Q 01/05

Which Japanese toymaker launched the Tamagotchi in 1996?

A) Takara

B) Bandai

C) Sega

D) Tomy

Answer · why

B) Bandai

The company had released the ill-fated Apple Pippin console just months earlier; the egg did rather better.

Q 02/05

The name Tamagotchi combines the Japanese word for 'egg' with which English word?

A) Watch

B) Catch

C) Pet

D) Hatch

Answer · why

A) Watch

In Japan the name is sometimes written Tamagotch, without the final i, to match the original English spelling.

Q 03/05

Tamagotchi's two creators won a tongue-in-cheek 1997 Ig Nobel Prize in which field?

A) Biology

B) Psychology

C) Economics

D) Peace

Answer · why

C) Economics

The citation dubbed Akihiro Yokoi and Aki Maita the father and mother of the toy.

Q 04/05

How many buttons does a classic egg-shaped Tamagotchi have?

A) Three

B) Four

C) Five

D) Six

Answer · why

A) Three

Those three buttons were enough to feed, clean and scold a pet through every stage of its short life.

Q 05/05

Which company created the Furby?

A) Tiger Electronics

B) Playmates Toys

C) Fisher-Price

D) Milton Bradley

Answer · why

A) Tiger Electronics

Inventors Dave Hampton and Caleb Chung spent nine months building it after nine months of design work.