Q 01/05

Nerf grew out of a game of throwing foam rocks that was inspired by which animated TV series?

A) The Jetsons

B) The Flintstones

C) Rocky and Bullwinkle

D) Scooby-Doo

Answer · why

B) The Flintstones

The Flintstones gave designer Reyn Guyer's team the idea for a caveman game played with foam rocks. Parker Brothers threw out the game and kept the fo...

Q 02/05

Reyn Guyer, the designer behind the Nerf ball, had earlier led the team that created which Milton Bradley game?

A) Twister

B) Operation

C) Battleship

D) Candy Land

Answer · why

A) Twister

Twister was Reyn Guyer's first hit, a few years before his foam ball. Toys were not his only business: he later co-founded a music publishing company ...

Q 03/05

Which ex-NASA engineer invented the Super Soaker and holds patents behind the Nerf N-Strike line?

A) Ralph Baer

B) Wernher von Braun

C) Lonnie Johnson

D) Dean Kamen

Answer · why

C) Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson worked on the Galileo mission to Jupiter at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His pressurised water gun became America's top-selling to...

Q 04/05

Members of which made-for-TV pop band starred in early Nerf ball commercials, around 1970?

A) The Archies

B) The Partridge Family

C) The Banana Splits

D) The Monkees

Answer · why

D) The Monkees

The Monkees' Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Michael Nesmith tossed Nerf balls around a living-room set. The ads were joint promotions with Kool-Aid, whi...

Q 05/05

Fred Cox, who invented the Nerf football, was the long-time placekicker for which NFL team?

A) Minnesota Vikings

B) Green Bay Packers

C) Chicago Bears

D) Pittsburgh Steelers

Answer · why

A) Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings had Fred Cox as their kicker for 15 seasons, including all four of the team's 1970s Super Bowls. He devised the soft football in...