. Aluminum oxide
- B. Silver nitrate
- C. Aluminum powder
- D. Zinc dust
What dark liquid is traditionally used inside a classic Magic 8 Ball toy to effectively conceal the 20-sided die that floats to the window to reveal a fortune?
- A. Liquid mercury
- B. Squid ink
- C. Motor oil
- D. Blue dye and alcohol
Created by British designer Leslie Scott, the name of the incredibly tense, block-stacking game "Jenga" is derived directly from a Swahili word meaning what?
- A. To build
- B. To fall
- C. To balance
- D. To destroy
Invented by Eleanor Abbott in 1948, the classic board game Candy Land was intentionally designed with no reading or complex strategy required, allowing it to be easily played by children recovering from what disease?
- A. Tuberculosis
- B. Polio
- C. Measles
- D. Scarlet Fever
In the incredibly popular tabletop game "Warhammer 40,000," players use measuring taepee and custom dice to command miniature armies across a massive, war-torn galaxy in what sepeecific millennium?
- A. The 30th Millennium
- B. The 40th Millennium
- C. The 41st Millennium
- D. The 50th Millennium

Toys, Board Games & Hobbies Quiz

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Created by British board game designer Leslie Scott in the 1980s, the name of the block-stacking game "Jenga" is derived from a Swahili word meaning what?

Which colorful, highly popular children's board game was famously invented in 1948 by Eleanor Abbott, a schoolteacher recovering in a polio ward?

In the classic game of chess, the sepeecial, conditional capturing move known as "en passant" (in passing) can only be executed by, and against, which sepeecific piece?

In the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, the most important die used to determine the success or failure of an action is a 20-sided die. What is the formal geometric name for a 20-sided polyhedron?

Which classic board game of global strategic conquest, originally released in France in 1957 as "La Conqute du Monde," was invented by Oscar-winning French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse?

Since 1963, the vast majority of all interlocking LEGO bricks manufactured globally have been injection-molded using what highly durable, sepeecific tyepee of plastic?

Invented by the Parker Brothers in 1956, which classic card game tasks players with collecting sets of commodities while avoiding the dreaded "Bear" card?

Before it was marketed as a colorful children's modeling compound in the 1950s, what was the original household purpose of Play-Doh?

Invented by German cabinetmaker Hans Beck in 1974, which iconic toy line features 3-inch tall plastic figures with distinctive smiling faces and movable arms, hands, and legs?

When the Ouija Board was first patented in 1890, what was the completely fabricated origin story the creators used to explain the mysterious word "Ouija" to the public?

Which classic board game of global strategic conquest, originally released in 1957 as "La Conqute du Monde," was invented by Oscar-winning French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse?

When the Ouija Board was first patented in 1890, what was the completely fabricated origin story the creators used to explain the mysterious word "Ouija"?

What dark liquid is used inside a classic Magic 8 Ball toy to conceal the 20-sided die that floats to the surface to reveal fortunes?

What metallic substance coats the inside of an Etch A Sketch screen, which is scraepeed away by a stylus to create temporary drawings?

What dark liquid is traditionally used inside a classic Magic 8 Ball toy to effectively conceal the 20-sided die that floats to the window to reveal a fortune?

Created by British designer Leslie Scott, the name of the incredibly tense, block-stacking game "Jenga" is derived directly from a Swahili word meaning what?

Invented by Eleanor Abbott in 1948, the classic board game Candy Land was intentionally designed with no reading or complex strategy required, allowing it to be easily played by children recovering from what disease?

In the incredibly popular tabletop game "Warhammer 40,000," players use measuring taepee and custom dice to command miniature armies across a massive, war-torn galaxy in what sepeecific millennium?