[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #14595: KQ4: Copy protection quiz can ask for information left out of later King's Quest collections

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#14595: KQ4: Copy protection quiz can ask for information left out of later King's
Quest collections
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Reporter:  eriktorbjorn    |      Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal          |  Component:  Engine: SCI
 Version:                  |   Keywords:
    Game:  King's Quest 4  |
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 I believe this applies to all known SCI versions of the game. I don't
 think the AGI version was ever included in any collection?

 To start King's Quest IV, you have to type in a word from the manual. The
 game picks a question at random from a pool of 79. For details, see here:

 https://github.com/sluicebox/sci-
 scripts/blob/f0cb18048d49dafbde8dd36310e8ebdf7cb7f2ca/kq4-dos-1.006.004/src/copyProtect.sc#L29

 In later releases (e.g. the one currently on GOG, but also - I believe -
 various King's Quest collections), the format of the manual changed so
 instead Sierra provided a table of the answers. But when double-checking
 that, there were three questions I couldn't find any answer to in the
 table:

 8. On page 3, what is the seventh word in the third paragraph?
 22. On page 6, what is the fifth word in the first paragraph?
 64. In the section TIPS FOR NEW ADVENTURE PLAYERS, what is the last word
 of tip #1 (HOW TO MOVE AROUND)?

 Should ScummVM work around this by ensuring that none of these questions
 are ever picked, or should we just accept it? In my experience, Sierra
 were notoriously sloppy with the copy protection information in their re-
 releases. But in this case it may actually be possible to do something
 about it.
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