MMC 2000 FSU Exam 3 fully solved rated A+

MMC 2000 FSU Exam 3_________ was the carnival man who invented the first mass-produced arcade game, Baffle Ball, in 1931. - correct answer David Gottlieb Baffle Ball was a small wooden cabinet, it had only one moving part, a _________. - correct answer plunger In _________, players would launch a ball into the playing field, a slanted surface with metal "pins" surrounding "scoring holes." - correct answer Baffle Ball The object of Baffle Ball was to _________. - correct answer get the ball into one of the holes invented Contact, the first electric pinball game. - correct answer Harry Williams The popularity of arcade games then exploded, and players' enthusiasm was fueled even more when slot-machine makers entered the field, producing games with _________. - correct answer cash payouts _________ was against cash payouts with pinball, "gambling machines only invited government interference." - correct answer Williams The Depression was in full force in the 1930s, however, civic leaders were not much in favor of this development (cash payouts/gambling), and several cities, most notably _________, banned the games. - correct answer NYC Games were banned because cash payouts, including payouts for pinball, was considered _________. - correct answer gambling Gottlieb responded to the game ban saying "games that paid off in _________ rather than cash are not gambling." - correct answer additional games