Toy History
Released in 1999 by Japanese toy company Takara Co., Ltd., this is a toyline of battling spinning tops inspired by traditional Japanese beigoma.
What is Beyblade?
This 1920 amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The phrase “Barbenheimer” refers to the same-day 2023 theatrical release of Barbie and this historical drama.
What is Oppenheimer?
This officially artistic doctrine of the Soviet Union required literature and visual art to depict an idealized, heroic vision of communist society and the working class
What is Socialist Realism?
This mythical figure is said to have founded Rome
Who was Romulus
In 2011, Lego released this theme line with a tie-in animated epic-fantasy superhero television show involving six teenage ninjas that revolutionized the toy market and children’s media, expanding Lego’s footprint.
What is Lego Ninjago?
This period, following the Civil War, focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society
What is Reconstruction?
This legendary NBA player is the only person in history to have both an Olympic gold medal and an Oscar
Who is Kobe Bryan?
Begun in 1891 under Tsar Alexander III and largely completed by the early 20th century, this massive infrastructure project helped consolidate control over Siberia and later proved strategically vital to both the Russian Civil War and Soviet industrialization.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railway?
A series of military conflicts in which the Greek City states combated the Achaemenid Empire.
What were the Greco-Persian Wars
Starting in 1986 under the Pleasant Company and now owned by Mattel, Inc., this line of dolls portray girls from different historical periods, originally focusing on American history. They are sold with accompanying books written from the doll’s perspective.
What is American Girl?
This 1787 proposed plan outlined a new, strong national government with a bicameral legislature where representation was based on state population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
Lady Gaga famously wore a dress made entirely of this at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards
What is raw meat?
In 1956, various citizens across the Georgian SSR would protest which changes brought forth by Nikita Khrushchev at the 20th Party Congress?
What is de-Stalinization?
Which 2 empires participated in the Punic Wars?
Rome and Carthage
In 1997, this space fantasy movie was the first film to successfully license toys to consumers on a large scale for Christmas. Not expecting the success of this movie, Kenner Products sold empty boxes that children could mail-in to receive toys at a later date.
What is Star Wars?
The U.S. acquired this territory from Spain after the Spanish-American War of 1898.
What is Puerto Rico (Philippines or Guam also count)
This 1977 album by Fleetwood Mac, featuring “Go Your Own Way” and “Dreams,” became a defining record of 1970s soft rock.
What is Rumours?
This failed 1825 uprising by liberal Russian army officers sought constitutional reform and the abolition of serfdom, but was swiftly suppressed by Tsar Nicholas I in St. Petersburg.
What is the Decemberist Revolt?
This Greek philosopher was executed due to the belief he was “corrupting the youth” and impiety
Who was Socrates
This line of toys from Hasbro, Inc., started in 1992 as animal figurines with magnets and moveable parts. It was relaunched in 2005 as a line of colorful animal bobbleheads. In 2013, a then 14-year-old girl uploaded a video to YouTube recreating the JFK assassination with these toys.
What is Littlest Pet Shop
The 1990s saw the rise of this international trade agreement among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
In 2025, the Los Angeles Dodgers collaborated with this Japanese artist, known for his colorful flower motifs, to create a limited-edition merch collection for the MLB Tokyo Series.
Who is Takashi Murakami?
Founded in 1949 and closely aligned with Soviet foreign policy during the Cold War, this international organization, which still exists today, promoted nuclear disarmament and anti-war activism while being criticized in the West as a communist front group?
What is the World Peace Council?
This location is where Alexander the Great’s army mutinied, causing them to finally stop their Conquest
What was the Hyphasis River/India