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PINBALL TRIVIA ANSWERS
1. What was the first pinball game to have a triple level playfield?
Gottlieb's Haunted House
2. What are the three highest production games in modern pinball history?
Addams Family, Eight Ball Deluxe, Eight Ball
3. What was Gottlieb's first bagatelle game called and what year was it made?
Baffle Ball - 1930
4. Name five musical groups or musicians imortalized by pinball.
Ted Nugent, KISS, Rolling Stones, Dolly Parton, Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses, Elton John, The Who
5. Who invented the tilt mechanism?
Harry Williams
6. What pinball introduced the concept of "magna-save"
Williams Black Knight
7. What was the first pinball game with flipper and who made it?
Humpty Dumpty - Gottlieb
8. At the start of the 1960's what were the only two pinball companies producing games?
Gottlieb and Williams
9. Name the three games in Williams "amusement park trilogy"?
Comet, Cyclone and Hurricane
10. What pinball playfield device was invented by Ted Zale in the 60's?
The mushroom bumper (or pop bumper)
11. What is the only machine ever made with six separate player score displays?
Six Million Dollar Man by Bally
12. What were the two pinball/video hybrid games produced by Bally in the 1980's?
Baby Pac-Man and Granny and the Gators
13. What was unique about Gottlieb's Swing along (1963)?
It was the first game with "spinners" or spinning targets.
14. Name the five passengers in Williams Taxi?
Santa Claus, Marilyn Monroe, Pinbot, Dracula, Mikail Gorbachev
15. What was the first game of the electronic era to feature "Multi-ball"
Firepower (Williams)
16. What movie studio bought Gottlieb in the 1970's?
Columbia Pictures
17. What is the only major league baseball team to appear as the title to a pinball machine?
Chicago Cubs (Chicago Cubs Triple Play)
18. In what year did Stern make its final pinball machine and what was that machine called?
1984 - Lazerlord
19. What two classic video games did Williams turn into pinball machines?
Defender and Joust
20. What game was the first to feature "zipper flippers"
Bazaar (Bally - 1966)
21. What pinball game featured the first "one-million point shot"
Comet (Williams)
22. What was unique about the Williams game Hayburners II?
It was the first game to feature 3 inch flippers
23. What graphic artist produced the backglass artwork for Captain Fantastic and Wizard?
Dave Christensen
24. What was the first game to use a photograph on the backglass instead of hand-drawn artwork?
Gottlieb's Raven - 1986
25. What pinball machine was featured in the tv series "Happy Days"?
Nip It
