The Rubik's Cube, a 1974 invention of Ern? Rubik of Hungary, fascinated people around the globe and became one of the most popular games in America in the early 1980s, having been initially released as the Magic Cube in Hungary in late 1977, and then re-manufactured and released in the western world as Rubik's Cube in 1980. As of January 2009 350 million cubes have sold worldwide making it the world's top-selling puzzle game. It earned a place as a permanent exhibit in New York's Museum of Modern Art and entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 1982. The Cube retains a dedicated following, with almost 40,000 entries on YouTube featuring tutorials and video clips of quick solutions.
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Lois Of Oregon was first, and correct, with:
Feh! So we can blame the Hungarians for that horrible
Rubik's Cube? As if Zah Zah Gabor wasn't enough! I hated it
then and I hate it now. It does however make a great
stocking stuffer for people you dislike.
Marian answered:
Rubik's Cube...one is still on my late fathers end table in the living room for the grandkids and great grandkids to play with. Two brothers have bought the rest of us out and still live there. It is a great place to visit. Wonderful memories there.
Charlie said:
The question is much easier than the puzzle, which I was never any good at.
Rubik's Cube
Alan J responded:
Rubik's Cube
mj wrote:
Designed by a design professor
To teach 3D thinkin, that would be Rubik's cube. My co worker's kid solved it by peeling off all the squares and sticking them back on on the correct sides. I give him points for thinking outside the box (cube).
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
Rubik's Cube
Roy in Tyler, TX said:
Pressing my luck here, but I'm not gonna Google this and suggest that 1977's Magic Cube hit the market here in 'Murca as that infernal Rubik's Cube. Am I right?
Maurice responded:
Rubik's cube.
Adam answered:
Easy one, Rubik's Cube.
Sally said:
The, "Rubik Cube," was initially released as the Magic Cube in Hungary in late 1977, and it became one of the most popular games in America in the early 1980's.
My daughter received one of these for Xmas when she was 12. She struggled with it for a few days, and then solved it! We were so proud of her.
Her brother, then 8, begged to have a try, so she mixed it up and handed it to him. "Here, let's see if you can do it at all..." (Humility was not her strong virtue when it came to the pesky brother at that age.)
But, undeterred, he took it and went off to his room.
Under an hour later, he emerged, apparently having the puzzle solved!
We thought he was a genius!
Come to find out, that he ran out of patience, peeled off the color stickers and re stuck them in the right order to win!
His sister was livid, but I was choking back laughter. My daughter really IS book smart, but my son colors outside of the box...
It is still a sore point with her today - almost 30 years later.
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norfallcali, replied:
Rubik's Cube. Fucking things frustrated the hell out of me. Only solved it when I was stoned. Here's some cheat sheets, for you cheaters.
MAM wrote:
Rubik's Cube
BttbBob replied:
"Oh, I Suppose" Moment (redux) - Oh, I suppose that would be "Rubik's Cube".
I never fell for that madness...
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"Disgusted" Moment - I'm-a bought damn sick of all those violent videos game TV adverts with the players singing 'cutsy' songs as the walk along blastin' away... what a bunch of bullshit.
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Happy Birthday this day to:
(52) My fa-vo-rite mermaid...
That's it, folks... runnin' late
And, Joe S answered:
Rubik's Cube. No "research" needed for this question, but I did research a solution for you.
PS If I get a chance tomorrow I'll tell you how it was I became a Wizard. Back in the day.
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Sam Champion
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Bruce Lee fans who covet the original yellow jumpsuit that the martial arts legend wore onscreen will get a chance to bid for it at a Hong Kong auction this week.
It's part of a collection of 14 items including clothing and props going on the block on Thursday.
Lee wore the yellow suit, with black stripes down the sides, in "Game of Death." Lee died in 1973, before the movie was finished. An incomplete version was released that year, followed by a feature-length version in 1978 cobbled together with footage filmed after his death.
Spink auction house estimates the suit will fetch 250,000 to 300,000 Hong Kong dollars ($32,250-$38,700).
The jumpsuit was custom-made for Lee by a Hong Kong tailor but is smaller than its original size, having shrunk by about 15 centimetres (6 inches) when it was washed after the filming, said the auction house's vice chairman, Anna Lee.
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The suit is expected to sell for more than $20,000 when Heritage Auctions offers it up Friday in Dallas. Memorabilia collector Gerry Sola has had the suit for more than four decades after buying it for $10 at a 1970 sale of MGM props and wardrobe items following the sale of the studio to financier Kirk Kerkorian.
Sola, a retired postal worker, had travelled from his home in Northern California to Los Angeles for the 1970 MGM sale, which progressed from an auction to a garage sale of sorts with racks of clothing for sale
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"I've had it for over 40 years. I'm getting older. It's time to kind of let this stuff go," said Sola, 72.
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