Which UK magazine, still in print but now focused entirely on wargames, started life as an RPG magazine to support RPGs? a) Green Elf b) Silver Halfling c) White Dwarf d) Pink Pony Club CORRECT ANSWER - c) White Dwarf (Picture of two White Dwarf covers, one is issue 50 from the early 80s and one is issue 517 from the present-ish day)
BOARD AND CARD GAMES QUESTION 1 Which of these is NOT a colour used as a type of spell in Magic: The Gathering? a) Blue b) Black c) White d) Fuscia CORRECT ANSWER: d) Fuscia (Picture of a pentagram with the five Magic the Gathering colours at each point - Clockwise from top it is White, Blue, Black, Red and Green. Each has two legs of the pentagram pointing at it's opposite colours and explaining the significance of their opposition - for example - White is Order to Red's Chaos, and Green is Preservation to Black's Exploitation)
COMPUTER GAMES QUESTION 1 Which computer game company started out as a maker of playing cards in 1889? a) Nintendo b) Sega c) Konami d) Electronic Arts CORRECT ANSWER: a) Nintendo (Picture of a packet of Japanese Hanafuda playing cards and seven cards - all the cards are black bordered with images of flowers and animals on them.)
NERD MEDIA QUESTION 1 When Doctor Who was restarted on the BBC in 2005, who was the first actor to play the Doctor? a) Christopher Eccleston b) David Tennant c) Paul McGann d) Dawn French CORRECT ANSWER: a) Christopher Eccleston (Picture of a card of the 9th Doctor from the Doctor Who: Battles In Time card game "Exterminator" set. Top trumps style listings of intelligence, agility, stamina, special ability and fear factor for the character) (Also Dawn French isn't an entirely silly fourth option - she was suggested as a possible 7th Doctor by original series producer Sydney Newman in a 1986 memo when the show was considering a major reformat due to complaints from then Director-General Michael Grade.) (Fact like this are just some of the joys you can expect at a CCC Ultimate Geek Quiz)
These were all the first questions of the first four of our five rounds - did you get them right?
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