How well do you know your toys?

[prolesunited]

Take some guesses. No fair Googling. I'll post the answers in awhile.


1. Who invented Lincoln Logs?

2. Who was president when the first box of Crayola crayons was made?

3. What famous game was rejected by a toy company because it was “too
complicated ... and took too long to play”?

4. What toy-in-an-egg flew on the spacecraft Apollo 8?

5. What popular toy is based on an Australian children’s game that used
bamboo hoops?

[Waistdeep]

1. Ok, I'll bite

3. Monopoly
4. Silly Putty
5. Hula Hoop?

[prolesunited]

12. Those are all correct

But what about the first two?

[FlemingsGhost]

2. My drunken guesses:

1. John Wilkes Booth ;-)

2. Wilson

3. Monopoly (I almost positive on this one)

4. Super ball

5. Hula Hoop

[prolesunited]

13. Two right!

John Wilkes Booth?!?! How drunk are you? ;-)

[CarlBallard]

3. I don't know all of them but

1- Abe himself?
2- Abe?
3- Monopoly
4- Gotta be silly putty, what other toy in an egg is there?
5- Hoola Hoops?

[FlemingsGhost]

6. Silly putty... of course!

D'oh!

[Waistdeep]

7. Well, they were both fun to bounce.

I remember when super balls came out. They were advertised almost like they were a new form of matter possessing infinite bounciness. Well, they were pretty cool.

[prolesunited]

14. Last three are correct

Two Abes don't make a right.

[truthseeker1]

4. K'Nex

Wilson
Monopoly
Silly Putty
Hoola Hoop

[prolesunited]

15. Last three are correct

Was K'Nex the answer to the first question?

[truthseeker1]

20. yes

the manufacturer, (but not the original inventor I suppose)

[scarlet_owl]

5. Here we go:

1-Frank Lloyd Wright's son

2-Not sure

3-Monopoly

4-Silly Putty

5-Hula Hoop

[prolesunited]

16. Ding! Ding! Ding!

We finally have a winner with number one.

John Wright, son of famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright

Isn't that one interesting?

[Kenneth ken]

8. I know I know

1. Abraham Lincoln invented Lincoln logs!

2. Herbert Hoover was President when Crayola crayons were first made.

3. Monopoly was rejected as too complicated, and took too long to play.

4. Silly putty went on Apollo 8.

5. The Hula-hoop is based on the Aussie bamboo hoop.


(actually, I'm pretty sure I'm right on 4 & 5 - the other 3 are WAGs)

[prolesunited]

17. You got number 3 right!

Lincoln invented Lincoln Logs. I guess you can't question the logic on that one. However, it is wrong.

[arcane1]

9. I'm just pulling these out of my, er, hat...

1- Galoob? I have no idea...

2- wilson

3- monopoly

4- sily putty I'm pretty sure

5- slinky

:hi:

[FlemingsGhost]

10. Ooooooh... slinky.

I didn't think of that.

[prolesunited]

18. Only two out of five

However, for your noble efforts (and putting that infernal Slinky jingle in my brain), I'll present you with a gold-plated Slinky




:hi:

[arcane1]

21. me?

you asked the question, and put the song in MY head! :silly:

but I'll take the gold slinky nonetheless :-)

[prolesunited]

11. Ooops!

I forgot I started this thread. I guess I better go find the answers. :silly:

[prolesunited]

19. Still no right answer for this question

2. Who was president when the first box of Crayola crayons was made?

[truthseeker1]

22. Teddy Roosevelt

[prolesunited]

24. Roosevelt is right!

As a matter of fact, Crayola is celebrating it 100th anniversary

1903
Noticing a need for safe, quality, affordable wax crayons, the company produces the first box of eight Crayola(r) crayons, selling for a nickel. The Crayola name, coined by Edwin Binney's wife Alice, comes from "craie," the French word for chalk, and "ola," from "oleaginous."

[truthseeker1]

25. What did I win Bob??

[prolesunited]

26. Why the grand prize trophy, of course. Congrats!

[truthseeker1]

27. Yeah! Whoopee!!

Thanks for the Friday night fun :-)

[Kenneth ken]

23. ok

I'll take another stab - at 2

John Adams.

Crayons are really not much more than colored wax, so it could easily be someone from that far back. I pick Adams rather Washington, just because.