Retro Pinball Machines
Instructions: Pinball history, machines, and arcade culture
- 1.
Which company was the largest manufacturer of pinball machines from the 1950s through the 1990s?
AGottliebBBallyCWilliamsDStern - 2.
What spring-loaded device does a player pull and release to launch the ball into play on a pinball machine?
AFlipperBSlingshotCPlungerDBumper - 3.
What word appears on the screen when a player tilts a pinball machine too aggressively?
APENALTYBFOULCTILTDGAME OVER - 4.
Which iconic 1975 rock opera by The Who features a 'deaf, dumb, and blind kid' who becomes a pinball champion?
AQuadropheniaBTommyCJesus Christ SuperstarDThe Wall - 5.
What are the player-controlled paddle-like devices at the bottom of a pinball machine called?
APaddlesBBumpersCBatsDFlippers - 6.
In which decade were flippers first added to pinball machines, transforming them from pure games of chance?
A1960sB1950sC1930sD1940s - 7.
Which pinball machine, released by Williams in 1992, became the best-selling pinball machine of all time?
AThe Addams FamilyBStar TrekCTwilight ZoneDIndiana Jones - 8.
What was the name of the round, mushroom-shaped obstacles on a pinball playfield that bounce the ball around?
ARolloversBPop bumpersCSlingshotsDKickers - 9.
In many American cities during the 1940s-1970s, pinball machines were actually banned because they were considered what?
AFire hazardsBGambling devicesCToo noisyDImmoral entertainment - 10.
Which technology replaced electromechanical scoring reels on pinball machines in the late 1970s?
AElectronic number displaysBDigital dot-matrix displaysCLED displaysDCRT screens - 11.
What did players commonly do to a pinball machine to try to influence the ball's path, sometimes triggering a tilt?
ANudge or bump itBBlow on itCShout at itDStomp the floor - 12.
Which major pinball manufacturer, founded in 1927 by David Gottlieb, was known for classic machines like 'Humpty Dumpty'?
AGottliebBBallyCSternDWilliams - 13.
The backglass of a pinball machine is the illuminated artwork panel located where on the machine?
AOn the side panelsBOn the playfield surfaceCAt the top back, facing the playerDUnderneath the machine - 14.
How many balls does a standard game of pinball typically give each player?
A5B3C1D7 - 15.
Which 1980 pinball machine based on a popular outer-space movie franchise became a massive hit in arcades?
AAlienBStar WarsCClose EncountersDFlash Gordon