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- Trivia Games
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- [AIRQUIZ]
- Aeronautics Quiz (Mielke, Martin; $10) is a trivia quiz on aeronautical and
- aerodynamical history, theory, practices, and art.
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- [ASRTRVIA]
- Assorted Trivia (Genesoft; $5) is a one- or two-player trivia game. It
- contains 200 questions from the categories Old and New Testament, U.S.
- History, World Geography, Science, and Sports. It gives bonuses for quick
- responses, and gives you two tries at each question. The whimsical sounds
- and graphics make this fun and interesting to play.
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- [BASEBALL]
- Baseball Trivia 4.0 ($?) includes the categories Walk, Single, Double,
- Triple, Home Run, and Grand Slam.
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- [BB_TRIV]
- Baseball Trivial Matters (Software Creations, Inc.; $22) is a tough,
- well-designed, baseball trivia game. Categories include players, teams,
- records, numbers, post-season, and more. Up to four can play.
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- [BIBTRV01]
- Bible Trivia
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- [BRAINO]
- BrainO (Groff Software; $0) is a challenging set of quizzes that are
- designed to appeal to adults. It is consists of four programs asking
- questions that require quit a bit of thought.
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- [CJEPARDY]
- Classroom Jeopardy (DEC Software; $20) is a game for an entire group of
- students that is patterned after the TV game of similar name. There are six
- categories, each with five levels of answers, with increasing values. Up to
- three teams may play at once.
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- [CAPWORLD]
- CapWorld (Magic Software; $20) is a geography trivia quiz game for up to 4
- players. The computer can generate millions of different questions, since
- it uses multiple choice questions and true & false. The categories include
- capitals, languages, currency and areas. Hi-resolution graphics are used
- for each continent, which make this game fun and informative.
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- [CIVTRV01]
- Civil War Trivia
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- [CT_TRV01]
- Connecticut Trivia
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- [CMPTRVIA]
- Computer Trivia Quiz (Shoestring Software ASP; $20) tests your knowledge of
- computer terms, computer history, prominent founders, ground-breaking
- events, and more. Up to six players can compete in this multiple choice
- challenge. When answering a particularly tough question, you can look at a
- hint. These hints bring up a full page of useful information about the
- subject in question. No matter how much you think you know about computers,
- you are sure to learn something from this entertaining program.
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- [GENTRV03]
- General Trivia
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- [GETLUCKY]
- Get Lucky (Glencoe Computing ASP; $25) is actually two games: a trivia game
- which has five categories from which to choose and a poker machine that
- simulates the machines found in many casinos and taverns. What's unique
- about both is the ability to convert them into adult games. We are not sure
- how you can hope to come out ahead playing strip poker against a computer,
- but when the chips are down, who knows.
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- [GUZZLE]
- GUZZLE (BSX International; $5-$10) is a drinking/trivia board game. You
- travel around the board, testing your luck and trivial skill while drinking
- yourself into a coma. Up to four players or teams can participate.
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- [HI_TRV01]
- Hawaii Trivia
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- [HITCHHI]
- HitchHiker's Quiz (Pinnacle Software; $0) is a trivia quiz to test your
- knowledge of the situations and characters created by Douglas Adams in the
- radio series and books known as "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
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- [HOLLYWOO]
- Hollywood Trivia (Software Creations, Inc.; $5) is a trivia game about the
- world of show business. Categories include movies, stars, directors,
- awards, songs and gossip. It allows up to four players. You get more points
- the more quickly you answer.
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- [HYRTM]
- Have You Read That Movie? (100% Cotton Software; $10) is a trivia game that
- challenges your knowledge of literary works that were made into films.
- There are three levels of difficulty and three modes of play. Each correct
- answer is accompanied by some interesting facts about the movie or the
- literary work. This is an excellent game for movie buffs or anyone
- interested in the history of movies.
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- [IQ_CHLNG]
- IQ Challenge Part One 2.0b (R. K. West Consulting ASP; $15) tests your
- knowledge as you compete against yourself or other players in five
- categories at various levels and speeds. Requires 512k RAM.
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- [KIDTRV03]
- Kids (10+) Trivia
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- [LWORD]
- Last Word (Haff, Gordon and Masons, Bit; ASP; $15) is a quotations trivia
- game including a large selection of topics such as literature, history, and
- politics. Most answers are entered free-form and are matched against a set
- of responses. Much more natural user input is allowed than the usual
- multiple-choice or matching of answers. Typing time can be customized for
- each player to equalize differences in typing speed. It supports the Ad Lib
- sound board for opening and closing music sequences and Personics
- Ultravision.
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- [MASH]
- M*A*S*H Trivia (Rodgers, Bob; $10) is a trivia game based on the TV series
- "M*A*S*H". You are awarded a military ranked based on both how many
- questions were attempted and how many you answered correctly.
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- [MA_TRV01]
- Massachesetts Trivia
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- [MACHINE]
- Trivia Machine (Justus Software; $?) is a trivia game.
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- [MENTRV01]
- Men of the World Trivia
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- [ME_TRV03]
- Maine Trivia
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- [MVTRV01]
- Movie Trivia
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- [NH_TRV01]
- New Hampshire Trivia
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- [NOVTRV02]
- Novell Trivia
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- [OMWTRV01]
- Our Mysterious World
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- [PRSTRV02]
- Presidents Trivia
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- [QZMASTER]
- Quiz Masters (Quiz Masters Educational Systems, Inc.; $12.50 each) offers a
- number of quizzes on one disk. This disk contains questions on the Bible,
- National and American League Baseball as well as the Baseball Hall of Fame,
- words (pick the definition or vice versa), medical terms and music trivia.
- The questions are tough; the program is slick and well written.
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- [RI_TRV01]
- Rhode Island Trivia
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- [ROCKNROL]
- Rock 'N' Roll Trivial Matters (Software Creations, Inc.; $20) is a tough,
- well-designed, rock and roll trivia game. The categories of questions are
- of the Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, artists, and songs. A
- category is randomly selected based on your keypress and four possible
- answers are displayed for a few seconds before the question comes up. A
- time counts down from 100; if you answer correctly, you get points based on
- how quickly you answered. Anyone interested in Rock will love this game.
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- [SCITRV03]
- Science Trivia
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- [SPORTS]
- Sports Trivia 4.0 (Two Trivial Guys; $15) tests your knowledge of sports.
- Categories include Football, Baseball, Basketball, Grab Bag, Genius, and
- Firsts. Up to four people can play, and high scores are recorded. Requires
- 512K and a color monitor.
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- [SPTTRV01]
- Sports Trivia
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- [TICTACTO]
- Trivia Tic Tac Toe (Codd, Patrick; $1) combines a trivia game with Tic Tac
- Toe. If you answer a question correctly you get to make a mark; otherwise,
- the computer gets to make a mark.
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- [TOM_TRIV]
- Tommy's Trivia (Tommy's Toys; $20) is a trivia game for one or two players.
- There is an interesting variety of fairly difficult questions.
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- [TORMENT]
- Torment I (Competent Computer; $12) is a challenging and educational trivia
- board game. You must make your way across the board in the least amount of
- time, earning points for correctly answered questions. The subject matter
- ranges from sports to history and mathematics. Incorrectly answered
- questions block your progress, so strategy and general knowledge are both
- required. DOS 3.1+.
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- [TRIVWH]
- Trivia Whiz (Micro F/X Software; $5) is a multiple category trivia game. It
- offers 100 questions, slick menus, popup windows, sound effects, high score
- saves, and more. Answer questions about History, Sports, Entertainment,
- Music, Comics, or 10 others.
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- [TRV2000]
- Trivia 2000 (TAK Theory; $0) is a computerized adaptation of the popular
- adult board game Trivial Pursuit. It has a few added features not included
- with the board game. One to six players are allowed. You have the ability
- to "freeze" games, this is a great feature if you are playing by yourself.
- Choose how many retries to allow all players in case their answer is wrong.
- This can be changed at any time.
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- [TUNETRIV]
- Tune Trivia ($?) is a game in which the computer plays the most familiar
- part of a well-known song and you must guess the title in twenty seconds or
- less; a countdown clock on the screen lets you know how much time you have.
- Your average score is based on how long it takes you to name the song. The
- computer displays your score after each tune. There are more than two
- hundred songs in the program.
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- [TURTRIV]
- Turtle Trivia (Schneider, Kim; $0) is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle trivia
- game that the kids will enjoy playing. It was written by a 13-year old.
- Requires Basic.
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- [TV_TRIV]
- Television Trivia (Nicholson, John; $5) is a trivia game covering early day
- to present television stars, shows, movies and TV specials. This game can
- be played by 1-4 players. Score is based on how long it takes to answer.
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- [TV_TRV01]
- TV Trivia
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- [TX_TRV01]
- Texas Trivia
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- [ULTRA]
- Ultra-Quiz (Pinnacle Help; $4-$6) appears to be a combination of an IQ test
- and a trivia game. It consists of 100 very challenging questions.
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- [USATRV01]
- Around the U.S. Trivia
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- [VT_TRV01]
- Vermont Trivia
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- [WLDTRV01]
- Around the World Trivia
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- [WLFTRV04]
- Wildlife Trivia
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- [WOMTRV02]
- Woman of the World Trivia
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- [WW2TRV02]
- World War II
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