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| Gremlin's Festive Trivia Test |
SICK of Christmas parties? Fed up with New Year's Eve knees-ups? Feel the urge to scream 'grosso mundi' at the latest dried turkey sinew sandwich?
Relax, gentle punters, with Gremlin's Festive Trivia Test. Better still, forge your own Trivial Pursuits cards and then you too can join in the traditional holiday aprés blow-out activities with a chance of winning for a change.
Gremlin has ransacked his dusty files to provide searching questions to test your knowledge of gossip, hype and the duller parts of obscure games ... Most answers have appeared one way or the other in Sinclair User over the past year, but a few you'll never get, not ever.
After all, who says Gremlin has to be fair? Where does it say that in writing? Is it a law, yet? Is it ... (Back to your cave, vile beastie ... Ed)
1 Who said of whom ...a. 'He does have a habit of announcing machines before they are ready'? b. 'I'm more of an industry figure than he is, and I'm a nobody'? c. 'He has invented many wonderful things, such as the telephone'? d. 'He's resting. He's distressed by all the publicity'? 2 Royal Flusha. Who went skiing with Princess Stephanie? b. Who was once known as the King of Liverpool? c. Who is Prince's favourite pin-up? d. Who set Gordo on the quest to Maru? 3 What's in a name?Who is/are ... a. The Kindergarten? b. Slugger? c. Repellent? d. The Bouncing Czech? 4 Which Sinclair User hack ...a. said the QL was a botch - in front of millions? b. won an award for services to Activision? c. junked his QL in favour of an Amstrad? d. wrote about his experiences in a health farm? 5 Star Qualitya. Who persuaded Ian Dury to sing on his game? b. Who was told to **** off by Bob Geldof? c. Who recorded the 'semi-legendary' dance-hall stroll smash hit Night of the Werewolf? d. Who digitised Wham!? 6 The Difficult BitIn 5(a), (c) and (d) - what is the relevant software? 7 Heroesa. Which mechanic had a midnight snack and lost his son in a department store? b. Who dug for gold and blew it all on a flash mansion? c. Who escaped from a snowball fight and ended up in paradise? d. Who got drunk and set fire to his house after entering the Olympics? 8 Villainsa. Who imprisoned Loeg the Charioteer? b. Who pinched the money from the Midminster Bank? c. Who couldn't remember his birthday until Eric reminded him? d. Who are the Elite's worst enemy? 9 What have the following got in common ...a. Douglas Adams, Clive Sinclair, £1,000?; b. Imagine, Tansoft, OCP? c. Prism, GOSH, Maxwell House? d. Telephones, Matthew Smith, Baseball? 10 Which is the odd one out ...a. Gift from the Gods, Shadowfire, Gyron? b. Imagine, Tansoft, OCP? c. Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid? d. Venetian blinds, Dralon, dead flesh? 11 The Rag Tradea. Which mag helped advertise baked beans? b. Which rag fought a pitched battle with CRL? c. Which paper flaunted its hairy armpits? d. Which publication's journalists were asked to work for nothing? 12 Gladly missedWho was responsible for ... a. 911TS? b. Therbo? c. Hareraiser? d. Software Superstar? 13 Naughty NaughtyWhich game is associated with the following: a. A semi-nude dance act at the PCW show? b. The 'Readers Wives' section of Fiesta? c. Royal breeding habits? d. Raping the android? 14 Great bugs of historyWhich game is associated with the following: a. In which game does Dr Jones cause havoc with the monks? b. Which adventure had a location which was permanently 'too full' to enter? c. Who has an unnerving habit of sitting on your lap? 15 Pseud's CornerWho produced the following jargon to describe the mega-mega programming in their games: a. Animaction? b. Isometric graphics? c. Primary imbalance? d. Inglish? |