WHY IS THE WORLD ROUND ANYWAY?
(Zenobi Software)

Spectrum 48K/128K+2


The door opened and embarrassment followed as twenty eyeballs
peered in the direction of the offending Fred. This time he had gone
too far. Practical jokes were one thing, but hanging upside down
outside the staff-room was another, especially when it had sent Miss
Clinton, the wrinkly history teacher, into such a fright that she had
spilt her cafe au lait all over herself. Mr. Fixit, the woodwork teacher,
was not impressed to see his "intended" coffee stained, and so he
leapt to his (two left) feet and sent the biscuit tin in Miss
Shakespeare's direction. The frazzled English teacher cursed,
uncharacteristically, at Fixit, who was so stunned that he managed to
knock both Mr Sohcahtoa and Miss Rivers, maths and geography
respectively, off their chairs and onto the floor. Fixit's mad dash to
throttle the unsuspecting Fred caused the unseating of several other
disgruntled teachers and eventually to the unintentional tipping of a
pint of milk over Fixit's head by a butter-fingered Latin master, Mr.
Virgil. Mr. Head, the Principal, later could not make his cup of coffee.

So there we have the chain of events which led to the suspension of
our unsung hero (he never was much good at karaoke). This caused
his mother, Susan, such grief when she was informed while cooking
that evening that she fainted and, in the process, struck the pan-
handle with her head and launched an omelette into the air, which
somehow found its way not only onto the ceiling, leaving a whopping
big stain, but also by the force of gravity onto Fred's "bonce". Susan
cried herself to sleep that night, not because of her son's mischievous
behaviour and its results, but because she had witnessed a
particularly poignant moment on one of the Australian soap operas.

Fred had read something in that evening's Daily Expatiator regarding
the disappearance of a brilliant Lecturer by the name or Professor
Casa Blanca from the University of Marrakesh. Blanca had just
formulated several secret theories on the reasons for global
roundness. His vanishing had left the academic world screaming:

		WHY IS THE WORLD ROUND ANYWAY?

So it was with a strange feeling that Fred retired to bed that night, as
if he were about to experience a bout of deja vu, and with the vague
notion that he was about to set off on another adventure game!


Notes: The game consists of two parts, the second of which is accessed by a
password provided at the end of the first. Normal adventuring commands
apply to this game, but if you are in any doubt VOCAB and INFO will
provide you with further information. You will benefit immensely from
conversing with the various characters you meet throughout the game and,
indeed, some may even consent to follow you (an abbreviation such as CF
for Chief Follow will suffice)! Due to the open nature of Part One, you can
also GO directly to most locations - not so in Part Two, however!