TOYS AND GAMES
Jim Henson's puppet creations
The Muppets
This inventor's sealed desk was opened in 1947, 16 years after his death
Thomas Edison
A popular misconception is that porcupines can do this with their quills
Shoot (or throw)
The Sumerians, not Fred Flintstone, got this rolling around 3.500 B.C.
The Wheel
The moral of this story is "Slow & steady wins the race"
The Tortoise and the Hare
Number of tiles in a "hand" of Scrabble
Seven
New models of these in '48 included the Tucker Torpedo & the Frazer Manhattan
Cars (automobiles)
Another widely used name for a porcupine
A quill pig
On April 16, 1926, a novel, "Lolly Willowes" was its 1st selection to be mailed
The Book of the Month Club
Substance of which the emperor's new clothes were made
Nothing at all
The gyroscopes used to stabilize boats & planes are based on principle of this simple toy
A top
Sold by NBC in '43 to a candy manufacturer, in '85 it was sold to Capital Cities Communcations
ABC
Member of the 3 Stooges nicknamed "Porcupine"
Larry (Fine)
The 1st trans-U.S. highway was completed from NYC to here
San Francisco
It was Rumpelstiltskin's secret
His name
The "box" or "Hargrave" variety have been used to test the atmosphere by the Weather Bureau
A Kite
Residents were moved off this atoll before the atomic weapons test of July 1946
Bikini Island
Only continent other than Antarctica to which porcupines are not native
Australia
The First President to be inaugurated in Washington D.C.
Thomas Jefferson
According to James Barrie, every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies", this happens
Somewhere a fairy dies
In snooker you have 7 various colored balls & 15 all of this color
Red
He directed the smash hit "The Great Dictator"
Charlie Chaplin
The offspring of a porcupine is this cutesy name
Porcupettes
In 1908, while flying with Orville Wright, Lt. Thomas Selfridge became 1st in aviation history
The first person to be killed in an airplane crash
According to James Barrie, every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies", this happens
The March Hare