Device for playing back short films and/or advertising spots and/or quiz questions

Claim 1

Method for presenting visual images selected from the group consisting of short films, advertising spots and quiz questions, in particular at sales outlets, leisure facilities and locations belonging to the entertainment and catering sector, such as discotheques, including the steps of: a) presenting at least one of short films and advertising spots, during or in between which at least one quiz question or at least one answer is to be inserted, on at least one projection screen, b) projecting short films or advertising spots with the quiz question or quiz questions to be inserted on the screen during or in between the films, advertising spots or the answers by a projecting device, c) playing a sound recording which accompanies the short films, the advertising spots or the quiz question or quiz questions through an acoustic device, d) storing the short films or the advertising spots by means of a storage device (video recorder), and inserting at least one quiz question and the correct answer optically or acoustically during or in between the short films or advertising spots, e) entering answers to the quiz question with an additional device which enables comparison of the entered answer with the stored, correct answer, f) determining winners of the quiz game by means of a storage device with a programmable memory, and the memory can be expanded to incorporate individual consumer goods to be offered or services, or displays of the addresses of the suppliers of these goods or services, said storage device being controlled by the input device, after entry of the correct answer into the latter, g) dividing a display into fields for presentation of the individual consumer goods or services or the suppliers' addresses, h) printing out the winning certificates or the selected supplier or a receipt for further information to be obtained from the supplier, i) digitalizing recorded speech for recall from the memory, j) alternately displaying from two different display projectors invitations to play on the screen when no player is using the device, k) after pressing a play key, a prompt for the player appears on the screen, after which the player is required to select the answer which he considers to be correct from a large number of possible answers, l) after choosing the correct answer, the player is requested to choose between two envelopes which are displayed on the screen, whereby only one of these envelopes contains a shopping voucher, m) after choosing the envelope containing the shopping voucher, the player is requested to provide personal details, such as his postal code and date of birth, and n) printing a winning certificate for the player after this information has been provided.