Trendy Toys of the 1980's
These popular dolls were “adopted” rather than purchased and came with their own birth certificates.
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
He got his start acting in films like 1963’s It Happened at the World’s Fair. He is also known for starring in movies like Overboard and Swing Shift with his longtime love, actress Goldie Hawn.
Who is Kurt Russell?
The first U.S. manned sub-orbital flight launched from this state, with Alan Shepard inside the spacecraft.
What is Florida?
The Pillsbury mascot, introduced in 1965
What is White?
This mystery-solving cartoon pooch debuted in the fall of 1969.
Who is Scooby-Doo?
These cuddly stuffed toys “care a lot.”
What are Care Bears?
This childhood chess prodigy is known for his defeat of Soviet chess player Boris Spassky.
Who is Bobby Fischer?
Alcatraz, an island penitentiary off the coast of this state, closed on March 21, 1963.
What is California?
The outfit worn by Sir Charms, the Lucky Charms cereal mascot.
What is green?
This is an educational cartoon from the 1970s that features songs like “I’m Just a Bill” and “Conjunction Junction.”
Who is Schoolhouse Rock?
Originally marketed as a spherical paperweight, this fortune-telling toy became popular with children of the 1980s.
What is a Magic 8 Ball?
This actor and filmmaker got his start in acting as a child, with roles such as Opie on The Andy Griffith Show.
Who is Ron Howard?
On March 25, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at a rally in Montgomery, this state’s capital.
What is Alabama?
The two colors of the first Earth Day flag, flown at an Illinois high school in 1970.
What are green and white?
This prehistoric cartoon series of the 1960s includes Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles.
What is The Flintstones?
A popular brainteaser in the 1980s, the object of this toy is to get six sides of matching colored tiles aligned.
What is a Rubik's Cube?
This Spanish cubist painter is known for works like Guernica and The Old Guitarist.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
The 1962 World’s Fair, also called the Century 21 Exposition, opened in this state.
What is Washington?
The first-ever Post-It notes, invented at 3M in 1974.
What is Yellow?
A spinoff of Archie comics, this show stars a pop-music group solving mysteries as they tour the globe.
Known as the world’s first action figure and an All-American hero, he debuted in 1964 from Hasbro toys.
Who is G. I. Joe?
This child prodigy is known for musical ditties like “My Cherie Amour” and “You Are the Sunshine of My Life.”
Who is Stevie Wonder?
This state was the site for the Greensboro sit-ins.
What is North Carolina?
The Cloud, Prince’s custom-built guitar that stars alongside him in the film Purple Rain
What is white?
This ’80s cartoon features characters named after Renaissance artists.
What is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?