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1. 1900s: The Binney & Smith Company first released their original box of eight Crayola crayons in 1903. In the 100+ years since their debut, they have manufactured over one hundred billion crayons, making Crayola one of the biggest household names in history. Who do we owe credit to for coining the name "Crayola"?
2. 1910s: Charles H. Pajeau and Robert Pettit were the creators of what popular toy construction set?
3. 1920s: Although the first official patent for the PEZ dispenser was granted in 1952, the actual PEZ candy had been around since 1927. It was originally created as a small, compressed form of peppermint candy. In what city was the initial PEZ candy first marketed and sold?
4. 1930s: Monopoly is the most commercially successful board game on the planet, with an estimated 750 million+ people having played the game. It was patented in 1935, but only after a long journey of contributions, edits, and revisions. The game Monopoly was chiefly derived from what was called "The Landlord's Game". In what year did "The Landlord's Game" receive its first patent?
5. 1940s: In North America and Canada, the name of the game is "Clue", but to the rest of the world, it has always been "Cluedo". There are some subtle differences in the game of Cluedo, depending on which country manufactures the game you are playing. Most people in America know the characters only by their surnames, but the original version released in the U.K. actually listed the characters by their full name. What was Mr. Green's name?
6. 1950s: Which of these time-honored playthings has the distinction of being the first ever toy advertised on television?
7. 1960s: Milton Bradley released the game "Mystery Date" in 1965. The object of the game was to assemble an outfit by collecting matching colored cards. Once your outfit was ready, you would spin the game board door handle and hope that your outfit matched the one of your mystery date. In the original game, there were four possibilities for your date. Which of the following was NOT one of them?
8. 1970s: PONG was released by Atari Inc. in 1972, and it quickly became the first commercially successful video game in history. Many people credit PONG as being the catalyst for the now booming video game industry. We owe it all to an engineer who had never worked in the video game industry before being hired by Atari. What is the name of this influential engineer?
9. 1980s: Scott Abbott, Chris Haney, John Haney, and Ed Werner are responsible for creating what board game?
10. 1990s: In 1993, Ty Inc. launched their first line of 9 Beanie Babies. Over the next six years, Beanie Babies increased the number of designs and expanded into one of the most sought after collectibles in toy history. Which of the following was NOT one of the original 9 Beanie Babies?
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