SU MEGA QUIZ

This set of 100 questions was published in Sinclair User, a well-known Spectrum magazine. Just for fun I republished the questions in comp.sys.sinclair, and to my surprise I got answer to almost every question.

For a long time, four answers were missing (21,36,90 and 96). In the first Starion competition you had to answer those questions. Winner was Eldad from Israel, and thanks to him and the other competitors, the list is now complete.

So, now it's your check out to take the test yourself - select all the choices which you think are correctand press the button at the bottom of the page.

PART 1 - PEOPLE AND PROGRAMMERS

1) Name the genius behind Joe Blade, Deviants and A Day in the Life of the Thing.
[SELECT] Colin Swinbourne Raffaelle Cecco Andrew Deakin

2) Here's a hardie. Who are John Prince and Duncan Campbell?
[SELECT] Designers of Interface 2 They formed Tiertex Finalists of Gyron compo

3) The Oliver Twins are the master programmers at Codemasters. What are their christian names?
[SELECT] Philip & Andrew Ian & David David & Jonathan

4) Who created Monty Mole?
[SELECT] Peter Harrap Peter Liepa Peter Olin

5) Quazatron, Magnetron and Ranarama are all from the warped mind of which Hewson programmer?
[SELECT] Andrew Braybrook Steve Turner Jukka Tapanimäki

6) Yeti and Teladon are the first releases from a one-man software house, named Destiny. Who is that man?
[SELECT] Graham Mason Francis Lee Andrew McLean

7) Elite's fabbo Thundercats came from the Greg Follis/Roy Carter/Stuart team, otherwise known as ... what?
[SELECT] Gargoyle games Gremlin graphics Ultimate

8) 2000AD has been a source of inspiration for many games. Two of them, namely Slaine and Nemesis the Warlock were programmed by the same person. Who?
[SELECT] Steve Turner Jonathan Dunn Jas Austin

9) Which is the lead programming house of US Gold's label, GO!?
[SELECT] Probe Faster Than Light The Edge

10) How many games has Raffaelle Cecco written?
[SELECT] Equinox, Cybernoid 1 & 2, Exolon, Stormlord 1 & 2 Cybernoid, Exolon and Stormlord Cop-out, Equinox, Solomon's Key, Cybernoids, Exolon, Stormlords

11) Which conversion of a C64 classic is Dominic Robinson famous for?
[SELECT] Paradroid Uridium Flying Shark

12) Who is Code Masters music supremo?
[SELECT] Rob Hubbard David Whittaker Tim Follins

13) Who wrote the classic wargame, Rebelstar Raiders? I'll give you a clue, it's not Firebird.
[SELECT] Julian Gollop (Red Shift) JM and EM Bishob (US Gold) Robert Cowley

14) How many members are there in Virgin's Gang of Five?
[SELECT] Four Five Six

15) John George Jones is the author of the sick Go to Hell and the equally sick ... what?
[SELECT] Ninja Hamster To Hell and back Soft and Cuddly

16) Don Priestly became quite famous with games such as Popeye and Trap Door. What special features linked all his games?
[SELECT] The huge sprites with no colour clash Rainbow processor effects Digitized music and sound effects

17) Name Ocean's hot new programming property.
[SELECT] SpecialFX Go! Kixx

18) What have Yeti and Xecutor got in common?
[SELECT] Same game, different name. Both are top-down shoot'em ups. They were programmed by the same person.

19) Who is David Sh'ea and for which game is he best known?
[SELECT] He was reviewer in Your Spectrum and programmed Virus Programmer at Paradise Software (Ikari Warriors, Hijack, Golden Axe) Former of Digital Integration (Fighter pilot, Tomahawk, ATF ...)

20) Name the prvious YS hacker who wrote a very successful biking game.
[SELECT] Jon North Graham Mason ZZKJ

21) Name the Code Masters graphic artist responsible for the sprites on games such as Transmuter who tragically died this year.
[SELECT] James Wilson Ivan Horn David Darling

22) MD Software programmed Knightmare. What does MD stand for?
[SELECT] Magnetic Dimensions Mail Daemon Mev Dinc

23) Name CRL's in-house programming team.
[SELECT] Room 10 Day 10 Code 10

24) Who is Addictive Software's prolific programmer?
[SELECT] Kirk Mayo Kevin Thomas Leon Wupas

25) What type of game is Costa Panayi famous for?
[SELECT] Role Playing Games Non-vector 3D games Icon controlled games


PART 2 - HEROES AND VILLAINS

26) Who is Vitorc's alter ego?
[SELECT] Commander Zoff The hero of Exolon RoboCop

27) Who is Xain?
[SELECT] The hero of "Soldiers Of Light" aka "Xain'd Sleena" The hero of Blood Valley The hero of Magnetron

28) Who is Ukko?
[SELECT] A dwarf A god A weapon

29) In which game do you have to rescue General Alexander Bonn?
[SELECT] Knight Rider 1943 Ikari Warriors

30) Who is the world's most unpopular mole?
[SELECT] Clive Sam Monty

31) Who had to brave the terrors of the beach, the boat and the attic to name but few places?
[SELECT] Miner Willy Technician Ted Edd

32) Who has to get the Sankara Stones?
[SELECT] Miner Willy Trantor Indiana Jones

33) Who has to rescue Tina?
[SELECT] Ted Bub from Bubble Bobble Wonderboy

34) Who had trouble with the off-white knight?
[SELECT] Miner Willy Slaine the King The Magic knight

35) Who has to destroy Nebulithone?
[SELECT] Strator Trantor Transtor

36) In which game do you have to kill the Queen of Sckunn?
[SELECT] Game Over The Sacred Armour of Antiriad Revolution

37) In which game does Leader One appear?
[SELECT] Challenge of Gobots 1984 They Stole a Million

38) When do you fly a vaus pod?
[SELECT] Cosmic Pirates POD Arkanoid

39) When did Jack come back?
[SELECT] Cybernoid 2 Robocop 2 In Giant's Revenge

40) When do you take on the might of Mumm-ra?
[SELECT] When playing Boulderdash When playing Spelunker When playing Thundercats

41) Judge Dredd's main enemy is about to be featured in his own game. Who is he?
[SELECT] ABC Warrior Judge Death Judge Anderson

42) Who goes, "Go-go"?
[SELECT] Bombjack Jack the Nipper Inspector Gadget

43) Who is Geldra?
[SELECT] End-of-level-boss in Ninja Massacre Arch-enemy in Rolling Thunder The heroine in Hundra

44) Who are Ralph, Victoria, Tim and sniffer?
[SELECT] They are the real identiEnd-of-level-boss in Ninja Massacre They were the brother, sister, baby and dog from Compendium They were the people (and a dog) from Everyone's a Wally

45) Where do you find Jon?
[SELECT] In Snoopy, the (cool) computer game In Sweek In Garfield's Big Fat Hairy Deal

46) Who solved the castle mystery?
[SELECT] Scooby Doo Sherlock Holmes The Gang of Five

47) Who ran the Gauntlet?
[SELECT] Melbourne House Ocean Domark

48) Who would you find watching over you if you were in Damonia Castle?
[SELECT] Dr. Doom Treguard Mekon

49) Who is Dutch Scheaffer's enemy?
[SELECT] Death The Sun Devil Predator

50) How is Vera Cruz nowadays?
[SELECT] Very fine, thank you for asking. No-one knows! Not too well = Dead


PART 3 - CO'S AND SOFTWARE HOUSES

51) Who released the berilliant Ikari Warriors?
[SELECT] US Gold Activision Elite

52) Who played Sam again?
[SELECT] Hewson Mastertronic Domark

53) Who did the Xecuting?
[SELECT] M.A.D Ace Special FX

54) (Trick Question) Who has released Hit after Hit?
[SELECT] Zero Hit Hit Squad AC+G

55) Who was originally responsible for Chaos?
[SELECT] Don Priestley Julian Gollop Martin Sh'ea

56) Who created Red October?
[SELECT] Robin Cook Ian Fleming Tom Clancy

57) System 3 has released 4 popular karate games. The Last Ninjas 1 and 2 count for 2 of them. Name the others.
[SELECT] IK, IK+ Budokan, Fist+ IK, Ninja Commando

58) Who did Hewson join with to create a new label?
[SELECT] With Mastertronic to create Rack-It With Ocean to create Kixx With Activision to create Hit Squad

59) Name Mastertronic's arcade counterpart.
[SELECT] Arcadia Techmos Mastertronic Arcade

60) Who owns the licences to Flying Shark and Bubbe Bobble?
[SELECT] Silverbird Ocean Firebird

61) Who will release Sega's Afterburner?
[SELECT] US Gold Ocean Activision

62) Which company released Maziacs, Zig Zag and Jumbly?
[SELECT] Mastertronic Ocean DK'Tronics

63) Here's a two-parter. What company that Mastertronic bought last year is now producing Arcadia conversions?
[SELECT] Melbourne House ACG Silver

64) Part2. Which company bought a substantial share in Mastertronic?
[SELECT] Melbourne House Virgin US Gold

65) In April '87, a company was relaunched with a game called Martianoids. Which company was it?
[SELECT] Mastertronic Ultimate Ocean

66) Here's another 2 parter. Who released Nether Earth?
[SELECT] Argus Press US Gold Ultimate

67) And what are they called now?
[SELECT] Arcadia Virgin Grand Slam

68) Which company had talking balls?
[SELECT] Grand Slam (Powerballs) Ocean (Madballs) Firebird (I-Ball and I-Ball 2)

69) Xen was a crappy shoot-'em-up first released by Creative Sparks. Who re-released it?
[SELECT] Sparkers Sparklers Sparkless

70) Which company had us all in stitches with its Tolkein send-ups, not to mention the teletext simulation?
[SELECT] Twilight Games Delta 4 Melbourne House

71) Beam Software, writers of games such as Doc the Destroyer and Penetrator, write for which company?
[SELECT] Beyond Ocean Melbourne House

72) Who quilled, patched, pressed and pawed us?
[SELECT] Gilsoft Delta 4 Eighth Day

73) Who wrote and released Minder?
[SELECT] Jon Ritman Don Priestly Mike Bailsford

74) Paperboy, Ghosts and Goblins, Commando Bombjack were all arcade conversions by which company?
[SELECT] Activision Elite Ocean

75) Who made us go oooh with the +D interface and may make us go aaah with their Spectrum compatible Amiga?
[SELECT] Datel Romantic Robots Commodore


PART 4 - GENERAL

76) How many levels are there in Thundercats?
[SELECT] 14 9 6

77) Come to mention it, how many Thundercats are there?
[SELECT] 8 7 6

78) How many levels are there in The Sentinel?
[SELECT] 100,000 10,000 1,000

79) Who publishes Magnetic Scrolls' work?
[SELECT] Rainbird Silverbird Firebird

80) How many He-Man games are there?
[SELECT] Three Two One

81) How many different types of Spectrums have there been? (excluding the Spanish and Timex editions, smart asses).
[SELECT] Four Seven Nine

82) How many large bridges do you cross in Ikari Warriors?
[SELECT] One Two Three

83) What's the maximum number of bullets you can have in Flying Shark?
[SELECT] One Two Three

84) How many multiples can you have in Nemesis?
[SELECT] One Two Three

85) ...and in Salamander?
[SELECT] One Two Three

86) How many zones are there in Earthlight?
[SELECT] Eleven Eight/OPTION> Five

87) What have Vixen and Barbarian got in common?
[SELECT] Both games were cencored in some countries Both games don't have any follow-ups Both games' ads had page 3 girls

88) Name the first Flintstones game.
[SELECT] Flintstones Adventure Meet The Flintstones Yabba Dabba Do!

89) Which US Gold personage causes long debates on whether or not he has a moustache?
[SELECT] Richard Tidsall Richard de Pelley Daneil Pascall

90) Which number is missing from the Guild of Thieves dice?
[SELECT] Six Three One

91) How many parts of a key were needed in the original Dan Dare?
[SELECT] Four Five Six

92) In which game would you die if you shot a slanty eyed villager?
[SELECT] Platoon Burger Hill Robin O' The Wood

93) Which game features Peter Gabriel song as a soundtrack?
[SELECT] The Race Against Time Platoon Burger Hill

94) Which game featured cutting weeds, serving drings and doing washing?
[SELECT] House Panic Apple Jam Benny Hill's Madcap Chase

95) Which cricket game was so bad that you were instructed to break into the program if you wanted to change the team names?
[SELECT] Spectrum Cricket Howzat! Points

96) What's the wording on the end screen of Terramex?
[SELECT] "To be continued ..." "Live long and prosper" There is no wording in the end

97) In which game do you battle over the world of Orac?
[SELECT] Game Over Trantor Airwolf 2

98) On which game did you type I WANNA CHEAT to gain invincibility?
[SELECT] Carrier Command Starglider 3D Starstrike

99) How many events are in Winter Games from Epyx?
[SELECT] Nine Ten Eleven

100) What's the name of the knight in Ghosts and Goblins?
[SELECT] Arthur James Fred