Callouts
Rock N Roll and Pinball
John Borg Games
Major Championships
Tournament Formats
100

"Hey Geddy, the time machine is ready!"

What is RUSH?

100

This "electric" 2012 pin designed by Steve Ritchie, also featured him on the main callouts

What is AC/DC?

100

This 2013 pin was the first John Borg designed pin to feature artwork by Dirty Donny Gillies

What is Metallica?

100

Eric Stone was the winner of this inaugural Major Championship in 2020

What is The Open?

100

This format shares its name with a tool used to reach high places

What is Ladder?

200

"Me hurt!"

What is Gorgar?

200

This 1975 EM featured The Who's Roger Daltrey on the backglass

What is Wizard! 

200

This "monster" of a machine was John Borg's first designed game with Sega

What is Frankenstein?

200

Johannes Ostermeier famously came back to defeat Daniele Acciari on this final game of the IFPA 16 World Championship

What is Bram Stoker's Dracula?

200

Not for the mamas: This 4-player group, 4-2-1-0 scoring system, 3-game round format is sometimes called this in honor of a certain competitive pinball association 

What is "PAPA-style?"

300
"Wrong hat!"

What is Rocky and Bullwinkle?

300

Kevin O'Connor did the artwork for both the Stern pin and the 1979 Bally pin of the same band

What is KISS?

300

This pin was John Borg's game design debut; it went on to have 10,400 confirmed units produced

What is Data East Star Wars?

300

This player won the PAPA World Championship at the age of 13, the youngest player ever to win a major championship

Who is Escher Lefkoff?

300

This "cheesy" pairing system pairs players with opponents who have roughly the same amount of points/strikes; it's great for cutting down on the rounds

What is Swiss?

400

"Lucky shot, earthling"

What is Flash Gordon?

400

This Bally pin features a digitized version of "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix

What is Party Zone?

400

Some copies of this Borg pin had Sega as the manufacturing company while later versions of the same pin had Stern Pinball as the manufacturer 

What is Harley Davidson?

400

Daniele Acciari is a 4-time winner of this major championship

What is the IFPA World Championship?

400

INDISC's card-based system is a variant of this type of single-player format

What is Best Game Format?

500

"Music to my pointed ears"

What is Iron Maiden?

500

This music band pin was the last Stern pin to NOT have a lockdown bar action button

What is The Beatles?

500

Lyman Sheats' very first Game Design credit was alongside Borg for this pin

What is Last Action Hero?

500

This player is 2nd on the All-Time Major Championship victories list with 7, behind Keith Elwin (11) 

Who is Jorian Engelbrektsson?

500

This format has the same name as a Bally EM

What is Knockout?