April
While the exact start date remains a mystery, what April tradition has evolved into a global day for lighthearted pranks, jokes, and foolishness?
April Fools Day
Who is the well known Actor and Comedian that grew up in Acton and became most famous starring in The Office?
Steve Carell
With over 450 million sold, what frustrating block toy that seems like it’s for geniuses only is the best-selling puzzle game of all time?
Rubik's Cube
What is the name of a planet in the Solar System, the Roman god of war, and a well-known chocolate bar which is named after the chocolate company’s owner?
Mars
On April 15th 1912, what ship, once thought to be unsinkable sank in two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg?
The Titanic
Caroll Spinney, who graduated from Acton High School, now known as Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, is the puppeteer who created which two characters on Sesame Street?
Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
According to a 1963 commercial, what toy uses "two ordinary light bulbs and a special cooling chamber" to make "cakes, cookies, candy, brownies, pizza, pies, and biscuits"?
Easy-Bake Oven
Hopefully they have good dental in Madison! More than 50 years before Bart Simpson made sure nobody laid a finger on his, Shirley Temple shilled for what crispety-crunchety candy bar that just topped Wisconsin’s most popular Halloween candy list for 2023?
Butterfinger
April 22, 1970, marked the first-ever observance of what environmental day? This day is a celebration of the preservation of the environment.
Earth Day
Acton is a part of what county in Massachusetts?
Middlesex
Named for a brand of toys, what chain of theme parks has locations in Billund, Denmark; Carlsbad, California; and Dubai, UAE, among others?
Legoland
Located in southeastern Pennsylvania, what amusement park was founded in 1906 to entertain workers at a chocolate company in the area?
Hersheypark
President Abraham Lincoln was killed in a crowded theater in Washington, DC, on April 14, 1865 by who?
John Wilkes Booth
Before becoming its own town, what town what Acton a part of?
Concord?
What manufacturer of toy trucks was originally the Mound Metalcraft Company, making metal garden tools out of the basement of a Minnesota schoolhouse before turning to making metal toys? Their toy truck would eventually land on Time Magazine's list of History's Best Toys
Tonka
Which brand of chewy, taffy-caramel chocolate candy was the first individually wrapped “penny candy” in the United States? As a kid, you might have tried to lick your way to the center of the lollipop version.
Tootsie Roll
April is the best month to witness what celestial events?
Meteor Showers
What year did Acton become its own town?
1735
Beanie Babies come with heart-shaped tags feature what two-letter first name of the toy's creator Mr. Warner?
Ty
What Swiss chocolate bar brand features red text and a yellow mountain, which surreptitiously displays the sketching of a white bear within the yellow mountain?
Toblerone