DAICS First Contest for 2010 titled "DAICS DILEMMA"

[daics3522]

Hi all,
  to the first Contest for 2010 which I am calling "DAICS DILLEMMA".
This contest is a quiz for which the questions will be listed shortly.....

Rules:
1. One entry per AP Member (first entry will be your officially accepted entry)
2. All entries MUST be via PM ONLY !!!!!!!
3. All members with the highest number of correct answers will be placed in a barrel and one final WINNER will be drawn
4. Judges decision (ME) will be final and NO Correspondence will be entered into
5. If you don't like my rules then DO NOT ENTER !!!!!!!!!

Sorry I have an addition to the rules................

Rule 6. MODS ARE INELIGIBLE TO ENTER (due to their cheating nature and ability to persuade other AP members  whistle whistle)
Rule 7. If you don't like Rule 6, then see Rule 5.............  lol lol

PRIZES
10 x Aussie Pinball Keyrings
10 x #44 LED's
10 x #555 LED's

Competition closes Sunday January 10th... 12 Noon WST. (3pm EST)...

[pinnies4me]

Cool - according to those rules the mods can enter!! Yippee!! Bring it on!!

[daics3522]

Sorry I have an addition to the rules................

Rule 6. MODS ARE INELIGIBLE TO ENTER (due to their cheating nature and ability to persuade other AP members  )
Rule 7. If you don't like Rule 6, then see Rule 5............. 

[daics3522]

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?

[markc]

seeing mods cant enter then i am guessing commericals cant either   as we are Mods of our own sections

[ddstoys]

Great contest craig with some interesting questions     PM Sent

[pinnies4me]

Rule 6. MODS ARE INELIGIBLE TO ENTER (due to their cheating nature and ability to persuade other AP members  )

I resemble that remark!!

[daics3522]

I resemble that remark!!

 

[deadlydave]

Cheers Craig, PM sent.

[shansta]

Cheers Craig, PM sent.

Ditto! 

[daics3522]

3 Entries so far..........................

[shansta]

seeing mods cant enter then i am guessing commericals cant either   as we are Mods of our own sections

That's not fair on us Mark - we are not old enough to remember the answers... 

[63wizz]

PM sent, fantastic prizes as usual.

Ian

[daics3522]

COME ON PEEPS.................... I am giving shit away and only 3 people can be bothered................. 

[Caveoftreasures]

Daics, i am just a dumb bastard and dont really know many of the answers. lol

ask me about sega, or data east or how many were made of something and i might have an answer. u may have over-estimated the talent on the forum. lol