Games Kids Play Trivia Quiz

Answer: Slinky

When it was first released, the Slinky was a long coil of very fine metal wire. More recent versions have used plastic so that the toy can be made in all sorts of different colours.

Answer: Fish

"Go Fish" (also known simply as "Fish") is a card game that can be played by two or more people. The winner is the player who ends up with the most matching pairs of cards at the end of the game.

Answer: Twister

"Twister" is played on a plastic mat that has coloured circles on it. Someone spins the spinner, which tells you what colour circle you need to move your foot or hand to. It is very hard not to get into a tangle when you play "Twister"!

Answer: Hippos

"Hungry, Hungry Hippos" is a game where each player is in charge of the head of a hippo. Each hippo head has a lever that controls the opening and closing of your hippo's mouth. The object of the game is to catch as many marbles as possible using the mouth of your hippo.

Answer: Chairs

The game of musical chairs is played with one less chair than there are people playing. Music is played and when it is stopped, everyone tries to sit on a chair. The person who is left without a chair is out of the game. One more chair is removed and the game starts again, repeating the cycle until there are two people with one chair left to decide the winner.

Answer: Lego

Lego can be used to make all sorts of things. Special Lego sets have been released that enable you to make "Star Wars" themed structures as well as robots and vehicles like motorbikes.

Answer: Daddy

"Don't Wake Daddy" (also known as "Shhh, Don't Wake Dad") is a board game where each player must creep quietly through the house and avoid obstacles. The aim is to reach the kitchen to get a midnight snack without waking Daddy.

Answer: Candy Land

"Candy Land" is a board game where the aim of the game is to reach the Candy Castle first. Players move their playing pieces according to the colour blocks appearing on the cards they pick from the card pile.

Answer: Maid

"Old Maid" is a card game where the object is to get rid of all the cards in your hand by making pairs of cards. The player who ends up with the "Old Maid" card loses the game.

Answer: Tic Tac Toe

"Tic tac toe" (known as "noughts and crosses" in other countries) is a popular way to spend a few seconds of your time, and can be played in the margin of your notebook paper, on the chalkboard, or on any scrap paper you have lying about. Interestingly, it was this game that was one of the test beds for the attempts to reach an 'artificial intelligence'; a computer was given the rules of winning and losing, and within thirty games, it could not be beaten any more.