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Rather Odd Collectibles Trivia Quiz

Over the years, I have run across many truly odd collectibles, and I thought it might be fun to share a few of them with you.

A multiple-choice quiz by collect. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
collect

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
218,576

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1857

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Question 1 of 10

1. Dodge Inc. was famous in the 1940's for making the "Hula Girl" lamps for tourists to Hawaii. They had another product which would also interest collectors. Can you figure it out? Hint

The Academy Awards (until 1983)

The finials on the Chrysler Building

Empire State Building thermometers

The stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Question 2 of 10

2. At a stamp show, one person asked me for an 1875 cover (envelope) from Afghanistan to the U.S. with a perfect stamp on it. I had to refuse his request, but I had a good reason at the time. What was it? Hint

The Afghans canceled their stamps by tearing the corner off.

No one in Afghanistan was allowed to write in English.

The US and Afghanistan did not recognize each others' post offices.

Afghanistan did not have any post offices until 1914.

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Question 3 of 10

3. First Editions of some books are hard to identify. I inherited a first edition of 'Ben Hur', by General Lew Wallace. The easiest way to determine this first edition is from its inscription. Can you figure out which one is real? Hint

To the Wife of My Youth

To the Lord Who Abides With Me

To the Wife of My Youth Who Still Abides With Me

To My Children

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Question 4 of 10

4. Stereo views first became popular in early Victorian times. In the U.S. a viewer for stereo slides was produced for many years called "View-Master." Can you recall the original manufacturer of the View-Master? Hint

Sawyer's Inc.

Hasbro

Fisher Price

Kodak Novelty Corp.

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Question 5 of 10

5. U.S. stamps in the old days primarily depicted Presidents of the United States. Can you name the first non-President to appear on U.S. postage stamps? Hint

Ben Franklin

Christopher Columbus

Martha Washington

Queen Victoria

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Question 6 of 10

6. Coral jewelry has been collected for many years, but a news article caught my eye. They have found a 450 million year old coral reef, and intend to make part of it a public park. Where do you think the park will be? Hint

Bermuda

Afghanistan

Vermont

Antarctica

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Question 7 of 10

7. In a box in the attic, we found a small piece of wood. An old newspaper clipping states where the wood was from, and the fact that it was sold for purposes of preserving its source. Might you know what the wood was from? Hint

The White House

The Great Sequoia Forest (now Sequoia National Park)

The Old North Church

The USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides")

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Question 8 of 10

8. Character jugs, (which many people call "Toby Jugs" although Toby Jugs have a full caricature body), are very popular collectibles made by Royal Doulton. Strange to say, the rarest of all was made in an edition of 3 -- of which one is in the Royal Doulton Museum. Who was so honored? Hint

Adolf Hitler

Queen Camilla Windsor

Toby Gillette

Toby Philpott

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Question 9 of 10

9. Picture postcards really became popular at the end of the Nineteenth century. One type used thin spots with colored tissue so that the hold-to-light postcard looked like it had lights in it. Mainly these were of famous buildings, but one type, which is a very popular collectible in certain circles, was a lot odder than that! What do you think these really strange hold-to-light postcards showed? Hint

Somewhat unclothed women

The Sistine Chapel

Poisonous snakes of the world

Dancing skeletons with red eyes

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Question 10 of 10

10. A number of people collect Mihons from Japan. Funny thing is, I wonder if you know what Mihons are? Hint

Specimen postage stamps

Collectible card games

A type of buckle

Miniature tea cups

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Dodge Inc. was famous in the 1940's for making the "Hula Girl" lamps for tourists to Hawaii. They had another product which would also interest collectors. Can you figure it out?

Answer: The Academy Awards (until 1983)

Ray Dodge, an athlete at the 1924 Olympics, was involved in the design of the Academy Awards statuette, as well as the more sensual Hula Girl lamps! Dodge Inc. went out of business in 1983.

Answer: The Afghans canceled their stamps by tearing the corner off.

Indeed -- the method of cancelling stamps in Afghanistan until 1891 was to tear the corner off the stamp. All covers from Afghanistan are scarce, but no genuine one should have a perfect stamp.

Answer: To the Wife of My Youth

When 'Ben Hur' was first published, Wallace had his wife choose the inscription -- and she chose "To the Wife of My Youth." When the book was issued, readers thought she must have died, so he corrected it to read "Who Still Abides With Me."

Answer: Sawyer's Inc.

The View-Master was introduced at the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Sawyer's had been a publisher of picture postcards, and looked at the stereo views as a postcard substitute. It is now owned by Fisher Price.

5. U.S. stamps in the old days primarily depicted Presidents of the United States. Can you name the first non-President to appear on U.S. postage stamps?

Answer: Ben Franklin

In 1847, when the U.S. first issued stamps, the former postmaster Ben Franklin was an obvious choice. Queen Victoria has never been on a U.S. stamp.

Answer: Vermont

News dispatches on Oct. 11, 2005 indicate that a 71 acre piece of coral reef will be preserved and opened to the public -- in Vermont!

Answer: The USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides")

Pieces of the USS Constitution were sold to raise money to preserve it from the 1830s on, and the initial effort to save her began with Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1830, and his poem "Old Ironsides." The piece we have is from shortly after the Civil War.

Answer: Toby Gillette

Toby Gillette, a student, won the honor on the "Jim'll Fix It" TV show.

Answer: Dancing skeletons with red eyes

I really have no idea why they were made, but those postcards of dancing skeletons with red glowing eyes really sell well! I have no idea how light would make the other kinds of cards sell at all!

10. A number of people collect Mihons from Japan. Funny thing is, I wonder if you know what Mihons are?

Answer: Specimen postage stamps

"Mihon" means "specimen" and Japanese postage stamps are distributed to schools and the media with this overprint. The US and most other countries use "Specimen" as an overprint for samples sent to the UPU.

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