A Really Rather Big Competition (as competitions go!)

Take part in a virtual competition!

In fact, as competitions go, they don't come any bigger! We're doshing out an awful lot of absolutely amazing prizes (532 to be exact) including games, T-shirts, games, books, scarves, games, joysticks, interfaces, games, posters, sweatshirts, records and yes, even more games! Now d'you believe us when we say BOG! (Er, shouldn't that be BIG! Ed)     Being rather shy and retiring YS is not one for blowing its own trumpet but our Megacompo is a bit of an exception so okay just this once... Ta-Da! We're offering, or rather US Gold, Ocean, Martech, Melbourne House and the rest are, a more than modest assortment of goodies. And it's a dead cinch to enter. Just fill in the correct answer to each question against the appropriate number - you can enter as many or as few as you like.      Click picture for large version

1 Da da, da da, da da, da da Batman! Holy smoked kippers, Ocean is offering 20 copies of its new number one game Batman plus 20 posters featuring the Caped Crusader to YS readers. It's into the batmobile to save Gotham city but Batman's forgotten the name of the Police Chief. Which one do you reckon is right?   Hannah Gordon?   Gordon Moron?   Commissioner Gordon?		2 Take your pardner by the neck and swing him round till he hits the deck. Then say KWAH! If you're wondering what the hell we're talking about - tough 'cos we don't know either. Only kidding, it's actually Melbourne House's new releases Rock'n'Wrestle and Red Hawk and lucky you lot have got the chance to win one of 25 copies of each. Giant Haystacks is one famous wrestler; now name the other one. Is it:   Big Mummy?   Big Kevin?   Big Daddy?		3 Bandits at a quarter to seven! Biggles is here and Mirrorsoft's offering the soundtrack of the film, ten T-shirts and ten Biggles scarves. All you have to do to get your mitts on these spiffing prizes, chaps, is answer this easy-peasy question. What is the name of Biggles' best chum. Is it:   Ginger Beer?   Ginger Hebblethwaite?   Ginger Rogers?
4 How does a quick Pyracurse in the Quazatron grab you? Thought that would tickle your fancy. Lucky ol' you can get your hands on both 'cos Hewson is doling out 20 copies of each plus 80 posters. Right then there's the brain teaser - who was famous for his/her tickling stick? Was it:   Ken Dodd?   Ken Livingstone?   Kenny the Kangaroo?		5 Addictive's new release Kirel really is addictive. It's a 3D puzzle in which the cute hero Kirel dashes around in an attempt to defuse the bombs without getting zapped by the various lurking monsters (lurk, lurk). Real explosive stuff. If you can tell us who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5th you're in with a chance to walk off with one of ten copies of Kirel and T-shirts. Was it:   Guy Fawkes?   Guys'n'Dolls?   Guy the gorilla?		6 Ooooooooooooooooo! Spoo-key! That's Elite's new game Ghosts'n'Goblins featuring all sorts of demons, zombies and fire-spitting crows. If you fancy being scared out of your wits have a go at winning one of ten copies of the ghoulish game - there are also posters up for grabs. Who wrote the original Frankenstein story? Was it:   Shelley Winters?   Percy Bysshe Shelley?   Mary Shelley?
7 So you want to be a whizzo games player but you haven't got the right equipment. Well, we've got just the job for you mateys. Five super-duper mega-amazing Kempston joysticks that'll have you zapping everything that moves. But there's no point in jumping for joysticks 'cos you'll have to answer this 'even a moron could get it right' question first. Who coined the phrase 'stick 'em up'?   Margaret Thatcher?   Dick Turpin?   Mae West?		8 A joystick without a joystick interface is like a mouse without cheese and Sam Fox without... well we won't go into that! Anyway here's your chance to pick up a switchable joystick interface that'll work with almost every make of joystick. Datel is offering five of these delectable devices to the first five out of the bag with the correct answer to the following question. Who made the first flight in an aeroplane (joystick - planes, geddit? Please yerself). Was it:   Orville Wright?   Keith Harris and Orville?   Orson 'probably the best lager in the world' Welles?		9 You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round, round, round! And this'll send you reeling too! Electric Dreams is giving away 20 copies of Spindizzy and 25 posters. Cor! First you'll have to answer a pureety difficult teaser but don't get your knickers in a twist. Just tell us who sang Twistin' The Night Away? Was it:   Sam Cooke?   Sam (wahay!) Fox?   Uncle Sam?
10 Heavy, heavy heavy! How d'ya fancy a copy of Gargoyle's giga-game, Heavy On The Magick and a poster? You would? Well, we've got 20 sets up for grabs but only if you're a real clever dick and know the name of the occult expert, devil worshipper and member of the order of the Golden Dawn who inspired the game. Was it:   Aleister Crowley?   Lesley Crowther?   Leslie Ash?		11 If you like 3D games full of puzzles and high speed action you'll love Bobby Bearing from The Edge. You'll also love the prizes we're offering exclusively to YS readers. 15 copies of Bobby Bearing and 15 Fairlight T-shirts! All you've got to do is tell us who played the character Bobby in Dallas. Was it:   Patrick Macnee?   Patrick Moore?   Patrick Duffy?		12 Ariba ariba. Itza World Cup here in Mexico and we've ten copies of US Gold's new game, World Cup Carnival up for grabs. We also 'ave ze very, very sweaty sweatshirt with ze US Gold logo emblazoned across it. If you like ze idea of zis, answer ze question. Which of these ingredients is used in the Mexican dish Chilli Con Carne?   Kidney donor cards?   Kidney beans?   Kidney stones?
	13 Captain's log: Star Date 10.12.2000. Martech's new game The Planets has beamed on board the Starship Enterprise. Bones assures us it's not a dangerous organism and Spock says it's all highly illogical. How'd you like to take it off our hands? Martech has five copies plus five copies of The Planets book awaiting matter transportation to YS readers. Just tell us my favourite instructions to the Chief Engineer. Kirk out. Is it:   More Scott thrusting?   More thrust Scotty?   Scotty you're warped?		14 Hold a chicken in the air, stick a deckchair up your nose... And when you've done that have a bash at winning a poster sporting Ronald Raygun, Maggie Snatcher, Mick Jogger and ol' Sir Clive. Domark is offering 100 of these Splitting Images posters plus five Speedking joysticks 'cos it reckons you're gonna need them to play its new game. In the Spitting Image chart topping Chicken Song which language do you have to learn?   Hindustani?   Bangladeshi?   Arapahoe?

    

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Published in the August 1986 issue of Your Sinclair

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