Q 01/05
A) Gimbels in Philadelphia
B) Macy's in New York
C) Marshall Field's in Chicago
D) Wanamaker's in Philadelphia
Answer · why
Richard James set up an inclined plane in the toy department on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and the whole batch sold out.
Q 02/05
A) 64
B) 98
C) 72
D) 86
Answer · why
The first ones were two and a half inches tall, made of blue-black Swedish steel and sold for a dollar each.
Q 03/05
A) Pleasant Rowland
B) Beatrice Alexander
C) Ruth Handler
D) Ruth Kruger
Answer · why
She named the doll after her daughter Barbara; Ken, introduced two years later, was named after her son Kenneth.
Q 04/05
A) Käthe Kruse
B) Schildkröt Inge
C) Steiff Greta
D) Bild Lilli
Answer · why
The German original began as a risqué newspaper cartoon character sold to adults in tobacco shops and bars.
Q 05/05
A) Barbara Millicent Roberts
B) Barbara Louise Handler
C) Barbara Ann Matson
D) Barbara Jean Willows
Answer · why
The books gave her parents George and Margaret and a hometown of Willows, Wisconsin.
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