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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:06 AM
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How well do you know your toys?
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?
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Waistdeep Donating Member (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:12 AM
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1. Ok, I'll bite
3. Monopoly
4. Silly Putty
5. Hula Hoop?
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:43 AM
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12. Those are all correct
But what about the first two?
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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:14 AM
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2. My drunken guesses:
1. John Wilkes Booth ;-)

2. Wilson

3. Monopoly (I almost positive on this one)

4. Super ball

5. Hula Hoop
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:44 AM
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13. Two right!
John Wilkes Booth?!?! How drunk are you? ;-)
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CarlBallard Donating Member (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:14 AM
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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?
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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:18 AM
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6. Silly putty... of course!
D'oh!
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Waistdeep Donating Member (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:24 AM
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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.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:46 AM
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14. Last three are correct
Two Abes don't make a right.
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truthseeker1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:15 AM
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4. K'Nex
Wilson
Monopoly
Silly Putty
Hoola Hoop
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:47 AM
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15. Last three are correct
Was K'Nex the answer to the first question?
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truthseeker1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:03 AM
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20. yes
the manufacturer, (but not the original inventor I suppose)
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:16 AM
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5. Here we go:
1-Frank Lloyd Wright's son

2-Not sure

3-Monopoly

4-Silly Putty

5-Hula Hoop
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:49 AM
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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?
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:29 AM
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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)
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:50 AM
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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.
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:32 AM
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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:
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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:41 AM
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10. Ooooooh... slinky.
I didn't think of that.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:55 AM
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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:
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:03 AM
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21. me?
you asked the question, and put the song in MY head! :silly:

but I'll take the gold slinky nonetheless :-)
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:41 AM
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11. Ooops!
I forgot I started this thread. I guess I better go find the answers. :silly:
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 01:58 AM
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19. Still no right answer for this question
2. Who was president when the first box of Crayola crayons was made?
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truthseeker1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:07 AM
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22. Teddy Roosevelt
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:20 AM
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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."
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truthseeker1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:23 AM
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25. What did I win Bob??
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:34 AM
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26. Why the grand prize trophy, of course. Congrats!
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truthseeker1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 05:33 AM
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27. Yeah! Whoopee!!
Thanks for the Friday night fun :-)
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 02:07 AM
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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.
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