Friday Mega-Quiz

[Rorthron]

39 - Sinclair Research

Yes.

[Rorthron]

28 Mutants (Bob Wakelin) has the helmet from Game Over (Luis Royo)

Yes. (That's 28 and 29.)

[Rorthron]

20 - Flight of the Bumblebee - Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Rachmaninoff)

Yes.

[Rorthron]

And Postimg seems to have deleted all the images....

Any suggestions?

[Morkin]

40 - Artic Computing

[Rorthron]

40 - Artic Computing

Yes.

[mzx]

28 - Agony (Psygnosis) - painting of Tony Roberts (Planet of Death)

[Rorthron]

28 - Agony (Psygnosis) - painting of Tony Roberts (Planet of Death)

Correct.

[Rorthron]

Can anyone still see the images? There seems to be something wrong with postimg.org. I've tried signing up for vgy.me, but that's not working, either.

[Morkin]

Site temporarily down?

I find imgur pretty good.

[mzx]

5-8 Tribble Trouble, Orc Attack, 3D Lunattack, CodeName Mat

[mzx]

3 - 14 years old
4 - £399

[Rorthron]

5-8 Tribble Trouble, Orc Attack, 3D Lunattack, CodeName Mat

Correct.

[Rorthron]

3 - 14 years old
4 - £399

Yes.

[Joefish]

28 Mutants (Bob Wakelin) has the helmet from Game Over (Luis Royo)

Yes. (That's 28 and 29.)

Wrong!
That's 29 and 30!

[Rorthron]

The images are back!

[Rorthron]

Yes. (That's 28 and 29.)

Wrong!
That's 29 and 30!

You're right! I hadn't spotted my numbering error. I've fixed it in the updated question list.

[MatGubbins]

Wrong!
That's 29 and 30!

You're right! I hadn't spotted my numbering error. I've fixed it in the updated question list.

Ah, question master (ha!) got it wrong! Answers still valid and correct
29 Mutants (Bob Wakelin) has the helmet from Game Over (Luis Royo)

[Rorthron]

Another update.

HISTORY ROUND

1&2. Name two games that emerged from the remnants of the Imagine megagame Bandersnatch.
3&4. At launch what was the minimum age you had to be to drive a C5 in the UK, and how much would it have cost you to buy one (in pounds)?
5-8. The very first batch of Crash Smashes (NOT Game of the Month awards) were awarded to five games. One was Jet Set Willy. What were the other four?

LOGO ROUND
9-16. Name the software houses from their partial logos (from left to right, then top to bottom).



MUSIC ROUND

17&18. What two pieces of classical music feature in Manic Miner?
19. What is the title music to Dynamite Dan II?
20. What piece of classical music appears in The Birds and The Bees?
21. What tune plays on the title screen of Mikie?
22. What music plays between levels in Eskimo Eddie?
23. What music plays on the title screen of Camelot Warriors?
24. What is the music that plays in Hunchback?

ART ROUND

25-7. Who painted the following pieces of Spectrum-related art?



28. One of the paintings above was re-used in a game for the Amiga. What is the game?
29-32. The following two covers contain art copied from another source. Name the original art AND the original artist for each of the sources.



PUZZLE ROUND

33&34. The following game titles have had their vowels removed. What are they?

LTR
TLS

35&36. The following game titles have been rendered in T9 code. What are they?

28422822
3784669



37&38. The following describe homophones of two Spectrum games. What are the games?

FORMAL DRESS GROWL
FEATHERWEIGHT QUADS

39&40. Solve the following anagrams:

SCARCER HAIRLINES
TRAGICOMIC PUNT

FAMOUS FACES ROUND

41-43. Who are the following people (from left to right)?



44-48. The following image is a blend of five different people. Who are they (from top to bottom)? (44 is the hair, 45 the eyes, 46 the nose, 47 the mouth and 48 the chin.)

[djnzx48]

48. Alan Sugar?

[Rorthron]

48. Alan Sugar?

Correct!

[Rorthron]

A quick correction: the Hunchback music plays between levels, not on the title screen. I've amended the updated question list.

[Joefish]

A quick correction: the Hunchback music plays between levels, not on the title screen. I've amended the updated question list.

The Teddy Bears' Picnic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNYZo5yRVNk

[Rorthron]

A quick correction: the Hunchback music plays between levels, not on the title screen. I've amended the updated question list.

Teddy Bear's Picnic

Yes. It was originally called Teddy Bear Two-Step and is by John W Bratton.

[Morkin]

47. FORMAL DRESS GROWL

Black Tiger?

(Black Tie Grrrrrrr!)