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- F A M O U S A M E R I C A N S
- Program by Roger Norton
- Text by Fender Tucker
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- In its 225+ years of existence
- America has produced its share of
- heroes and goats, most of whom have
- never appeared on television. So how
- are today's children supposed to learn
- about these famous personages and
- their accomplishments? Why, with
- programs like Roger Norton's FAMOUS
- AMERICANS, the latest in his LOADSTAR
- Educational Quiz Series.
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- It's not just for kids, either --
- adults who have no intention of EVER
- opening up a textbook again can have a
- lot of fun with this one, too.
-
- Basically, FAMOUS AMERICANS is a
- multiple-choice quiz. A person from
- America's past tells you about himself
- and you are to pick his name from a
- list of eight.
-
- There are over 130 Americans in
- this quiz so you can play several
- times before you become a Historian
- (the highest ranking). At the
- beginning of the quiz, you are asked
- if you want to have the correct answer
- revealed in case of a wrong guess.
- It's up to you -- some teachers
- advocate prompt reinforcement for
- their beloved students, others think
- the little cretins should fend for
- themselves.
-
- By the way, Roger, who is an
- excellent high school teacher, is the
- former type of teacher. I'm the one
- who added the "Reveal correct answer
- (y/n)" feature.
-
- You get ten points for answering
- correctly. This increases the point
- value for the next correct answer by
- ten. A wrong answer decreases the
- point value for the next question by
- ten.
-
- Each question may be about the
- randomly selected "MYSTERY AMERICAN",
- whose correct answer is worth a bonus
- 500 points.
-
- I have been using masculine
- pronouns in this text but I should
- point out that there have been many
- famous American women and they are in
- this quiz. It's interesting to note
- that while there are numerous male
- villains in American history, all of
- the women in this program are nice...
- except for Carrie Nation, whom I've
- never cared for. I'd like to have
- seen her try to tote her axe into a
- bar where I was having a good time.
-
- Try this fun program out. You'll
- get a kick out of it...and probably
- learn something.
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