Toy Trivia
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100

One of Hasbro’s most iconic toys is what anthropomorphic spud that kids can stick facial features on?

Mr. Potato Head

100

Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman”, what 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game" in 2005?

Pac-Man

100

Son of Sam" and ".44 Caliber Killer" were aliases of an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to eight separate shooting attacks in what U.S. city?  

NYC

100

Founded by an Australian surfer in California who longed for the soft sheepskin boots of his youth, what American boot brand took off in 2003 after being featured as one of Oprah's "favorite things"?

Ugg

100

Created in the 15th century BC, the oldest object in New York City's Central Park is an obelisk also known as the "needle" of what Ptolemaic Egyptian queen?

Cleopatra

200

Which game played on a large plastic mat with six rows of large colored circles was originally called “Pretzel?”

Twister

200

Which spooky 2001 GameCube game starring Mario’s brother got a reboot for Nintendo Switch in 2019?

Luigi's Mansion

200

Michael C. Hall is probably best known for playing the titular serial killer on what Showtime drama that ran from 2006 to 2013?

Dexter

200

“50 First Dates,” “Hitch,” and “The Fifth Element” were among the first films that were released on what new colorfully-named disc format on June 20, 2006?

Blu-Ray

200

The 600-mile-long plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Valleys was home to the city-state of Sumer, which was the first in a succession of what "M" civilizations?

Mesopotamia

300

At 56 inches tall, the tallest LEGO set available to buy is a replica of which tower referred to locally as "La dame de fer"?

 The Eiffel Tower

300

what 1981 arcade game features the titular amphibian trying to cross a road without getting squashed by cars, and a river without getting eaten by predators?

Frogger

300

What serial killer, who killed at least 30 young women in the 1970s, grew up in Tacoma, Washington and went to college at the University of Puget Sound and the University of Washington?

Ted Bundy

300

E.L. James's erotic "Fifty Shades of Grey" was originally created as fan fiction for what book/movie series about vampires?

Twilight

300

The name of the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, is the site of which modern-day city?

 Istanbul

300

 the five "mother sauces" of French cooking are béchamel, espagnole, tomate, velouté, and what fifth sauce,  

Hollandaise

400

In 1968, Elliot Handler came up with what brand of toy cars as a competition to Matchbox?

Hot Wheels

400

What North Carolina-based video game company created the 2018 breakout hit "Fortnite"?

 Epic Games

400

Infamous serial killer and body-snatcher Ed Gein was the inspiration for horror character Bubba "Leatherface" Sawyer. Which movie franchise made Leatherface a household name among horror movie buffs?

: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

400

Years before she starred in “Big Little Lies” with his daughter, which actress was engaged to Lenny Kravitz in 2002?

: Nicole Kidman

400

What famous sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty became famous for his titular "code" which importantly shifted law codes from compensating victims to physical punishment of perpetrators?

Hammurabi

500

What is the name of the 1998 toy released by Tiger Electronics that resembles either a hamster or an owl and spoke its own "language" that was gradually replaced by English?

Furby

500

Pocket, Light, Color, and Advance were all styles or variants of what video game hardware system?

Game Boy

500

The "Lake Herman Road attack" and the "Blue Rock Springs attack" are two of the most famous incidents involving which (still uncaptured) serial killer?

The Zodiac Killer

500

A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, and Nights in Rodanthe were all 2000s films set in North Carolina's Outer Banks and based on best-selling novels by what writer?

Nicholas Sparks

500

Which Freudian psychological complex was named after a Greek legend who killed a man who he didn’t know was really his father and married a woman he didn’t know was really his mother?

Oedipus or oedipal complex