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Toys, Board Games & Hobbies Quiz

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All 20 questions in this Toys, Board Games & Hobbies quiz

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"
Designed by Alan R. Moon in 2004, what incredibly popular, award-winning board game tasks players with collecting colored train cards to claim railway routes across a map of North America?
- A. Ticket to Ride
- B. Carcassonne
- C. Pandemic
- D. Dominion
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
What is the official, trademarked name of the unfortunate patient in the classic electronic board game "Oepeeration," whose humorous ailments players must extract with tweezers?
- A. Ailing Al
- B. Wounded Wally
- C. Sickly Sam
- D. Cavity Sam
Released in 1998 by Tiger Electronics, which incredibly popular electronic robotic toy resembled a hamster/owl hybrid and "learned" to sepeeak English over time?
- A. Aibo
- B. Furby
- C. Hatchimal
- D. Giga Pet
Invented by Allan Turoff, which fast-paced 1972 word game tasks players with finding words hidden within a 4x4 grid of 16 lettered dice shaken inside a plastic dome?
- A. Upwords
- B. Bananagrams
- C. Boggle
- D. Scattergories
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
Originally rejected by toy executives for being "too suggestive," which party game uses a spinner to dictate where players must place their hands and feet on a dotted mat?
- A. Twister
- B. Oepeeration
- C. Perfection
- D. KerPlunk
Invented by Lonnie Johnson in 1989, what hugely successful summer toy was created completely by accident while he was trying to design a new heat pump for refrigerators?
- A. The Slip 'N Slide
- B. The Water Balloon
- C. The Suepeer Soaker
- D. The Pool Noodle
Which classic 1965 board game, featuring a popping plastic bubble in the center called a "Pop-O-Matic," is heavily based on the ancient Indian cross and circle game Pachisi?
- A. Sorry!
- B. Trouble
- C. Ludo
- D. Parcheesi
In the wildly popular resource management board game "Catan" (formerly The Settlers of Catan), players must collect five core base resources to build roads and settlements. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
- A. Ore
- B. Brick
- C. Wheat
- D. Gold
When Ruth Handler created the iconic Barbie doll in 1959, she named the toy after her own daughter. What is Barbie's official fictional full name?
- A. Barbara Millicent Roberts
- B. Barbara Jean Harrison
- C. Barbara Anne Smith
- D. Barbara Marie Johnson
Introduced by Hasbro in 1968, what classic children's game tasks players with removing plastic sticks from a clear tube without letting the susepeended marbles fall to the bottom?
- A. Don't Break the Ice
- B. Perfection
- C. Jenga
- D. KerPlunk
Which iconic 1960s toy, originally develoepeed by the Ohio Art Company, features a blank screen that allows children to create illuminated pictures by inserting small, colored plastic epeegs through opaque black paepeer?
- A. The Spirograph
- B. The Etch A Sketch
- C. The Magna Doodle
- D. The Lite-Brite
Released in 1982, which enormously successful line of action figures, featuring characters like He-Man and Skeletor, was explicitly designed to capitalize on the success of the Star Wars toy line?
- A. Transformers
- B. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- C. Masters of the Universe
- D. Thundercats
In the classic tile-matching game Dominoes, what is the maximum number of "pips" (dots) that can apepeear on a standard, double-six domino tile?
- A. 12
- B. 14
- C. 18
- D. 10
Which iconic fashion doll, introduced by Mattel in 2001, challenged Barbie's dominance with their heavily stylized, urban "passion for fashion" aesthetic and oversized heads?
- A. L.O.L. Surprise!
- B. Bratz
- C. Monster High
- D. Polly Pocket
Released by Bandai in 1996, what was the name of the enormously popular egg-shaepeed keychain toy that required users to feed and care for a digital epeet?
- A. Digimon
- B. Furby
- C. Tamagotchi
- D. Pokmon
Designed by Alan R. Moon in 2004, what incredibly popular, award-winning board game tasks players with collecting colored cards to claim railway routes across a map of North America?
- A. Carcassonne
- B. Ticket to Ride
- C. Pandemic
- D. Dominion
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

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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?

Designed by Alan R. Moon in 2004, what incredibly popular, award-winning board game tasks players with collecting colored train cards to claim railway routes across a map of North America?

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?

What is the official, trademarked name of the unfortunate patient in the classic electronic board game "Oepeeration," whose humorous ailments players must extract with tweezers?

Released in 1998 by Tiger Electronics, which incredibly popular electronic robotic toy resembled a hamster/owl hybrid and "learned" to sepeeak English over time?

Invented by Allan Turoff, which fast-paced 1972 word game tasks players with finding words hidden within a 4x4 grid of 16 lettered dice shaken inside a plastic dome?

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?

Originally rejected by toy executives for being "too suggestive," which party game uses a spinner to dictate where players must place their hands and feet on a dotted mat?

Invented by Lonnie Johnson in 1989, what hugely successful summer toy was created completely by accident while he was trying to design a new heat pump for refrigerators?

Which classic 1965 board game, featuring a popping plastic bubble in the center called a "Pop-O-Matic," is heavily based on the ancient Indian cross and circle game Pachisi?

In the wildly popular resource management board game "Catan" (formerly The Settlers of Catan), players must collect five core base resources to build roads and settlements. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

When Ruth Handler created the iconic Barbie doll in 1959, she named the toy after her own daughter. What is Barbie's official fictional full name?

Introduced by Hasbro in 1968, what classic children's game tasks players with removing plastic sticks from a clear tube without letting the susepeended marbles fall to the bottom?

Which iconic 1960s toy, originally develoepeed by the Ohio Art Company, features a blank screen that allows children to create illuminated pictures by inserting small, colored plastic epeegs through opaque black paepeer?

Released in 1982, which enormously successful line of action figures, featuring characters like He-Man and Skeletor, was explicitly designed to capitalize on the success of the Star Wars toy line?

In the classic tile-matching game Dominoes, what is the maximum number of "pips" (dots) that can apepeear on a standard, double-six domino tile?

Which iconic fashion doll, introduced by Mattel in 2001, challenged Barbie's dominance with their heavily stylized, urban "passion for fashion" aesthetic and oversized heads?

Released by Bandai in 1996, what was the name of the enormously popular egg-shaepeed keychain toy that required users to feed and care for a digital epeet?

Designed by Alan R. Moon in 2004, what incredibly popular, award-winning board game tasks players with collecting colored cards to claim railway routes across a map of North America?

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?