Pinball by AlexanderD

Champion(s):

Tablesaw
It's the Saw of the Table!


Runner(s)-Up:

UllspergerA


Quiz Description

Before the advent of the electronic video game, there was simply a board of pins & bumpers and a steel ball bearing. Here's 12 questions about the history of pinball.

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1 Tablesaw 479 97 15
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2 UllspergerA 378 91 15
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3 WhitmireS 372 85 15
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4 Sharpj 339 79 15
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5 AdamKing 324 73 15
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6 jefe 280 67 15
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7 ChupackS 236 61 15
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8 randalleng 209 55 15
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9 FryedBetaKappa 197 50 15
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10 drakethatsme 191 44 15
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11 DBrick 180 38 15
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12 HoH 140 32 15
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13 MrObvious 135 26 15
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14 cprov77 123 20 15
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15 GoldsteinB 87 14 15
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16 RaiaB 75 8 15
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17 Mark 15 2 15
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Questions:

The first machine that had flippers was a 1947 machine based on a fairy-tale character that, appropriately, had a great fall. Name it.

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Humpty Dumpty

The first dot-matrix display was on "Checkpoint", a 1991 machine made by what company known for bringing Irem's "Spartan X" and their own "Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja" to the US?

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Data East

The best-selling machine of all time was a 1992 based on what movie franchise, whose first entry debuted a year earlier?

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The Addams Family

Williams' "Comet" (1985) was the first in an amusement park trilogy. Name either of the other two games in the trilogy, both named after natural disasters.

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Cyclone, Hurricane

What 1975-1976 game show hosted by Art James involved a larger-than-life pinball machine?

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The Magnificent Marble Machine

Farsight Studios launched The Pinball Arcade for Android, iOS, PS3, and Xbox among other platforms. Name any TWO of the four launch titles included with the game.

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Black Hole, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Theatre of Magic

Williams' "Pin-Bot" (1986) was followed by two sequels. Name either one.

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The Machine: Bride of Pin-Bot, Jack-Bot

The Pinball Hall of Fame is located in Paradise, a suburb of what American city that is no stranger to Llamas?

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Las Vegas

Back to The Pinball Arcade, what 1992 Midway table will be "regenerated" in September 2016 with updated artwork and content to reflect all 52 years of the franchise?

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Doctor Who

What pinball video game was recreated in 3D in the attached screen shot?

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Midnight Magic

Pinball 2000 was a hybrid video game/pinball machine developed by Midway in which players would aim the ball at projected holographic targets. What was the first Pinball 2000 title?

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Revenge from Mars

Williams' "Firepower" (1980) was the first machine to include what feature, an integral part of a fictional sport in the 30th century world of "Futurama"?

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Multiball