Disketten-Serie: Floppyshop Education

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Franglais 1
This program combines a few French words in mainly English sentences to familiarise you with the language as you work your way through the lessons.
Franglais 2
This program concentrates on first conjugation of regular verbs.
Franglais 3
A fun way to learn French using this mixture of English and French. This program continues with numbers (up to 30), looks at nouns and articles, the verb 'to be' and colours. It is recommended that users familiarise themselves with Franglais 1 & 2 before moving on to this package.
Franglais 4
A continuation of the easy way to learn French (needs Franglais 1, 2 & 3 if you are new to the language). Fr_4 handles 2nd & 3rd conjugation verbs (ir & re endings), the verb to go, extended counting, use of prepositions when going places and telling the time. It features inputs, interesting graphics and a lot of fun while learning towards GCSE level, using a mixture of English and French.
Franglais 5
A further addition to the Franglais series. Franglais 1 to 4 are necessary as the programs are progressive. This recent addition gets down to the basics of future and conditional tenses of regular verbs in true Franglais style. Pronouns and an introduction to days of the week and months are included. Selection is from a main menu, graphics are there and there is a promise of things to come in Franglais 6 which will conclude the series. At this stage, fluency in French should be progressing avec vitesse.
Franglais 6

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The Analyst 3.0
If commodities, equities or market prices of any kind whatsoever interest you, then this high powered program is a must. The Shareware release allows limited entries in all fields of financial statistics eg; price movements, weighted averages, price gaps, candle charts, price trading, oscillation features etc. A calendar is included as well as extensive HELP features for key commands. Strictly for the professional. Needs 1 Meg.
DynamiciST 1.0
Creates models showing the interaction between different atoms in a system. It takes into account the fact that different types of ions repel each other and helps you find the most stable state for a system of atoms. The models created can be displayed as single 3D projections or stereoscopic projections for true 3D. Needs at least 1 Meg, but 2 Meg and a hard drive are recommended.
Math Calc
Allows you to enter mathematical data and create graphs from it. Math Calc also allows you to calculate mean and standard deviation, 3 point moving average, weighted moving average, 4 point centered average, and linear regression. All data is sent to screen rather than printer.

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Add
'Add' consists of numerical questions on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division at varying levels of difficulty.
A Fortnight in the Life of a Small Planet
A mouse controlled slideshow with pictures, historical and biblical data. 14 days are numerically displayed by icons at the bottom of the screen and the user may select as required. Each day represents 1000 years in terms of history. Access to a calendar gives a series of dates of Biblical and historical interest. Other features include fully descriptive text which will be of interest to religious scholars.
Tangram (Shlien)
Weigh
A see-saw must be balanced by dropping weights from the top of the screen to match the number displayed. Nine levels of difficulty are available, making this a challenging 'game' for all ages.

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Spitting Fish
A great game which serves as a 'carrot' to get the child's attention.

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20th Century USSR History
The history of Russia between the years 1917 and 1983. The presentation is good and all requisite data is accessed via icons running the length of the screen on the left hand side. The facts are mainly text with two graphics maps of relevant parts of the USSR available for reference. Text may be scrolled using the icons. A section is devoted to the origins and growth of the Communist party, while historical data may be selected by clicking on any year between 1917 and 1983 inclusive. Further data on party leaders such as Brezhnev and Trotsky is also available. A listing of the Tsars from 1309 to 1917 is included. A most comprehensive program on the subject.

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BigLife
Based on the 'life generation' cycle of events. The program is GEM based and offers options for single step or a full run of the generation cycle. A display feature allows the size of generations to be set (up to 7 sizes are available). There are about 130 LIF files available for inspection, while the program will also accept IMG pictures. Redrawing is possible as is screen scrolling. Not everyone's choice unless you care to do a statistical analysis of all 'dot' replication and depletion!
Numanal
A series of individual calculations are offered on a variety of mathematical subjects as required in GCSE and A Level. These calculations range from f(x), cos(ax + b) where a graph is drawn, sin/cos/tan calculations, curves of a function and several other offerings of this type. Hardcopy is available on a few equations.

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Benjamin's ABC
Just what the kids are looking for. This Shareware release is a a simple alphabet book where each picture is described vocally as many times as is wished e.g. 'Z is for Zebra'. Nothing new here you may say, but it uses digitised speech (using DigiSound) and is a PLEASURE to hear. It's so clear that all phrases would certainly be picked up by children and welcomed by parents.

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The Search
An interesting educational 'game' by Jim Fanning, an area youth worker (author of Death of a President and others). The investigation is based around a family named Griggs in the village of Bidden. The student is required to work out the history of this family to its origins. A worksheet is given in the documentation. Everything is fully documented and by typing 'database', the author gives the user on screen access to the more unusual words required in the game.

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1900's USA
An in depth study of the USA in the 1900's by the author of 1900's USSR on EDU.3866. It covers states, capitals, presidents, population, geography. You name it and it is all there on a card based system, controlled via icons on screen.

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1900's USA
An in depth study of the USA in the 1900's by the author of 1900's USSR on EDU.3866. It covers states, capitals, presidents, population, geography. You name it and it is all there on a card based system, controlled via icons on screen.

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Second World War
A three disk set based around the events of the last war. The system is run from TCos V1.2 with data arranged on cards, the text and graphics being accessed by active 'buttons'. The TCos system is well documented in terms of structured programming while the set of disks will provide the user with a large collection of TN3 and IMG scans relating to World War 2 (ranging from newspaper clippings to photographs).

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Second World War
A three disk set based around the events of the last war. The system is run from TCos V1.2 with data arranged on cards, the text and graphics being accessed by active 'buttons'. The TCos system is well documented in terms of structured programming while the set of disks will provide the user with a large collection of TN3 and IMG scans relating to World War 2 (ranging from newspaper clippings to photographs).

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Second World War
A three disk set based around the events of the last war. The system is run from TCos V1.2 with data arranged on cards, the text and graphics being accessed by active 'buttons'. The TCos system is well documented in terms of structured programming while the set of disks will provide the user with a large collection of TN3 and IMG scans relating to World War 2 (ranging from newspaper clippings to photographs).

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Kid Colors
A very basic game where a colour is displayed on screen and the child has to select the name of the colour from a row of boxes containing the names of 9 colours. Its purpose is to familiarise your children with the mouse and connect the colours with their names. A correct answer brings up a happy face and a wrong answer, a sad one!
Learn My Numbers
Learn My Numbers, is intended for pre-school age children. It REQUIRES a machine with the STE DMA sound hardware! It will run in any graphics resolution greater than 640 x 200.
Advanced Franglais 1
Those who are acquainted with the FRANGLAIS 1-6 series, voted the 'top educational package of the year'(STReview/July 1993) will welcome the continuation of an ADVANCED FRANGLAIS series by Evelyn Mills. Part 1 tidies up a few essentials and the 'Lisez- Moi' will advise the user of forthcoming subjects to be tackled with the same humorous approach. A grabber is included on disk for those requiring a printout of any screen. A worthy successor to the Franglais series.
Zoomaker
You have to think of an animal and the computer will try to guess which animal it is. If it gets it wrong, you enter the name of the animal and something which distinguishes it from the computer's guess. You then have the option of drawing a picture of it. Now, the computer will add your animal to its datafile and display its picture (assuming you drew one) in the box if you guess correctly. You can fit about 40 animal pictures into a 520, more on larger memory machines.

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From Picts to Parliament Part III
As this series of six disks is sequential it is preferable to have parts 1 and 2. Part III is as humourous as usual and presents history in colourful graphics with accompanying text in an irreverent but accurate manner. This disk continues the saga of the Middle Ages with all the dreams and aspirations of Kings such as Richard the Lionheart, Henry III etc. Some were sane, others were not, but the whole webb is woven together, including poll taxes and how to be King of France and England at the same time! Shakespeare loved this era and so will you if you want to learn history with a difference! Press SPACE to pause between the screens.

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Clock Time
As the title suggests, this is an instructive program designed to help teach children to tell the time. A useful 'watch and learn' prelude is given, to show how to manipulate the hour/minute hands. There are five levels of play which are guaranteed to have your child familiar with the basic concepts fairly quickly.
Puzword
Sure to appeal to everyone who is interested in crosswords. The concept is based on Word Workout in TODAY and involves replacing numbers with letters. The crosswords are numbered 1-40 so there is enough to keep the user happy for hours. Having selected a number, an 11 x 11 crossword is displayed. A letter must be entered, followed by a number. This letter will then be located wherever the number appears on the board. All used numbers and letters are displayed. The whole puzzle may be seen if required. Full instructions are on disk.
KV-Fonic
A great game for young children where they must match up the correct picture to its silhouette, connect the correct letter to the matching picture and eventually match words to pictures. Aimed at about 5-6 year olds.
Never-ending Colouring Book
This program has been made for those younger people who can't get to grips with the more complicated art package. It consists of 10 pictures to colour in and 10 work screens for you to make your own pictures to colour in. It will also play a different piece of music every time you load a picture in.This can be turned off by choosing the ON\OFF icon.
Soma
The idea here is to put together seven shapes from a series of small cubes in order to create a 4x4x4 3D cube. Several on-screen icons are used to manipulate the shapes.

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Five Years
A program aimed at five year olds. Choose from addition or multiplication and from three difficulty levels. Sixteen puzzles are provided, whereby you must pick up the correct numbers on the grid to complete each sum correctly. In the higher levels you need to take care as answering the questions in the wrong order can block in tiles needed for other answers! Full instructions within program.
I Am Lost
This one hails from New Zealand and is intended as a guide to tourists. A flag flies at various locations in the North and South Islands and the user is required to type in the location of the flag. Modest graphic hints are shown to help you along. You must type in the name of the place. If correct, parts of the Maori emblem begin to fit together, but get it wrong and YOU ARE STUCK and cannot move onto the next location until you have figured it out!
Four Years
This module has six units therein and the state of play is just right for 4 year olds. 'Colour' provides simple pictures which are coloured via mouse selection from a simple palette. 'Mirror' should entertain the kids by simple reflection of everything drawn either horizontally or vertically. Nitpick' displays an array of two similar looking letters. You must click on each instance of the specified letter. Although the lower levels are suited to a young child, the higher ones are difficult even for adults! 'Tile one' is simply a case of filling in a grid with coloured tiles. 'Tile 2' lets you draw in colour in the left hand square and watch it being reflected in the right hand square. 'Typewriter program' is a lot of fun for the young. A keyboard is shown with one coloured letter which must be typed in. As the process continues, the words to 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' are built up and part of the tune is played each time a verse is completed.

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Interesting Mathematics
This program is aimed at 10 year olds and handles a variety of subjects via menu selection. The emphasis is mostly on areas and volumes of geometric shapes (circles, cones, squares and cubes) but the Imperial & Metric systems are discussed and there's a quick look at multiplication. Proportion and ratio is also covered. The text would be rather difficult for a 10 year old to follow so we suggest that it is more suited to an older child or a 10 year old with adult help.

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Interpret
A well designed and easy to use English to French translation program. In view of the rather limited scope of vocabulary, the translation is of the 'Franglais type'. The greatest asset here is the ability to add new words to the vocabulary in a very simple manner. The program will also tell you the gender of any noun in the dictionary. This was originally a French program and is about 95% translated into English for ease of use. It also allows you to translate from German to French but it is not as proficient in this department.
Cloze In
Allows pupils to add suitable words to a story. They have to fill in the blanks, based on the clues provided and according to the length of the words required. Each story occupies about a page of text and tests the pupil's ingenuity. Printer output is supported.
Vocabtrainer
Educational program for different or any foreign languages. Included are English and French vocabularies. The input of French special characters was considered.
Romans
A collection of pictures which chart out a brief history of the Roman migrations and conquests around Italy, Africa, Greece etc; from around 754BC to 44BC.

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Big Top Type
This one should go down well with the small fry. The alphabet is presented in standard QWERTY layout and, upon clicking any letter with the mouse, a 'Big Top' sprite appears at the top of the screen to the accompaniment of digitised sounds and limited speech. A pleasant way of teaching the alphabet to 2-6 year olds.

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From Picts to Parliament Part IV
This latest addition to the popular series maintains the same humourous yet factual approach to the comings and goings of our Kingly heritage. You will find a lot here that the standard history books don't list. Starting with Edward IV, the program romps through to murder in the Tower of young King Edward V and on to the interesting voyages of Cabot, sponsored By Henry VII. Almost half of the 28 screens are the given over to the life and loves of HENRY VIII, not forgetting the lurid side of his nature!

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The Space Shuttle
A Connnections presentation on manned and unmanned satellites in Space. There are 12 icons in all, linked to graphics and text. The subject matter is diverse and covers the Treaty of 1967 through to landing, take off and a features a variety of satellite pictures. All is well presented and is full of interest for the Space enthusiast.
Word Quest 4.0
A word search puzzle creator where the hidden word must be found by searching horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The default grid is 20 by 20 but this may be altered to suit. Many sample quizzes are supplied and there are options galore for moving, entering, replacing and searching for words. All is explained in an on-disk manual of more than 5O pages!
Connections

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A Fraction Better
The basic principles of fractions are defined in some detail with examples ranging from easy to moderately difficult. Screen colours may be changed, so please read the manual! Addition, multiplication, subtraction and division are explained with simple square and parts of a square diagrams. There are questions on each topic and all is GEM based and menu linked.
Letter Bomber
A small entertaining game where letters of the alphabet are hidden behind a brick wall with only the top and bottom visible. Complete letters appear at random on a square at the bottom of the screen. Shoot a match with the top letter using the 'bombs' on screen.
ST Globe
A most excellent coverage from France (written in English) of almost everything relating to the geography of the world. The programming is excellent, dozens of maps are available covering topics such as capitals, population, money in use etc. over almost the whole of the earth. Questions are available to test your knowledge and answers are readily obtainable once the score has been established, by return to an active menu. Capitals and countries are pinpointed with a flashing cursor. Good interaction between all screens and easy return to the main menu.

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From Picts to Parliament Part V
The concluding epic in this excellent series which takes a humorous look at history. Emphasis is put on the great Elizabeth I of England - her foibles, her nobility and oddities of political manoeuvring. There then follows the union of Scotland and England and the part played by the various Churches involved. A summary gleefully ends with a discourse on the Long and Short Parliaments and the attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament, which were well established by this time, in the reign of Charles I.

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Classroom Maths
Four different games designed to teach addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. You can edit the questions to suit the student.
Classroom Maths II
Once again there are four games which are designed to teach addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. This time you go fishing, rescue me from a blazing oil rig, play football and save the hedgehogs! The sums can be edited to suit the child's ability.

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States and Countries
An ideal way of learning counties in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, States in America and countries in Africa.

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Dizzy Fun Time 1 & 2
Another great educational offering from Budgie aimed at children aged 3 to 6. This disk is crammed with delightful tuition on many subjects like shapes, keyboard, mouse, clock, pictures, money, seasons and so on. With graphics by Eddie Bryan and fine animations.

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ECS (English Conjugation System)
Learning aid for irregular English verbs. Conjugates verbs in the desired tense. Many verbs included.
Homeworker
A combination word processor and drawing program for the younger fry. The word processor has three fonts available and supports the deletion of lines and other basic editing facilities. Printer output is available and most importantly, this word processor is easy for youngsters to handle. The graphic program has four line widths, circling, boxing, fill (pattern included) and a simple airbrush. The files may be saved as in HMP format but can easily be converted to Neo or PI1. Your creations can be printed out or imported into the word processor but odd results can sometimes occur as the graphics are in low resolution and the word processor runs in medium.

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Analysenberechnung
Allows the molecular mass and percentage of various components in an elementary compound (e.g. nitro toluene) to be calculated. While named compounds may also be handled, this function is not operative in the Shareware version. An input of mass range (from spectral analysis) also calculates the formula of the compound. Program and docs in both English and German. This program is designed specifically with organic and inorganic chemists in mind.
Jeopardy (Stadlbauer)
This quiz-game is based on the concept of JEOPARDY. At the beginning five themes and five answers and questions for each theme are chosen. The number written in the buttons shows the score-value of the answer. If you chose one button, the answer is drawn on the screen. Then you can choose if you know the question to the answer (click [Yes]) or not (select [No]). If you have chosen [Yes], you get five possible questions. If you choose the right one, the shown value will be added to your score, else your score will loose the value of the question.

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The Magic Speller
Teaches the fundamentals of spelling to young children. There's a wealth of material here eg; speech combined with graphics, sprites and hints - all helping children to spell a very healthy selection of graded words. There are 17 separate samples from which to choose, including animals, colours, numbers 'TT and words' and so forth. Press any number to hear the word repeated as often as is required. Should the user wish to set up personal word files, simply run the Editor program and follow the on-screen instructions. The presentation is attractive and while a few words are difficult to understand, the explanation is always given for assistance. Overall, the voice recognition is good. This disk is a 'must' for parents helping their children with accurate spelling. Highly recommended for the variety of features present, including a spelling 'tutorial'. Includes Fast Basic source code on disk. Requires TOS 1.4 or later.

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Memory Recall
An educational game by Martin Cubitt, suitable for both children and adults. You are presented with 20 boxes on the screen, and an item is hidden in each box. The correct item must be found when it is asked for. There are five levels of difficulty and, depending on which is chosen, a different number of boxes have their contents revealed at the beginning of the game. Points are awarded depending on the level of difficulty and the time taken to find the correct item. Good use of sampled sounds and speech are made throughout the game. Needs 1 Mb.

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The German Phrase Book 1.2
A German phrase book covering a good number of topics including friends, eating, accomodation etc. Simply click onto the selection required and choose E or G to view the phrase, then any key to view the translation. Regrettably there's no facility for you to input your own choice of phrases, but the software does cover 16 categories and has over 50 phrases in most categories. There's even a multiple choice session after all phrases have been displayed. Works from English to German or vice versa. Needs 1 Mb.
MathsCSYS 1.3
MathsCSYS Formulae Tester version by Brian Duff. This program is designed to help remember all those nasty formulae you have to know for Math Exams. It is specifically written to cover the Syllabus of the Scottish Certificate Of Sixth Year Studies Paper I material, though should be fairly applicable to an A-Level or equivalent course.
Spanish Mastery
An early program related to learning this language. Here the user may choose the pronoun, the tense and insert the correct answer from the given infinitive. There are plenty of help screens relating to tenses etc. Comprehensive but not for the beginner.

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The Story of the Titanic
A well presented 'documentary' on the Titanic. It covers the period from the placing of the construction order in 1907 to the launching of the vessel and the subsequent disaster on its maiden voyage in April 1912 in which over 1500 lives were lost. This program gives lots of background on the ship, the Captain and much more. It also contains over 50 digitised photographs of the ship, the passengers, the iceberg and many historical documents associated with the disaster.

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Grandma's Colored Quilt
A colour recognition game for pre-school children. It just prints the name of a colour (in the appropriate coloured lettering) and the child has to click onto all squares on the grid containing that colour. As his ability increases, you can have the colour name written in black and white.
ST-Turing
Represents a two dimensional turing machine which uses the screen as the 'tape' for the program. Not much by way of instructions, so you really need to know what you're doing with this one. Includes C source.
Hückel
HUECKEL.TOS calculates MOs and orbital energies based on a user input, as well as simple properties of molecules with planar pi systems in the context of the Hueckel approximation. This is the oldest quantitative calculation method in theoretical chemistry.
WizPack
This is an odd one. It sort of borders between artificial intelligence, OCR and a game! It is intended as a simplified introduction to artificial intelligence systems and image recognition systems. WizPack consists of two programs, the first is an image recognition system. You draw the letters of the alphabet on screen and teach the program which image belongs to which letter. It is then possible for the program to recognise letters even when drawn in a slightly different manner or at a completely different size. The second program is a two player game in which each player draws five images (or letters) when their opponent is not looking, and they have to try draw the same image as their opponent did. As soon as it looks vaguely like the image, the program reveals the name of the image by way of a clue.

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N_ANOVA 2.5
N_ANOVA allows you to do an AN(alysis) O(f) VA(riance) on your data. Usually you have two or more conditions or groups between which, you hope (or not), is a difference. Statistical analysis of the variance of the results will show the significance of this difference.
Laborant Professional
A universal chemistry package and program for measuring data analysis. It is one of the most powerful programs of its type, being used typically in biology, physics, pharmaceutics and thermodynamics both in the laboratory and the classroom. Features include stoichiometry, data processing, statistical tests, linear equation systems and matrix operations, thermochemistry (incl databases), reaction kinetics, chemical solutions and conversions, chemical calculation methods over a wide range, tables and excercising programs, import and export of measuring data, integration of external programs and TEX support!
CrosSTword
A crossword puzzle creator and solver. You can design your own crosswords or play the two sample files supplied. Partially completed puzzles may be saved for completion at a later date and there's a 'trial fit' option so that you can attempt to fit a word into the puzzle without actually placing it (useful when designing puzzles). There's also the ability to reveal the entire crossword at any time or just the areas you've completed.

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World Air Distances
Gives the distance (in miles) between two capital cities. You can also choose to display the approximate flying time, time zone difference and current (1997) return air fare. Unfortunately, not all capital cities are listed and there is no easy way to update the air fare data.
Holiday Destinations v2.3
A rather unusual collection of programs which are all related to holidays abroad. Lets assume money is not an issue and you have no idea as to where you wish to take this year's holiday. You will be asked a number of questions relating to exactly what you want out of an overseas holiday and several matching destinations (chosen from 182 countries) will be listed in order of relevance.
Quiz (Sykes)
A general knowledge quiz for two players. You get five seconds to hit your "buzzer". You get 10 points for a correct answer or lose 10 points and a life for a wrong answer. If neither player buzzes, you both lose a life. Lose all five and the game's over.