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Re: DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"
« on: January 02, 2010, 01:05:31 AM »
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.

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

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?

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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