The first playing pieces in this invention created in India in the fifth century of A.D. were called elephants, horses, chariots, and infantry. Royalty token names were given in Europe in the Middle Ages.
What is the game of Chess?
100
The first ones of this invention were called "red hots" and dachshund sausages." It is a tasty treat popular at baseball games.
What is the hot dog?
100
Little slips of paper offering "one cent off" were used when this invention appeared from the Post's Grape Nut cereal company.
What is a coupon?
100
The first one of this popular household item connected to a pink plastic bonnet that fit over a person's head.
What is a hair dryer?
100
The first type of this invention used hollow glass tubes. Waxed paper was used in the US and Britain in the nineteenth century. Finally, plastic replaced the wax paper tubes as a handy way to take a drink.
What is the drinking straw?
200
This popular invention was created by Ruth and Elliot Handler, cofounders of the Mattell Toy Company. Their daughter, Barbara, and son, Ken, played a role in the creation.
What is the Barbie Doll?
200
This invention by Nabisco is packaged in a little, rectangular box made to look like a circus cage. In 1902, parents hung the boxes on their Christmas trees.
What is a box of animal crackers (cookies)?
200
This invention was read by the ancient Romans. The kind we know was first published in 1933 and were called "Funnies on Parade."
What is the comics/comic books?
200
Today this invention works in police work, science labs, on factory assembly lines, and is used for space exploration. Sometimes, you will see this invention in science fiction films.
What is a robot?
200
The first of this invention was square. In 1683, J. Pettus took a small stick of cedar, slit it down the middle, hollowed it out, put a piece of graphite in it, and then glued it all back up again. Today we use a #2.
What is the pencil?
300
The first people to play this fun game used beans as markers. The first player to get five in a row stood up and yelled, "Beano." Today, the name of the game has changed but it is still just as exciting to win the game!
What is the game of Bingo?
300
This sweet invention came about by accident when in 1905, eleven-year-old Frank Epperson left a jar of soda pop mix and water with the stirring stick on his back porch in the winter time.
What is the popsicle?
300
This everyday classroom math tool was invented in 1642 by a nineteen-year-old named Blaise Pascal. He invented it for his father who was a storeowner who did a lot of equations.
What is the calculator?
300
This invention was first used to heat flying suits for pilots. Today you might find one on your bed.
What is the electric blanket?
300
This invention was first made with a small piece of bone and a brush. In 1770, William Addis bored tiny holes in one end of a bone and wedged some brush bristles through the holes. We use this invention everyday!
What is a toothbrush?
400
This invention was created after businessman Donald Duncan went on a trip to the Philippines. While there he saw hunters using a large disc of wood with twine wrapped around it. In English, this invention's name means "come-come."
What is the yo-yo?
400
Everyone seems to love this salty invention created by American Indian George Crum in 1853. A restaurant customer complained that his french fries were too thick so Mr. Crum sent out very thin, crisp fries and a beloved snack was invented.
What are potato chips?
400
This tasty invention made out of chicle, dried sap of the the sapodilla tree, was first used to make toys, masks, and rain boots . Today the average American treats themselves to 200 pieces.
What is chewing gum?
400
The first one of these kitchen household items was as large and heavy as a refrigerator. It was called the "Radar Range."
What is the microwave?
400
This invention came about when the the army had a surplus of air filters that were used in the gas masks of soldiers who served in World War I. Women found that the air filters made great makeup remover cloths but their families kept taking them to blow their noses!
What is the Kleenex?
500
This invention, first called "Criss-Cross,"came about in 1931 when Alfred Butts applied his love of crossword puzzles and board games. Today, this invention ranks second as a best-selling game just below Monopoly.
What is the game of Scrabble?
500
This invention was born in 1895 when a new machine at a Massachusetts cookie company could wrap cookie dough around jam. The first attempt was tried out using preserve of figs.
What is a Fig Newton?
500
This invention was inspired by a game the Italians played in the 1600s which involved riding on a horse around a circular track and trying to spear a ring.
What is a carousel?
500
This system which uses a system of weights and pulleys was first known as the "Flying Chair."
What is the elevator?
500
This invention was first marketed as the "electric flowerpot." It was used to provide light for plants. Once, the inventor removed the light from the pot and remarketed the item as a "portable electric light" he made a fortune!