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Offline ajlaird

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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2010, 09:15:07 AM »
There is always Google to try to find the answers - if you can be bothered...
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2010, 11:59:19 AM »
Quote from: caveoftreasures on January 09, 2010, 09:12:59 AM
Daics, i am just a dumb bastard and dont really know many of the answers. lol


Hey Cave, seeing as I'm banned, I'll feed you the answers to PM and we'll split the proceeds.

Diacs will never know.. ..
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2010, 07:24:51 PM »
 ((( ((( (((

Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala ..................
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2010, 08:04:09 PM »
Just split it between the 3 of us... !@#
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2010, 11:19:02 PM »
Quote from: daics3522 on January 02, 2010, 01:05:31 AM

ANSWERS AS FOUND BY MYSELF ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB and OTHER SOURCES...........

Ok here are the quiz questions (taken from some very different and reliable sources on the net)

1. In what year was the US patent granted for a coiled spring and a plunger to be used in a gaming machine. Answer 1871

2. What is the name of the inventor whose innovations in game design are acknowledged as the birth of pinball in its modern form? Answer: Montague Redgrave

3. In the 1940’s pinball machines were viewed as gambling devices and subsequently banned in New York City. In what year was this ban overturned? Answer: 1974

4. In 1931 David Gottlieb's Baffle Ball became the first overnight hit of the coin-operated era. What was its selling price on release? Answer: $17.50

5. In 1977 Williams introduced their first solid-state electronic game, What was the name of this game? Answer: Hot Tip

6. The Addams Family is the best selling pinball machine of all time. How many machines did Midway (Bally) sell? Answer: 20,270

7. What is the conventional angle for a standard playfield (in degree’s)? Answer: 6.5 degrees

8. Which pinball machine features an embedded hidden Breakout-like game available only after a complex sequence of events was accomplished during the game. Answer: ST TNG

9. In 1947, Gottleib manufactured and released the first pinball machine with electro-mechanical flippers. What was the name of this pinball machine?? Answer: HUMPTY DUMPTY

10. What pinball machine featured the first electrical tilt mechanism and what year was it released? Answer: AUTOCOUNT 1933


And the winner is 63wizz... Congratulation Ian ............PM me your address for the prizes...............
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2010, 06:24:06 AM »
Great work again Ian  ^^^
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2010, 07:39:54 AM »
WOW $#$

Ive never won this many comps in one year, oh the ather comp was last year @.@.

Thanks again DAICS.

Ian
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2010, 08:18:15 AM »
Well done Ian!

How much did you know already, and how much was researched?
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2010, 08:18:03 PM »
Well done mate!  ^^^
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #24 on: January 11, 2010, 09:17:56 PM »
Thanks everyone, hey Craig did i win by lucky draw :lol

ajlaird i researched the answers, but i did know a couple.

Ian
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2010, 09:37:42 PM »
Yes Ian, as all three members who entered got 1 answer incorrect (compared to and based upon my researched answers)..............

Yours was the lucky named drawn from a cup.......
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2010, 09:50:49 PM »
Which one did i get wrong????   I think i said 7 for the playfield angle?

  They were good questions and id love to know what i got right.....     Over half i knew  (If i was right that is the rest i googled)
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2010, 09:54:29 PM »

Well done Ian  @@* @@*
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2010, 11:28:23 PM »
Quote from: ddstoys on January 11, 2010, 09:50:49 PM
Which one did i get wrong????   I think i said 7 for the playfield angle?

Question 2 .... You answered Harry Mabs

Also, we had four entrants not 3...Apologies
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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« Reply #29 on: February 10, 2010, 05:27:24 PM »
THANKS Craig, prizes arrived today, top notch prizes as usual.

Ian
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