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Illustrations for all of the quiz cards were done by cartoonist Gary Fields. Interestingly, older cards do not credit him at all, whereas cards from 1996/1997 have illustration credit in the bottom left-hand corner on the front of the card. Each card has unique art not seen elsewhere, inspired by ''Super Mario World''. Many of these cards are infamous for their unusual depictions of the Mario universe (Ex: Luigi reading about Hitler, Bowser worshiping Al Capone, Mario and Luigi protesting nukes, etc).
Illustrations for all of the quiz cards were done by cartoonist Gary Fields. Interestingly, older cards do not credit him at all, whereas cards from 1996/1997 have illustration credit in the bottom left-hand corner on the front of the card. Each card has unique art not seen elsewhere, inspired by ''Super Mario World''. Many of these cards are infamous for their unusual depictions of the Mario universe (Ex: Luigi reading about Hitler, Bowser worshiping Al Capone, Mario and Luigi protesting nukes, etc).


==Sample Packs==
==Sample Packs and Promotional Materials==
Certain sample packs of the quiz cards were mailed at random to promote the cards. When opened, they have a red paper with a promotion, in which one can get the box, manual, dividers, 40 cards, and tattoos for 24.95. This was then mailed to the company. It also includes prices for the monthly card packs. A different purple pamphlet also exists, but it’s unknown what this one contains.
Certain sample packs of the quiz cards were mailed at random to promote the cards. When opened, they have a red paper with a promotion, in which one can get the box, manual, dividers, 40 cards, and tattoos for 24.95. This was then mailed to the company, which would send more cards to promote their card subscriptions. There are various other promotional pamphlets, including a purple pamphlet offering a green calculator as a bonus and another listing prices for the monthly card packs.


==Documentation==
==Documentation==
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==Codes==
==Codes==
Numerical codes can be found on the back of each card, around the bottom right corner. The card drafts also have these codes. New information reveals that they indicate deck and card numbers. Each deck had 20 cards, so the highest number of decks x 20 may reveal the total card amount. Sometimes decks were skipped, so the amount may be inaccurate. It’s unknown if any decks were skipped for this set. The D2 or D3 parts of the code usually reflect languages. The existence of 2 different codes could suggest a connection with a different Tintin quiz card set that was made by Atlas. The existence of codes in draft cards suggests that deck numbers and card numbers were decided early on during production.
Numerical codes can be found on the back of each card, around the bottom right corner, representing deck and card numbers. The card prototypes also have these codes, which match their final counterparts. This suggests that deck and card numbers were decided early on during production. Each deck has 20 cards, so the highest number of decks x 20 may reveal the total card amount. This may be inaccurate though, as decks were sometimes skipped in other card sets by Atlas Editions. It’s unknown if any decks were skipped for this set. The D2 or D3 parts of the code usually reflect languages. The existence of 2 different codes could suggest a connection with a different Tintin quiz card set that was made by Atlas.  


==Ordering Cards==
==Ordering Cards==
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|Deck 28||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=2023976762<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|Deck 28||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=2023976762<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Decks 29-31||<span style="color:gray;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|Deck 29||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1727370151<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
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|Deck 30||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1212202449<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
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|Deck 31||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1470998526<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
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|Deck 32||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1767727734<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|Deck 32||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1767727734<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 67||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1353524834<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|Deck 67||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1353524834<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Decks 68-73||<span style="color:gray;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|Decks 68-69||<span style="color:gray;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
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|Deck 70||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=29218454<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
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|Deck 71||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=421779485<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 72||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1502290064<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 73||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1848792499<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 74||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1140117558<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|Deck 74||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1140117558<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 79||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1888905296<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|Deck 79||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1888905296<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Decks 80-91||<span style="color:gray;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|Deck 80||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1339629280<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 81||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=902627146<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 82||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1675605785<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 83||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=738885342<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 84||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=843673694<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 85||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1705801505<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 86||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1327420372<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 87||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=23667461<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 88||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1855188453<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 89||<span style="color:gray;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
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|Deck 90||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1712695840<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Deck 91||[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u4miyt58i6QwXDklJ6GMc5-1tZ6PS2W8K74m9JZO_cE/edit#gid=1618606835<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|Decks 91+||<span style="color:gray;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|}
|}
==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 21:23, 2 April 2023

Box Front.jpg

The front of the box set.

Status: Partially Lost

The Mario Quiz Cards are a set of educational flash cards that were officially licensed by Nintendo. The cards were produced by Atlas Editions and Newfield Publications in 1995. The art was created by cartoonist Gary Fields. The cards are all part of different decks; each of which has 20 cards from 18 different categories.

Atlas Editions/Newfield Publications

Atlas Editions is no longer active, as seen on their website. Atlas Editions acquired Newfield Publications sometime during the production of these cards. This is seen by the 2 box variants (one with the Newfield logo and the other one with the AE logo). The 1998 website of AE/Newfield does not list the quiz cards, which implies that they stopped selling them sometime in 1997/1998.

Illustration

Illustrations for all of the quiz cards were done by cartoonist Gary Fields. Interestingly, older cards do not credit him at all, whereas cards from 1996/1997 have illustration credit in the bottom left-hand corner on the front of the card. Each card has unique art not seen elsewhere, inspired by Super Mario World. Many of these cards are infamous for their unusual depictions of the Mario universe (Ex: Luigi reading about Hitler, Bowser worshiping Al Capone, Mario and Luigi protesting nukes, etc).

Sample Packs and Promotional Materials

Certain sample packs of the quiz cards were mailed at random to promote the cards. When opened, they have a red paper with a promotion, in which one can get the box, manual, dividers, 40 cards, and tattoos for 24.95. This was then mailed to the company, which would send more cards to promote their card subscriptions. There are various other promotional pamphlets, including a purple pamphlet offering a green calculator as a bonus and another listing prices for the monthly card packs.

Documentation

There is currently no documentation of the cards in magazines such as Nintendo Power. This makes sense considering the little documentation there is about them. Children's magazines from 1995-1996 are a possible lead as to where these cards could have been advertised.

Codes

Numerical codes can be found on the back of each card, around the bottom right corner, representing deck and card numbers. The card prototypes also have these codes, which match their final counterparts. This suggests that deck and card numbers were decided early on during production. Each deck has 20 cards, so the highest number of decks x 20 may reveal the total card amount. This may be inaccurate though, as decks were sometimes skipped in other card sets by Atlas Editions. It’s unknown if any decks were skipped for this set. The D2 or D3 parts of the code usually reflect languages. The existence of 2 different codes could suggest a connection with a different Tintin quiz card set that was made by Atlas.

Ordering Cards

Based on the existence of sample packs and an ad for Star Trek Universe cards found in a magazine,[1] it's assumed that the company operated primarily through mail services and magazine adverts to promote their products. There are currently no known TV commercials from the 1990s regarding these cards. Sales could have begun as early as 1994 and most likely ended in 1998. New information suggests that calls could be made to order the cards (as one could call AE and ask them for other quiz cards not related to Mario).[2]

Card List

Deck Status
Deck 1 Partially Found
Deck 2 Partially Found
Deck 3 Found
Deck 4 Found
Deck 5 Found
Deck 6 Found
Deck 7 Found
Deck 8 Found
Deck 9 Found
Deck 10 Found
Decks 11-22 Existence Unconfirmed
Deck 23 Partially Found
Deck 24 Partially Found
Deck 25 Partially Found
Deck 26 Found
Deck 27 Found
Deck 28 Found
Deck 29 Partially Found
Deck 30 Partially Found
Deck 31 Partially Found
Deck 32 Found
Deck 33 Found
Deck 34 Found
Deck 35 Found
Deck 36 Found
Deck 37 Found
Deck 38 Found
Deck 39 Found
Deck 40 Found
Deck 41 Found
Deck 42 Found
Deck 43 Found
Deck 44 Found
Deck 45 Found
Deck 46 Found
Deck 47 Found
Deck 48 Found
Deck 49 Found
Deck 50 Found
Deck 51 Found
Deck 52 Found
Deck 53 Found
Deck 54 Found
Deck 55 Found
Deck 56 Found
Deck 57 Found
Deck 58 Found
Deck 59 Found
Deck 60 Found
Deck 61 Found
Deck 62 Found
Deck 63 Found
Deck 64 Found
Deck 65 Found
Deck 66 Found
Deck 67 Found
Decks 68-69 Existence Unconfirmed
Deck 70 Partially Found
Deck 71 Found
Deck 72 Found
Deck 73 Found
Deck 74 Found
Deck 75 Found
Deck 76 Found
Deck 77 Found
Deck 78 Found
Deck 79 Found
Deck 80 Found
Deck 81 Found
Deck 82 Found
Deck 83 Found
Deck 84 Found
Deck 85 Found
Deck 86 Found
Deck 87 Found
Deck 88 Found
Deck 89 Existence Unconfirmed
Deck 90 Found
Deck 91 Found
Decks 91+ Existence Unconfirmed

Gallery

  • Card of Bowser admiring Al Capone.

    Card of Bowser admiring Al Capone.

  • Code found on card 12 in deck 6.

    Code found on card 12 in deck 6.

  • Code found on the draft of card 12 in deck 6.

    Code found on the draft of card 12 in deck 6.

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Ad done by Newfield mentioning the Mario Quiz Cards. Retrieved 27 Dec '22
  2. ↑ Link to the website with information on the cards. Retrieved 27 Dec '22
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