Indeed it did! It was notable for it's lack of variety of subject. I just learned the Pop Music questions and made a lot of cash. I paid £20.00 for a print out of the question base and just sat down with it over a few days.QuizMaster wrote:Ahh Wize Move, paid for many a fridge and television.
Aladdin's Cave was even better, since you could confuse the move logic to such an extent that when it tried to stop you it actually worked for you.
The better one who's name escapes me for the minute was the one where you had to go through a trail and the prize could be anything from £2.00 to £20.00. Unfortunately there were two lads from Hull who laid waste to the whole of the North East. Like a lot of other machines it didn't have a massive question bank but it was extremely boring trying to take it out in £2.00 wins.
There is a story that the Hull lads were clocked emptying one in Norfolk and the police were called after they'd left. When they caught up with them in Norwich the lads came out of a pub to be faced by armed police and told to lay face down on the road. After 12 hours questioning they were only let off when the detectives accompanied them to a pub and watched them empty one in double quick time. They were released and given a chitty to present to any landlord that got annoyed saying basically there was no point in reporting it to the police.
Cannot swear to the authenticity but I heard it from my late brother-in-law who ran into them from time to time.
There were a few decent machines about at the time of the Aladdin's Cave. I used to love the Guinness one where you had to get four harps to go for the big money.
