Programmable machine for teaching and question-and-answer games

Claim 1

IN A PROGRAMMED MACHINE UNABLE AS A TEACHING MACHINE OR FOR GAMES THE LIKE COMPRISING, PROGRAMMABLE CIRCUIT MEANS COMPRISING A POWER SUPPLY AND PROGRAMMING MEANS EACH OPERABLE SELECTIVELY TO A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT MECHANICAL POSITIONS FOR DEFINING DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS EACH CORRESPONDING TO RESPECTIVE DIFFERENT POSITIONS OF EACH OF SAID PROGRAMMING MEANS AND CORRESPONDING TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN SAID MACHINE IN SUCCESSIVE PERIODS OF TIME, SAID PROGRAMS CORRESPONDING TO OPERATIVE PRESET FIRST CONDITIONS OF READINESS OF SAID MACHINE IN WHICH OTHER OPERATIVE CONDITIONS OF SAID MACHINE CAN BE EFFECTED PARTIALLY IN DEPENDENCE UPON THE FIRST OPERATIVE CONDITIONS PRESET IN SAID MACHINE, INDICATOR MEANS IN SAID MACHINE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTABLE TO SAID CIRCUIT MEANS IN OPERATION FOR INDICATING VISUAL INDICIA REPRESENTATIVE OF WHETHER RESPONSES TO GIVEN INTERROGATORIES POSED IN A GIVEN SEQUENCE TO A HUMAN OPERATOR OF SAID MACHINE ARE ANSWERED CORRECTLY, SAID GIVEN SEQUENCE BEING CORRELATED WITH RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID FIRST OPERATIVE CONDITIONS, SELECTOR MEANS COOPERATIVE WITH SAID PROGRAMMING MEANS OPERABLE TO A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVE POSTIONS IN A GIVEN SEQUENCE CORRESPONDING TO RESPECTIVE INTERROGATORIES IN SAID GIVEN SEQUENCE OF SAID INTERROGATORIES, A PLURALITY OF SWITCHES CONNECTED IN SAID CIRCUIT