Emily's Trivia Quiz: Life in Plastic, It's Fantastic

I <3 toys.  In fact, due to a condition known as Only-Child Syndrome, I still retain most of my toys in my parents' house.  I have a few favorites, like the Playmobil Dollhouse (which, don't worry, I'm not that spoiled, I saved up for and paid for half of it), my Cabbage Patch Kid (that's not the one I had, I couldn't find a pic of Noreen Trista), and my Matchbox cars and garage (that one's not as cool as mine.  Mine has an elevator.).  There were also a few toys that I wanted and never got, like that awesome Fisher-Price car and an American Girl doll.  The American Girl Company does not let me forget that I never got one, because I STILL GET THE CATALOG.  Do they not realize they've been sending me the thing since like 1991, and I've never bought a thing?  Maybe they think I have my own daughter by now and will buy it for her...HAH. 

1. Which of the following Easy-Bake Ovens never existed?
a. An avocado green one with a clock
b. A microwave version
c. A harvest gold one
d. A super-size version

d. There was an avocado green one in 1969, a harvest gold one in 1970.  A microwave version, the "Mini-Wave Oven" was introduced in 1978.  As far as I know, the only super-size version is in your own kitchen.  And it doesn't cook with a light bulb.

2. Play-Doh was originally created to be used as:
a. Caulking
b. Bait
c. Wallpaper cleaner
d. Fake spaghetti

c. It was originally invented as wallpaper cleaner.

3. Who was G.I. Joe named after?
a. A WWII soldier
b. A mess kitchen
c. The inventor's son
d. A pigeon

<--That's 2001 Joe next to 1960's Joe.

d. In 1943, a pigeon named G.I. Joe delivered a message to an Italian village warning them that there was going to be an allied force bombing, allowing time for a full evacuating and saving the lives of over 1,000 people.  (In 1945, a movie came out about war correspondent Ernie Pyle and was called "The Story of G.I. Joe."  But the pigeon did come first.)

4. What do you get if you win the Monopoly World Championship?
a. The amount of money you won in real dollars
b. A hotel
c. A house in Atlantic City
d. A gold-plated Monopoly set

a. The amount of money you won in real dollars.

5. What other name does Scrabble (a.k.a. the best thing to happen to facebook ever) go by?
a. Alfapet
b. Funworder
c. Skip-A-Cross
d. Spelofun

ALL OF THE ABOVE!

6. Who invented Lincoln Logs?
a. Abrahan Lincoln's grand-nephew
b. Joe Lincoln
c. Ling Pak-Sue
d. Frank Lloyd Wright's son

d. Frank Lloyd Wright's son, John Lloyd Wright based the design off of his dad's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.

Sorry this is so short!  I have to wake up really early tomorrow morning for work.  (Carpool leaves before the sun rises!)  AND 30 Rock was absolutely hysterical tonight.  I laughed myself off the couch!

Emily's Trivia Quiz runs Friday at 9:00 a.m. and is usually longer and much more informative.  She plans on making her mom and dad buy her future daughter an American Girl doll.  She also will never, ever dismantle her Playmobil doll house and farm.  So if you want to come over and play, holler.

Comments

[Lauren]

OMG I cannot believe you still get the AG catalog

[HGG]

Very informative. Games are great. Mind expanding, except I HATE MONOPOLY!

[The Mayor]

When I was 8 I won a high-stakes monopoly game at a family reunion. My prize was that I got to travel to Denver to go skiing when I turned 14. 10 years later and that prize still goes unclaimed. Maybe I should've just asked for the amount of money I won in real dollars.