100 Game Trivia Questions and Answers
Board games, video games and the rules people argue about.
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1.What are the name of the cartoon-like interludes that interrupt videogame play to narrate the story?
Answer: Cutscenes
Read the full explanation2.What is the name of the peripheral device that can be plugged into a Nintendo 64 controller to make it vibrate?
Answer: Rumble Pak
Read the full explanation3.What color do the ghost enemies turn to once Pac-Man eats a Power Pellet?
Answer: Blue
Read the full explanation4.Pokémon was originally released on which videogame console?
Answer: Gameboy
Read the full explanation5.Superstar rapper/producer Dr. Dre played an arms' dealer in which videogame?
Answer: 50 Cent: Bulletproof
Read the full explanation6.Which technology company were the manufacturers of the Turbografx-16?
Answer: NEC
Read the full explanation7.What was the name of the virtual pandemic that struck the "World of Warcraft" in 2005?
Answer: Corrupted Blood
Read the full explanation8.Characters in videogames who cannot be outrightly controlled by players are acronymed as what?
Answer: NPCs
Read the full explanation9.What is the name of the woman Mario is attempting to save from the giant ape in the original Donkey Kong?
Answer: Pauline
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Answer: GameCube
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Answer: 1
Read the full explanation12.What was the name of the 2011 Portal 2 ARG?
Answer: Potato Sack
Read the full explanation13.What video game franchise features a plumber named Mario?
Answer: Super Mario
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Answer: Donkey Kong
Read the full explanation15.What are the professions of Mario and his brother Luigi?
Answer: Plumbers
Read the full explanation16.Who provides the voice of Pikachu in the 2019 "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu" movie?
Answer: Ryan Reynolds
Read the full explanation17.How many dominoes are in a standard double-six set?
Answer: 28
Read the full explanation18.What tabletop role-playing game, created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, was first published in 1974?
Answer: Dungeons & Dragons
Read the full explanationLearn more on Codexery: Role-playing game19.What card game's objective is to reach a hand value of 21 without going over?
Answer: Blackjack
Read the full explanation20.LCS is the acronym for a professional eSports league centered around which game?
Answer: League of Legends
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Answer: Halo
Read the full explanation22.In the board game Clue, what are the possible murder weapons?
Answer: Knife, candlestick, revolver, rope, lead pipe, wrench
Read the full explanation23.In what year was the original Legend of Zelda video game released?
Answer: 1986
Read the full explanation24.The Nintendo Game Boy utilized which type of display system?
Answer: LCD
Read the full explanation25.What type of animal is Sonic's companion "Knuckles"?
Answer: Echidna
Read the full explanation26.What is the name of the hero from "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out"?
Answer: Little Mac
Read the full explanation27.What Japanese strategy game involves two players moving pieces on a 9x9 board?
Answer: Shogi
Read the full explanation28.What strategy board game, originating in China, involves capturing territory by placing stones?
Answer: Go
Read the full explanation29.What classic video game involves a yellow character eating dots and avoiding ghosts?
Answer: Pac-Man
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Answer: Seven
Read the full explanation31.The PlayStation prototype was designed by Sony in collaboration with which company?
Answer: Nintendo
Read the full explanation32.What is the date setting of the original "Call of Duty"?
Answer: World War II
Read the full explanation33.What video game franchise is set in the fictional region of Hyrule?
Answer: The Legend of Zelda
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Answer: Mario
Read the full explanation35.What board game, invented in ancient India, involves moving pieces based on dice rolls along a numbered grid?
Answer: Snakes and Ladders
36.The "Kingdom Hearts" videogame series is a collaboration between Disney and what famous gaming company?
Answer: Square Enix
Read the full explanation37.What is the name of the circular object that is used to collect Pokémon?
Answer: Poké ball
Read the full explanation38.A computer opponent's ability to adaptively challenge a player is known as what?
Answer: Artificial Intelligence
Read the full explanation39.What puzzle video game was created by Russian designer Alexey Pajitnov in 1985?
Answer: Tetris
Read the full explanationLearn more on Codexery: Tetris40.What is the highest possible score in a single game of bowling?
Answer: 300
Read the full explanation41.In chess, what piece can only move diagonally?
Answer: Bishop
Read the full explanation42.The most-popular American football videogame franchise is named after which individual?
Answer: John Madden
Read the full explanation43.In the game of Risk, what is the objective?
Answer: World domination
Read the full explanation44.The peripheral device that could be used to connect two Gameboys was called what?
Answer: Game Link Cable
Read the full explanation45.What is the object that opposing players must destroy in order to win at "League of Legends"?
Answer: Nexus
Read the full explanation46.How many squares are on a standard chess board?
Answer: 64
Read the full explanation47.What classic board game involves players buying and trading properties?
Answer: Monopoly
Read the full explanation48.What is the process called by which people set out to amass large amounts of in-game currency to sell in the real world?
Answer: Gold farming
Read the full explanation49.The original street design for Liberty City in "Grand Theft Auto" was based on which real-life metropolis?
Answer: New York City
Read the full explanation50.How many different shapes of four-connected blocks are there in "Tetris"?
Answer: 7
Read the full explanation51.What classic videogame did Tony Stark catch a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. playing in the first "Avengers" movie?
Answer: Galaga
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Answer: Mario Kart
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Answer: Fortnite
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Answer: 24
Read the full explanation55.What card game, also known as Patience, is typically played by a single player?
Answer: Solitaire
Read the full explanation56.What word game involves rearranging letters to form words on a board with premium squares?
Answer: Scrabble
Read the full explanation57.In poker, what hand consists of five cards of the same suit in sequence?
Answer: Straight flush
Read the full explanation58.Which iconic actor provided the voice of the titular character during the 1990's "Sonic the Hedgehog" cartoon?
Answer: Jaleel White
Read the full explanation59.Solid Snake is a hero in which famous videogame franchise?
Answer: Metal Gear
Read the full explanationLearn more on Codexery: Metal Gear60.What is the name of the star system in which the "Star Fox" universe takes place?
Answer: Lylat
Read the full explanation61.What is the name of the famous game developer who created Minecraft?
Answer: Markus "Notch" Persson
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Answer: Slippy Toad
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Answer: 100
Read the full explanation64.Which company published "Aedis Eclipse: Generation of Chaos": Nippon Ichi Software, Matrix Games, Battlefront.com or Icehole Games?
Answer: Nippon Ichi Software
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Answer: Konami
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Answer: Shrapnel Games
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Answer: Slitherine
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Answer: TaleWorlds Entertainment
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Answer: Western Technologies
Read the full explanationLearn more on Codexery: Spider-Man (1995 video game)70.Which company developed "Cutthroat Island": Iguana Entertainment, Software Creations, Sunsoft or Audiogenic?
Answer: Software Creations
Read the full explanationLearn more on Codexery: Cutthroat Island (video game)71.Which company developed "F355 Challenge": Iguana Entertainment, Interplay Productions, Zyrinx or Sega?
Answer: Sega
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Answer: Yuke's
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Answer: Beam Software
Read the full explanationLearn more on Codexery: Sgt. Slaughter's Mat Wars74.In what year was "Onita Atsushi FMW" first released: 1989, 1993, 1994 or 1995?
Answer: 1993
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Answer: 2016
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Answer: Bethesda Game Studios
Read the full explanationLearn more on Codexery: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Hearthfire77.In what year was "Wayne Gretzky Hockey" first released: 1986, 1988, 1992 or 1995?
Answer: 1988
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Answer: David Rolfe
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Answer: Criterion Games
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Answer: Irem
Read the full explanationLearn more on Codexery: Undercover Cops: Hakaishin Garumaa81.In what year was "Ninja Baseball Bat Man" first released: 1990, 1993, 1994 or 1998?
Answer: 1993
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Answer: Irem
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Answer: Electronic Arts
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Answer: Small Rockets
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Answer: 2006
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Answer: Ocean Software
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Answer: Ocean Software
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Answer: Dark Technologies
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Answer: Success
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Answer: Jeff Minter of Llamasoft
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Answer: Hudson Soft
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Answer: Big Huge Games
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Answer: Microsoft Game Studios
Read the full explanationLearn more on Codexery: Sneakers (2002 video game)94.Which company developed "Ninja Blade": Silicon Knights, Rare, FromSoftware or Media.Vision?
Answer: FromSoftware
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Answer: Floodgate Games
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Answer: Attention to Detail
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Answer: Witan Studios
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Answer: Sensible Software
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Answer: Meleagris gallopavo
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Answer: Alectoris rufa
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