Senin, 10 Januari 2011

The Best Classic Toys for Kids (In Trivia Form)


1. It takes 80 feet of wire to make a Slinky.  Originally it was intended as a spring support for sensitive equipment on ships.

2. Lego was named by Businessweek as the world's largest tire manufacturer, with some 306 million tiny rubber tires produced each year.

3. Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts, while her parents' are George and Margaret.

4. The English historical name of Yo-yo is bandalore.


5. Nintendo means "leave luck to heaven." [Check out Famicom game Elevator Action].

6. Play-Doh was supposed to be a putty-like wallpaper cleaner.

7. There are exactly 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible permutations in a Rubik's Cube. This number is called a quintillion, although manufacturers often advertise it as "billions", as many might not be able to appreciate the magnitude of a quintillion.

8. Six (6) Lego bricks can be arranged in 915,103,765 ways.   [check out Lego for Adults]

9. In Scrabble, the word MUZJIKS (which means Russian peasants), when played on the first move, will give the highest score of 128.


10. If Barbie were a human, her measurements would be 39-21-33.
11. The most commonly landed on square In Monoploly (excluding Jail) is Illinois Avenue[check out If America Were a Monopoly Game].

12. The first-ever advertised toy in television was Mr. Potato Head, in 1952.
13. The first Frisbee was a pie tin.

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