MindMaze (0)
In any pre-2008 version of Microsoft Encarta, press ctrl z to start MindMaze.
Questions
The player can choose to answer questions in one or all of nine subjects:- Life Science
- Geography
- History
- Physical Science
- Social Science
- Religion and Philosophy
- Art, Language and Literature
- Performing Arts
- Sports, Hobbies and Pets
Furthermore, the player can choose from four difficulty levels. Interestingly, the lower level history questions seem to be almost entirely about the United States, suggesting that Microsoft expected (quite rightly) that the majority of its end-users would have been educated in American schools.
Example Questions
Difficulty 1:Science dealing with the fundamental constituents of the universe, the forces they exert on one another, and the results produced by these forces.
- Sociobiology
- Physics
- Geology
- Chemistry
Difficulty 2:
Special letter or document bearing the pope's own seal.
- Reliquary
- Mantra
- Bull
- Papyrus
Difficulty 3:
Dutch-born Swiss scientist who discovered basic principles of fluid behaviour.
- Bernoulli, Daniel
- Debye, Peter Joseph Wilhelm
- Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm
- Fokker, Antony Herman Gerard
Difficulty 4:
Chinese gambling game, as well as a Western card game.
- Fan Tan
- Pinochle
- Hearts
- Mah Jongg