Q 01/05

Which Middle Eastern country banned yo-yos in 1933 after locals blamed the toy for a drought?

A) Egypt

B) Syria

C) Iraq

D) Lebanon

Answer · why

B) Syria

Syria outlawed the toy only five years after Pedro Flores opened his Yo-yo Manufacturing Company in California in 1928.

Q 02/05

Country star Roy Acuff taught which US president to yo-yo on stage at the new Grand Ole Opry House?

A) Gerald Ford

B) Jimmy Carter

C) Lyndon Johnson

D) Richard Nixon

Answer · why

D) Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon got his lesson on the Opry's first night at Opryland in March 1974, and Acuff then coaxed him into playing several songs on the piano.

Q 03/05

Which James Bond film features a deadly yo-yo whose disks are large circular saw blades?

A) Octopussy

B) Moonraker

C) Goldfinger

D) Live and Let Die

Answer · why

A) Octopussy

Octopussy put the saw-bladed toy on screen in 1983, yet there is no sound historical evidence that yo-yos were ever used as real weapons.

Q 04/05

In which classic yo-yo trick is the spinning toy lowered to roll along the floor?

A) Rock the baby

B) Around the world

C) Walk the dog

D) Shoot the moon

Answer · why

C) Walk the dog

Walk the dog begins with a hard throw that leaves the yo-yo spinning at the end of its string, so it trundles forward the moment it touches the ground...

Q 05/05

The word yo-yo probably comes from which country, the birthplace of toymaker Pedro Flores?

A) El Salvador

B) Portugal

C) Indonesia

D) Philippines

Answer · why

D) Philippines

Philippines-born Flores started with a dozen handmade toys in California in 1928 and never claimed to have invented the yo-yo.