December 2013 - Trivia Questions and Answers - TriviaQA

Classic Toys Trivia

This classic toy company has “block”ed out a new area with its Mindstorms robotic kits

Answer: Lego

Classic Toys Trivia

Introduced in 1916 on the heels of Erector sets & Tinkertoys, they were the “Wright” building material

Answer: Lincoln Logs

Classic Toys Trivia

Daisy’s X2-31 Disintegrator gun of 1934 was for kids playing this 25th century hero

Answer: Buck Rogers

Classic Toys Trivia

In the 1970s this device that uses light bulbs to cook was redesigned to look like a microwave

Answer: Easy-Bake Oven

Classic Toys Trivia

Invented to be a synthetic rubber compound during WWII, it was first sold as Gooey Gupp

Answer: Silly Putty

Classic Toys Trivia

Sold in a cylindrical package, it used the slogan “world’s favorite construction set”

Answer: Tinker Toys

Classic Toys Trivia

Ronald Howes Sr. invented this toy after a salesman wondered if Kenner could make a toy version of a chestnut roaster

Answer: the E-Z Bake Oven

Classic Toys Trivia

Donald Duncan created the Good Humor bar &, in 1929, began making this toy out of wood

Answer: the yo-yo

Classic Toys Trivia

The Telecran, a drawing toy with a joystick, glass & aluminum powder was the basis for this classic toy

Answer: the Etch A Sketch

European Museums Trivia

The Richelieu wing of this Paris art museum houses the apartments of Napoleon III

Answer: the Louvre

European Museums Trivia

Opened in 1993, this Danish capital’s Tivoli Museum documents the history of Tivoli Amusement Park

Answer: Copenhagen

European Museums Trivia

This Swiss city’s Palais des Nations houses a stamp museum & the League of Nations Museum

Answer: Geneva

European Museums Trivia

A highlight of Berlin’s Egyptian Museum is the 3300-year-old bust of this queen

Answer: Nefertiti

European Museums Trivia

A Prague museum devoted to this composer contains the rooms where he finished “Don Giovanni”

Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Country Twosomes Trivia

This mother & daughter duo plan to reunite for a special New Year’s Eve 1999 concert in Phoenix

Answer: The Judds