Q 01/05

Which country banned the talking doll My Friend Cayla in 2017, ruling it a concealed spying device?

A) France

B) Netherlands

C) Germany

D) Canada

Answer · why

C) Germany

Germany's telecoms regulator told parents to destroy the doll, because its insecure Bluetooth link let strangers reach its microphone. One now sits in...

Q 02/05

The real Annabelle, the supposedly haunted doll investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren, is what kind of doll?

A) Raggedy Ann

B) Kewpie

C) Betsy Wetsy

D) Holly Hobbie

Answer · why

A) Raggedy Ann

Raggedy Ann, the soft red-haired rag doll, is what the Warrens kept in their Connecticut museum. The Conjuring films swapped in a far more menacing fi...

Q 03/05

The English word doll comes from Doll, an old pet form of which woman's name?

A) Delilah

B) Adelaide

C) Matilda

D) Dorothy

Answer · why

D) Dorothy

Dorothy was shortened to Doll, and the nickname was later given to the toy. The same pet name survives in Dolly.

Q 04/05

Which American inventor's 1890 talking doll flopped within weeks, partly because it frightened children?

A) Alexander Graham Bell

B) Thomas Edison

C) George Eastman

D) Nikola Tesla

Answer · why

B) Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison put a miniature phonograph inside each doll to play a single nursery rhyme. The wax records wore out and cracked quickly, and it was pul...

Q 05/05

The giant robot doll in the first episode of Squid Game oversees a deadly version of which children's game?

A) Red Light, Green Light

B) Duck, Duck, Goose

C) What's the Time, Mr Wolf

D) Hide and Seek

Answer · why

A) Red Light, Green Light

Red Light, Green Light turns lethal whenever the doll spots a player moving. She was modelled on Young-hee, a girl from the covers of old South Korean...