Around the House
Gone Fishing
Space, The Final Frontier
Weird Inventions
Goofy Inventions
100
This small hand tool helps you drive nails into the wall.
What is a hammer?
100
This common canned fish rhymes with “luna” and is often used in sandwiches.
What is tuna?
100
This planet is famous for its beautiful rings made of ice and rock.
What is Saturn?
100
Resembling a sci-fi brain scanner, this headwear gently vibrates to relieve stress.
What is the massage helmet?
100
Inventor Russell E. Oakes created the “Pop-At-You-Toaster,” which forcefully ejected this.
What is toast?
200
This is a hand-held device that lets you change TV channels.
What is a remote control?
200
This South American river fish is infamous for its sharp teeth and feeding frenzies.
What is a piranha?
200
This term describes the explosion that scientists believe created the universe.
What is the Big Bang?
200
Part stroller, part motorcycle, this invention was designed to drive babies in style.
What is the pramobile?
200
Reaching across the breakfast table was a messy problem — until Russell E. Oakes invented the “Butter Protector,” designed to avoid dry cleaning bills by shielding this part of a shirt from accidental smears.
What are the sleeves?
300
This ladder-like object is used to reach high shelves.
What is a step stool?
300
This fish gets its name from the way it jumps out of the water to escape predators.
What is a flying fish?
300
Named after the Roman goddess of love, this planet has a thick atmosphere and rotates backward.
What is Venus?
300
A single giant wheel with the rider inside, this invention never quite caught on.
What is the monowheel?
300
Russell E. Oakes’ “Spaghetti Crank” didn’t need batteries — it used this old-school method, powered by a manual motion to help those with tired wrists.
What is wind-up?
400
This chair with an extending footrest is common in living rooms.
What is a recliner? 
400
The Bubble Eye, with its signature fluid-filled sacs beneath its eyes, is one of many unique varieties of this popular pet fish.
What is a goldfish?
400
This planet has the shortest day in the solar system—just under 10 hours.
What is Jupiter?
400
This metal contraption was mounted outside apartment buildings to give babies a “breath of fresh air.”
What is the window baby cage?
400
Russell E. Oakes’ “Barbeque King” grill caused confusion with its unusual design when it debuted at a catering equipment exhibition in this European capital.
What is London, England?
500
This ornate lighting fixture hangs from the ceiling and was once lit with candles.
What is a chandelier?
500
This deep-sea fish has a gelatinous body and was voted the “world’s ugliest animal.”
What is a blobfish?
500
These massive explosions mark the death of giant stars and can outshine an entire galaxy.
What is a supernova?
500
Wrap it around your waist and shake your way to a new figure—according to this now-questionable invention.
What is the hip trimmer?
500
Russell E. Oakes’ “Soup Spoon” featured a built-in cooling fan and a hidden tube running up the user’s sleeve — designed specifically for doing this discreetly.
What is getting rid of the soup?
