Classic Playthings
Animal Words & Phrases
Clothing
Nuts
Potpourri
100

When this toy was introduced, you supplied your own spud. Now it comes with a plastic one.

Mr. Potato Head

100

When a person has a sore throat, we say that they have this amphibian there.

A frog

100

One can be eveNing, night or dressing

Gown

100

This tropical nut is the source of caffeine in soft drinks

The kola nut

100

Most of the saturated type of this comes from animal products

Fats

200

This building set was thought up when the inventor saw children playing with pencils and wooden spools.

Tinker Toys

200

If you tell a secret, you “let the cat out of” this

The bag

200

Its name is Japanese for “thing for wearing”

A kimono

200

A member of the hickory family, this nut is popular in Southern pie.

Pecan

200

This type of football is named for a school in England.

Rugby

300

This “magic screen” toy, made in 1961, used two knobs to draw pictures.

Etch a Sketch

300

A great singer’s last great work is often described as this type of performance

Swan song

300

Term for the 1960’s clothing fad that could be worn by men or women

Unisex

300

Pine nuts are found in these, and they are hard to get out.

Pinecones

300

It’s been said that this neutral country doesn’t have an army, it is an army.

Switzerland

400

This bright, moldable stuff was invented by Rainbow Crafts, a soap & cleaning company.

Play-Doh

400

This ”vulpine” adjective can mean conniving or sexy

Foxy

400

Bela Lugosi was buried with this part of his Dracula costume.

Cape

400

Named after John Macadam, who promoted cultivating them in Australia 

Macadamia nuts 

400

This word is a response to a witty remark, or a hit in fencing

Touché 

500

Gum Drop Mountain is found on this board game that requires no reading.

Candyland

500

This phrase “to separate the sheep from” these animals, comes from the Bible

The goats

500

In the late 1800s, men wore these with side buttons over their shoes.

Spats

500

You only want to eat the sweet kind of this nut, as the bitter kind is poisonous

Almond

500

A sporran is the the bag attached to a belt worn over this part of a Highland costume

A kilt