Q 01/05

Which Japanese toy company originally developed Beyblade?

A) Bandai

B) Takara

C) Epoch

D) Konami

Answer · why

B) Takara

Takara. It merged with fellow toymaker Tomy in March 2006, which is why every generation since the original has carried the Takara Tomy name.

Q 02/05

What made the 1999 toy Beyblade a craze in Japan?

A) Video game

B) TV cartoon

C) Feature film

D) Card game

Answer · why

B) TV cartoon

TV cartoon. The tops had been in Japanese shops since 1999, but the boom began only when the animated series started airing in January 2001.

Q 03/05

Which traditional Japanese battling top was the model for Beyblade?

A) Hinerigoma

B) Beigoma

C) Kyokugoma

D) Temomigoma

Answer · why

B) Beigoma

Beigoma. By the time Beyblade arrived only one factory in Japan still made them, and the new toy's boom sent players back to the originals.

Q 04/05

The traditional tops that inspired Beyblade battle on a mat stretched over what?

A) A cartwheel

B) A cooking pot

C) A barrel

D) A millstone

Answer · why

C) A barrel

A barrel. The mat is pressed down in the middle to make a shallow dish, and two players spin their tops on it until one is knocked off, the same knock...

Q 05/05

Which company licenses Beyblade toys in most Western countries?

A) Mattel

B) Hasbro

C) Spin Master

D) Jakks Pacific

Answer · why

B) Hasbro

Hasbro. It had struck gold with the same Japanese partner before: in 1984 it rebranded that company's transforming robot toys as Transformers.