Name the Game II Trivia Quiz

Answer: Twister

Twister was introduced by Milton Bradley in 1964. The object of the game is for two people to place their hands and feet on the colored spots according to what the spinner tells them. "Right hand red", "left foot blue", etc. The two people continue to switch hand and foot positions till one person is unable to complete the required move.

Answer: Connect Four

Connect Four was introduced by Milton Bradley in 1974. It is a tic-tac-toe style game where two players take turns dropping discs into a vertical game grid. The first player to get four discs in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, wins.

Answer: Tip It

Produced in the mid 60s, Tip It is a balancing game where players try to retrieve specific color discs from a teetering tripod without causing a little man balanced on his nose at the top to fall off.

Answer: Electric Football

Electric Football was invented by Norman Sas in 1947. Players place their team men in formations on the board with one of the men holding the tiny felt football. When power is turned on, the vibration causes the players to slide across the field. When one of the defensive men touch the man with the ball, power is turned off and you would then reset your team for the next play.

The coolest thing about the game is the kicker. After a touchdown, you place the football on the kicker's spring-loaded foot, and actually kick a field-goal through the uprights.

Answer: Don't Break the Ice

Don't Break the Ice was introduced in 1968 by Scharper Toys. The object of the game is to knock out cubes of ice with a hammer without causing the whole ice platform to collapse. If the little man on the ice falls through, you lose.

Answer: Hang on Harvey

Hang on Harvey was introduced by Ideal in 1969. The object of the game is for two players to drop their game man into the top of a slot and by using a limited number of pegs placed in holes along the way, get your man to the bottom peg holes without falling completely through the bottom. It's a race, so first one down without falling, wins.

Answer: Thin Ice

Thin Ice was introduced in 1989 by Pressman Toys. The object of the game is to place as many wet marbles on platform made of tissue paper without having the marbles break through the tissue. Players take turns placing marbles on the tissue (thin ice), and the one who breaks the tissue receives a "Strike". Three strikes puts you out of the game.

Answer: Hands Down

Hands Down was produced by Milton Bradley in the mid 60s. Players draw cards from a deck in hope of getting a pair. If a player gets a pair, he or she yells "Hands down" and slaps their trigger hand. The last player to slap their trigger loses a card to the player with the pair. The player who ends up with the most pairs when the deck runs out, wins.

Answer: Guess Who

Guess Who is a two player memory game introduced by Milton Bradley in 1979. Players load their game boards up with pictures of faces with different skin color, hair color, facial hair, glasses, etc. Both players have the same faces as the other for their boards. Players each choose one of their faces as the target face to be guessed.

The players then go back and forth asking questions about the target face, "Is it a girl?" "Does he wear glasses?" "Does he have red hair?" etc. Through the process of elimination, who ever figures out the target face of the other player first, wins.

Answer: Hungry Hungry Hippos

Hungry Hungry Hippos Was introduced in 1967 by Hasbro. The game is fairly simple. Each player is in control of a hippo that can stretch out and open its mouth up and down. Marbles are placed in the game arena and the object is to grab as many marbles as you can, with your hippo, until all the marbles are gone. The player that snatches the most marbles wins.