Game:"Believe It or Not!"

Contemporary games based on the Trivial Pursuit model abound, and games featuring questions and answers date back to the beginnings of the game industry. In the 1930s, the Meccano Company produced the game "Believe it or Not!" based on the very famous comic strip penned by Robert Ripley. Ripley's fame really peaked during the 1930s, when as many as 80,000 people per day eagerly read his newspaper comic. His empire included books, radio, and television appearances and continues today through licensed attractions nationwide in the form of Ripley museums. With the Believe it or Not! game, Meccano combined the attraction of Ripley's name with an electronic gadget. When the player correctly guesses the answer and rotates a card disc appropriately, a red light flashes.Questions are based on strange facts gleaned from Ripley's comic.