Marbles
Which of these is not a type of marble used for play: aggie, cat's eye, sheep's wool or clam broth?
What is clam broth.
Clam broth is one of the most popular marbles for collectors due to its contrasting milky-white and swirling colors.
Traditional forms of the game of jacks include play with animal bones as well as what plant-growing small items?
What is seeds?
Egyptian children sometimes used apricot seeds, while early versions of the game in Eastern Europe traditionally used cleaned bones.
Which game is similar to pick-up sticks: pogo, Mikado, or Jenga?
What is Mikado?
Both games of skill involve releasing sticks into a random pile and picking them up one by one.
A French variation of hopscotch, called escargot due to its spiral shape, is named for what creature?
What is a snail?
The spiral shape invites players to jump invward to a central resting place and back out again.
What small twirling toy has variations such as a teetotum, dreidel, and whip tops?
What are spinning tops?
One special spinning top, the dreidel, is an important part of Hanukkah celebrations.
Who is William Shakespeare.
In ancient Egypt, marbles was played using stone or polished nuts.
How many prongs are on a typical jack in the modern version of the game?
What is six?
Modern jacks are often made of plastic or lightweight metal.
On what continent did the modern version of pick-up sticks (called spillikins) originate?
What is Europe?
Played with reeds or straw, the best-known version of spillikins originated in the 18th century.
In the English version of hopscotch, what part of the diagram is the 'scotch'.
The players must therefore hop over the scotches, meaning they may not jump on the lines.
What type of spinning toy did Donald F. Duncan help popularize in the United States after purchasing the rights from its inventor?
What is a yo-yo.
Duncan, the owner of Duncan Toys Company, successfully marketed staged nationwide contests for yo-yo tricks to popularize the game.
During what century were glass marbles first produces?
What is the 19th century?
The story goes that glassmakers used leftover bits to create marbles for their children.
Which of the these items is NOT a typical game piece for playing jacks: rubber or wooden ball, jacks, or game board.
What is a game board.
Most versions of the game involve bouncing a ball and picking up jacks before the ball bounces.
How are the sticks set up in the beginning of the game?
What is held vertically in a bundle and then released (not thrown)?
The goal is to create a dense, random pile that makes it challenging to retrieve the sticks.
What jumping game often involves chanted rhymes, like 'Cinderella, dressed in yellow, when upstairs to kiss a fellow?'
What is jump rope?
The jumping rhymes help players keep rhythm. The game became popular in the early 1900s.
True or False: Peg tops are spun by pulling a string.
What is True
These unique tops use a string wound around the top's body to propel it in a spinning motion.
What is a marble used for in a can of spray paint?
What is as a mixing ball.
The marbles in cans of spray paint are made from metal or ceramic material. Marbles are also important is some air and water filtration methods, so they are not just for kids.
In what area of the world is a similar game played with bags of rice, sand or beans?
Where is East Asia.
Japanese and Chinese versions of jacks involve tossing a bag of grain and picking up others while it is aloft.
True or False: Sticks used in Makado have assigned point values.
What is true?
The harder a stick is to retrieve, the more points it is worth, ranging from 10 to 50 points.
What jump rope game is played with two alternating ropes?
What is Double Dutch?
The variation dates back at least to Dutch settlers in America in the 1600s.
What type of oak seed can be used as a natural top, due to its conical shape?
What is an acorn?
Evidence of ancient spinning tops indicates that it was invented many times around the world, by many cultures.
What ancient civilization in the Mediterranean used clay balls for marbles?
Who were the Romans.
Clay replaced nuts and was then replaced with stone from German quarries.
Which of these is another name used globally for jacks: Cinco Marias, Statues, or Skippyroo Kangaroo?
What is Cinco Marias.
This version of Jacks is played in Brazil and uses five stones or beanbags in place of the spiky jacks we know
What nursery rhyme is believed to be the origin of pick up sticks?
What is 'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe'. The counting rhyme includes the words 'five, six, pick-up sticks'.
Which of these is NOT an international name for hopscotch: rayuela, mondo or lupi?
What is Lupi?
Lipi is an Italian variation of tag: its name translates to 'wolves'.
What was a yo-yo used for aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1985?
What is Scientific Experiments?
The crew used a yo-yo to investigate microgravity; it is still a part of many outer space toy experiments.