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Quiz about Being a Kid in the 1970s Toys
Quiz about Being a Kid in the 1970s Toys

Being a Kid in the 1970s (Toys) Quiz


Ah, the age of earth tones and organic food! Life in the 1970s wasn't all about granola and disco. Those of us who were kids in the 1970's remember things quite differently. This quiz is all about toys everyone played with during that decade.

A multiple-choice quiz by aislina. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
aislina
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
229,053
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
11 / 15
Plays
16562
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: mcdonoughuk (5/15), Guest 94 (9/15), Guest 75 (13/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. In my family, our favorite pastime in the summer was basically just a big sheet of yellow plastic with holes in it. We were lucky - someone in our neighborhood had a hill in their yard to use it on. What was the name of this toy? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. One day we couldn't stand wondering any more, and cut open one of Matt's toys to see what was inside. It was full of gluey, clear, viscous fluid - and the toy never worked again after all of the stuff came out. Which one of these playthings did we ruin forever? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Gretchen and I tried about a million times to draw a circle with this toy by using two little white dials to control a stylus. I am still convinced of the impossibility of this task, even at the age of 35! With what toy were we torturing our poor little minds? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. This was one of the first electronic toys to make it into our house, and was basically a souped-up version of "Memory". Four colored panels lit up and beeped in an ever-increasing sequence for the player to follow. What was this game's name? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. My mother loved this one: the loudest, scariest timer in the world went TICK TICK TICK while we scrambled to fit all of the teeny yellow shapes into their respective holes. What was this game? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Some of the other boys had Big Wheels to terrorize the sidewalks with; Matt's vehicle was so much cooler, with levers instead of a steering wheel, and a threatening color scheme. What was his plastic trike called? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. As if kids didn't have enough people "being the boss of us", some games from the 70s were all about what NOT to do. Which of these admonishments is NOT a name of a game from my childhood? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. We had some nostalgia IN the 1970s, as well. "Little House on the Prairie" was one of the most popular shows on television. We girls had a doll that dressed in a poke bonnet and calico apron, similar to the clothes Laura wore on the show. What was the name of this doll? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Jo had the freakiest doll in the world. It came with little plastic envelopes full of powder to make baby food with. When you fed the doll, then gave it a bottle of water - it "pooped"! What was this scarily realistic doll's name? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. This game took a long time and an adult to set it up. In true Rube Goldberg fashion, your actions on the game board would set a number of mechanical objects in motion to let you know you'd won. What game was this? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Gretchen and I used to make jewelry with this toy - we would color the earrings on special plastic, then sit glued to the oven window to watch them get smaller and brighter. Sometimes we'd make suncatchers with this toy, too - what was it? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Matt had a craft project of his own. He mixed up several colors of gooey glop, poured it into molds, and with the power of a light bulb, he made insects to scare all of us with. What was this kit called? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. So much for safety - my friend Leslie and I spent HOURS tripping and falling on our faces playing with this toy. It consisted of a black tube with a ring at one end and a weight at the other. You put the loop around your ankle then hopped over the spinning weight each time it came back around. What was its name? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. As the girly-girl of the house, I took special delight in this toy - you pieced together outlines and rubbed a crayon over them to produce outfits. I spent hours coloring in the drawings - what was I playing with? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Gretchen and Jo pestered Mom and Dad for this orange talking toy after they saw E.T. take it apart and use it to call home! You could use it to play "Hangman" or make it say rude things, if you were so inclined. What was the name of this object? Hint



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1. In my family, our favorite pastime in the summer was basically just a big sheet of yellow plastic with holes in it. We were lucky - someone in our neighborhood had a hill in their yard to use it on. What was the name of this toy?

Answer: Slip 'n' Slide

This toy was fraught with danger - after about fifteen minutes, invariably a bunch of wasps would hang out by the water that had collected at the bottom of the hill. The Slip 'n' Slide still exists, but now it has a padded safety pillow at the end of it (Wimps. :) ).
2. One day we couldn't stand wondering any more, and cut open one of Matt's toys to see what was inside. It was full of gluey, clear, viscous fluid - and the toy never worked again after all of the stuff came out. Which one of these playthings did we ruin forever?

Answer: Stretch Armstrong

That goop did my mother's carpet no favors. As I recall, we blamed the dog for both the hole in Stretch's tummy and the resultant mess. We were very disappointed - I guess we thought there'd be tension wires in there or something.
3. Gretchen and I tried about a million times to draw a circle with this toy by using two little white dials to control a stylus. I am still convinced of the impossibility of this task, even at the age of 35! With what toy were we torturing our poor little minds?

Answer: Etch-A-Sketch

Did you ever spend a whole day trying to "etch" all of the silver powder off of the front of the Etch-A-Sketch, just to see how it worked? I think that was a rite of passage for the 70s child.
4. This was one of the first electronic toys to make it into our house, and was basically a souped-up version of "Memory". Four colored panels lit up and beeped in an ever-increasing sequence for the player to follow. What was this game's name?

Answer: Simon

Matt and I would have tournaments to see how long we could go without hearing that low "Bzzzzz!" that meant you were wrong. This game was a SERIOUS fad in the 70s - everyone had one, and they even made keychain versions for people on the go.
5. My mother loved this one: the loudest, scariest timer in the world went TICK TICK TICK while we scrambled to fit all of the teeny yellow shapes into their respective holes. What was this game?

Answer: Perfection

If we didn't get all of the pieces in and stop the timer, the plunger would shoot sharp, hard, pronged projectiles all over the room, where they would lodge in the shag carpet for my dad to find the hard way later that evening. FUN!
6. Some of the other boys had Big Wheels to terrorize the sidewalks with; Matt's vehicle was so much cooler, with levers instead of a steering wheel, and a threatening color scheme. What was his plastic trike called?

Answer: Green Machine

Everybody used to beg Matt to ride his super-cool Green Machine (except me, who was happier with my Barbie trike). If that thing had featured an odometer, it would have rolled over several times during those years!
7. As if kids didn't have enough people "being the boss of us", some games from the 70s were all about what NOT to do. Which of these admonishments is NOT a name of a game from my childhood?

Answer: "Don't Eat the Daisies"

"Don't Cook the Goose" was particularly disturbing, because if you messed up, the goose would fall into the pot, which was full of (imaginary) boiling water. Kids are very cruel!
8. We had some nostalgia IN the 1970s, as well. "Little House on the Prairie" was one of the most popular shows on television. We girls had a doll that dressed in a poke bonnet and calico apron, similar to the clothes Laura wore on the show. What was the name of this doll?

Answer: Holly Hobbie

I wish I still had my metal Holly Hobbie lunchbox! I also had a Colorforms set that featured Holly Hobbie in a general store - with plastic barrels and pies and a wheelbarrow. I guess the prairie thing was very trendy - Gretchen, Jo, and I all had sunbonnets that we wore everywhere.
9. Jo had the freakiest doll in the world. It came with little plastic envelopes full of powder to make baby food with. When you fed the doll, then gave it a bottle of water - it "pooped"! What was this scarily realistic doll's name?

Answer: Baby Alive

Why was this fun? I have a real baby now, and I don't wait in eager anticipation for HIM to poop! Matt used to make the doll vomit green "peas" by blowing hard through its hiney. Oh, the wholesome pursuits of youth!
10. This game took a long time and an adult to set it up. In true Rube Goldberg fashion, your actions on the game board would set a number of mechanical objects in motion to let you know you'd won. What game was this?

Answer: Mousetrap

I was never allowed to have this game at my house, as my mother was afraid that one of the little kids would swallow one of its kajillion pieces. Really, all you had to lose was one tiny component, and the whole thing was fit for the trash can.
11. Gretchen and I used to make jewelry with this toy - we would color the earrings on special plastic, then sit glued to the oven window to watch them get smaller and brighter. Sometimes we'd make suncatchers with this toy, too - what was it?

Answer: Shrinky Dinks

We always had a scary moment when we thought the plastic was going to stick together - it would writhe around and wave up as it shrank. Somehow it always turned out OK, though if you didn't make the holes huge at the beginning, it was impossible to thread a hook through the "dinks". I hear that now you can buy computer printable shrinky dink plastic!
12. Matt had a craft project of his own. He mixed up several colors of gooey glop, poured it into molds, and with the power of a light bulb, he made insects to scare all of us with. What was this kit called?

Answer: Creepy Crawlers

You could also make a scorpion, but you had to be careful because it was so big that it was hard to get the whole thing to set properly in the middle. Matt liked to leave the tarantulas around for my mom to find (or step on!)
13. So much for safety - my friend Leslie and I spent HOURS tripping and falling on our faces playing with this toy. It consisted of a black tube with a ring at one end and a weight at the other. You put the loop around your ankle then hopped over the spinning weight each time it came back around. What was its name?

Answer: Lemon Twist

Believe it or not, a version of these is still manufactured, although the weight is no longer shaped like a lemon. If you try it, be sure to have a soft place to land!
14. As the girly-girl of the house, I took special delight in this toy - you pieced together outlines and rubbed a crayon over them to produce outfits. I spent hours coloring in the drawings - what was I playing with?

Answer: Fashion Plates

I remember that the plates were especially hard to line up, and occasionally I would get a disappointing "ridge" where the plates joined and would have to start over. A lot of my plates had teeth marks on the corners from Jo's early attempts to play with my toys - Grrrr!
15. Gretchen and Jo pestered Mom and Dad for this orange talking toy after they saw E.T. take it apart and use it to call home! You could use it to play "Hangman" or make it say rude things, if you were so inclined. What was the name of this object?

Answer: Speak and Spell

I remember that Matt used to type in F-A-R-T and laugh hysterically every time the machine blithely repeated what he had written. Boys!

I hope you've enjoyed this brief stroll down memory lane!
Source: Author aislina

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