You Are a Child's Plaything Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

ESPN is a popular American 24 hour sports network. They have multiple channels including ESPN2 and ESPN8: The Ocho. The Ocho channel specialized in obscure sports. In 2025, the national championship in the kid's electronic carnival basketball game was showcased on ESPN2 and ESPN8. The finals were held in Orlando and Scott Setzke won the title. Pop-A-Shot was created in 1981.

Answer: V

The standard English Scrabble game comes with exactly 100 tiles. Two of the tiles are blanks worth no points. The "Q" and "Z" are worth the most points, ten each. Then comes "J" and "X" which are worth eight points each. "K" is worth five points. There are five tiles worth four points and they include "F","H","V","W", and "Y".

Answer: 1970s

The official Big Wheel tricycle was first produced in 1969. The ride was primarily built out of plastic and had a low center of gravity for kids. It was typically much more affordable and believed to be safer than an actual bicycle. During the 1970s was the peak popularity of the ride.

By the 1980s, the official manufacturer, Marx Toys, went bankrupt and competitors were making knock-off versions as the bike's popularity faded.

Answer: Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots

In 1964, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots debuted. Two players manipulated a button mashing controller and attempted to strike their opponent's robot so his head would pop off his shoulders and you'd win the game. The boxing ring was yellow and made of plastic. There were only two robots to choose from, The Red Rocker or The Blue Bomber.

Answer: Landing on "Free Parking" with double sixes

The official Parker Brothers version of "Monopoly" debuted in 1935 but the idea behind the game came three decades earlier. In the U.S. version, you are sent to jail for the three reasons listed as incorrect options. "Free Parking" is what it says, a space with no activity good or bad.

In order to get out of jail, you can choose to pay a $50 fine, roll doubles when it's your turn, or if you're lucky to have a "Get Out of Jail Free" card you can get out right away. But if you roll the dice after three turns go by and you don't roll doubles, you simply pay the $50 and continue around the board.

Answer: Sony Playstation 3

The Sony Playstation 3 was released in the United States in 2006. One of the best selling video game systems of all-time had an element that pushed sales to epic levels. Not only did the system play the latest video games, it could play Blu-Ray DVD movies. DVD players were expensive in 2006 and the ability to one pay for one device that could multi-task was a huge plus in the competitive gaming market.

Answer: True

Mr. Potato Head was not the very first television commercial, that honor went to Bulova Watches. But on April 30, 1952, the first toy commercial was the iconic building game, Mr. Potato Head. The ad was directed at children in hopes they would nag their parents to buy them the toy.

In the original version, an actual potato was used and the game sold plastic facial features to stick into the vegetable.

Answer: Star Wars

The plastic interlocking building set, Lego, has become a major collector's item. The set featuring the Millennium Factor space craft from the 1977 film,
"Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope", has been consistently sought after for its rarity. It debuted to the public in 2017. In the film, Han Solo won the vessel gambling with Lando Calrissian and initially used the ship for smuggling.

Answer: Teresa

Barbie's original car, introduced in 1962, was a British car, the Austin-Healey 3000 convertible and the color was more orange than pink. Barbie began in 1959 and in 1962, her boyfriend Ken was introduced. The next year brought Midge Hadley, Barbie's best friend.

In 1964, Barbie's little sister, Skipper, was introduced. In 1988, Barbie diversified and added a Latina friend named Teresa Rivera.

Answer: 54

The Rubik's cube can come in other dimensions but the typical 3x3 moveable cube is the most iconic. The cube comes with six unique colors and each color can be skillfully maneuvered to get a flush of each color around the cube. Each of the six colors has nine small squares, so nine times six equals 54 total little squares.