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This classic board game includes the characters Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, and Mr. Green committing a crime.

Clue

What toy was once banned in Japan because the motion of operating the toy was considered indecent?

hula hoop

John Lloyd Wright, son of famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, invented what popular architecture-adjacent toy?

Lincoln Logs

Legs the Frog, Squealer the Pig, and Chocolate the Moose were three of the nine original versions of what item?

Beanie Babies

What popular toy was "discovered" during WWII as scientists were searching for a substitute product for rubber?

silly putty

Although it has other toy uses, what was the name of a ball invented in 1969 made out of foam was marketed as an ‘inside ball’ as it did not damage anything in the house?

Nerf

The company's personal transportation device launched in 2000 and quickly sold five million units (mostly for children) and won the "Toy of the Year." What is this "sharp" company?

Razor Scooter

What early 2000s line of dolls was a sassier take on Barbie, with pouty lips, a “passion for fashion,” and plenty of attitude?

Bratz

Blueberry Muffin is the BFF of what redheaded doll dressed in pink, who was first manufactured in 1979 by Kenner?

Strawberry Shortcake

“Bandalore” is an old-fashioned name for which toy, whose modern, English name is thought to mean “come come” in Tagalog? French names for this toy have included “l’émigrette” and “jou-jou.”

yo-yo

Octan is a fictional company whose gas stations appear in the building sets of what Danish toy brand?

Lego

Babyland General Hospital was the "birthplace" of what line of collectible dolls that was a huge hit in the 1980s and included an individual birth certificate for each doll?

Cabbage Patch Kids

The Dino Rescue Patroller is a motorized toy that was a popular item for the 2020 holidays and is inspired by what extremely popular kid's television program?

Paw Patrol

Although you might not know their names, you'll recognize their images. What classic board game features characters on its board officially named Jake the Jailbird (who is interminably in jail) and Officer Edgar Mallory?

Monopoly

What water gun with manually pressurized air, sold by Hasbro, was invented by Lonnie Johnson in 1989?

Super Soaker

Which toy consists of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of colored material whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated?

Kaleidoscope

What manufacturer of toy trucks was originally the Mound Metalcraft Company, making metal garden tools out of the basement of a Minnesota schoolhouse before turning to making metal toys?

Tonka

The Ohio Art toy company purchased the rights to manufacture l'Ecran magique ("the Magic Writer") and renamed the product to what more commonly-known name?

Etch-A-Sketch

Named for a brand of toys, what chain of theme parks has locations in Billund, Denmark; Carlsbad, California; and Dubai, UAE, among others?

Legoland

“Flip!,” “Attack,” and “All Wild” are three special editions of what Mattel card game that was first developed by Merle Robbins in 1971?

Uno

Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2021, what line of 18-inch dolls first released in 1986 by Pleasant Company are accompanied with books about various points in U.S. history?

American Girl

First sold in 1967 and still available today, what two-word toy has kids adorn a light panel with small colored pegs to produce different pictures and patterns? We're looking for BOTH words here.

Lite Brite

What battery-powered board game has pieces called “bread basket,” “spare ribs,” “water on the knee,” and “funny bone"?

Operation

With over 35 million units sold since June 1, 1989, what puzzle game is the best-selling Game Boy video game of all-time and was the first video game played in space by Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr A. Serebrov in 1993?

Tetris

According to a 1963 commercial, what toy uses "two-ordinary light bulbs and a special cooling chamber" to make "cakes, cookies, candy, brownies, pizza, pies, and biscuits"?

Easy Bake Oven

What kind of animal was Geoffrey, the longtime mascot of the currently-defunct retailer Toys "R" Us?

Giraffe

What classic, springy toy once used the ad slogan, "What walks down the stairs alone or in pairs?"

Slinky

In 1968, Elliot Handler came up with what brand of toy cars as a competition to Matchbox? They are a two-word brand that starts with “H”, modeled as highly modified and fantastical, as opposed to realistic car toys.

Hot Wheels

The real one is over 1,000 feet tall and was the tallest structure in the world between 1889 and 1930. 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

One of Hasbro’s most iconic toys is what anthropomorphic spud that kids can stick facial features on? (Bonus fact: It was also the first toy to be advertised on TV!)

Mr. Potato Head

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

Twister

The "Tickle Me" version of what Sesame Street character was the "it" toy of the 1996 holiday season, causing some shoppers to resort to violence to obtain the coveted toy?

Elmo