Toys
This simple puzzle toy invented in 1974 has over 43 quintillion permutations (that's 18 zeros)
What is the Rubik's Cube?
Each of the colors you can play as actually have names: Lizzie (pink), Henry (orange), Homer (green), and Harry (yellow), but they're all equally good at munching marbles
You'll get more choices if you eat (this French term meaning "by the card") as it allows you to choose each dish from a separate list
What is a la carte?
This poet is known for "The Road not Taken" and "The Mending Wall" in which 'Good fences make good neighbors'
Who is Robert Frost?
This is formed when water drops below 0 degrees Celsius at STP (standard temperature and pressure)
What is ice?
This massive manufacturer is known for products such as Play-Doh, Lite-Brite, and the Easy Bake Oven
What is Hasbro?
This classic board game originally named "Murder!" dropped the "do" at the end of its name when it came to North America
What is Clue/Cluedo?
Don't get these two mixed up. While a shephard's pie is made with lamb, this is the name if it is made with beef
What is cottage pie?
This author of a collection of poems "Where the Sidewalk Ends," actually won a Grammy for best country song, which was performed by Johnny Cash
Who is Shel Silverstein?
What is focus?
This thermochromic toy item depends on liquid crystals that change color depending on the surrounding temperature
What is a mood ring?
The original version of this game was invented by Lizzie Maggie and had two sets of rules: one with taxes and another upon which the the current rules are mainly based
What is Monopoly?
Daily Double! (2)
While it comes from the French for master of the house, in English, we tend to leave off the last five letters to get this restaurant term
This macabre style poet is known for his poem beginning:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
One who supports a governmental system in which a dictator has absolute power, forcibly suppressing opposition
What is a fascist?
This toy brand started in bobbleheads, but is now known for its vinyl action figures with large heads of which there are over 8000 varieties
What is Funko?
Codenames, a game we know and love, was developed by Vlaada Chvátil, who comes from this country
What is the Czech Republic?
This Korean shaved ice dessert is made with milk and condensed milk and is often topped with fruit or red bean
What is bingsu?
John Keats wrote 6 odes in total including "Ode on Melancholy" and and ode to this terra cotta clay object
What is a Grecian Urn?
A particular area or an inhabitant of a particular area near the one using the word
What is local?
This toy consists of two cup-shaped items connected by an axle forming an hourglass shape. It is operated by two batons which are connected by a string on the ends.
What is a Chinese yoyo/Diabolo?
This ancient two-player strategy game involves moving small stones/beads between divots in a board or the ground to take your opponents pieces. It dates back to the 2nd century AD, but the most common variety now is a wooden board with ten divots to play in and a taken pieces section for each player
What is Mancala?
If you order alewives on the menu, you will be getting a variety of this food. Nobody knows why we call it that
What is herring?
Daily Double! (3)
This late 19th/early 20th century poet wrote "The Hollow Men" with the famous lines:
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper
This adjective, meaning repulsive or abhorrent to morality/virtue is often used to describe language taboo in polite usage
What is obscene?