64 Game Trivia Questions and Answers
Board games, video games and the rules people argue about.
Every question below is shown with its answer, so you can scan the whole set, pick the ones you want, and run a round without clicking through. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes. Where a question has extra background, it links to the full explanation.
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.What was the name of the virtual pandemic that struck the "World of Warcraft" in 2005?
Answer: Corrupted Blood
Read the full explanation7.Which technology company were the manufacturers of the Turbografx-16?
Answer: NEC
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
Read the full explanation10.Which videogame console did Nintendo release directly prior to the Wii?
Answer: GameCube
Read the full explanation11.What was the name of the 2011 Portal 2 ARG?
Answer: Potato Sack
Read the full explanation12.The classic Atari 2600 game controller has how many buttons?
Answer: 1
Read the full explanation13.What video game franchise features a plumber named Mario?
Answer: Super Mario
Read the full explanation14.Mario originated as a character in which classic videogame?
Answer: Donkey Kong
Read the full explanation15.Who provides the voice of Pikachu in the 2019 "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu" movie?
Answer: Ryan Reynolds
Read the full explanation16.What are the professions of Mario and his brother Luigi?
Answer: Plumbers
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 explanation19.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
Read the full explanation21.What video game series features a character named Master Chief?
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.What is the name of the hero from "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out"?
Answer: Little Mac
Read the full explanation25.What type of animal is Sonic's companion "Knuckles"?
Answer: Echidna
Read the full explanation26.The Nintendo Game Boy utilized which type of display system?
Answer: LCD
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
Read the full explanation30.How many tiles does each player start with in Scrabble?
Answer: Seven
Read the full explanation31.What is the date setting of the original "Call of Duty"?
Answer: World War II
Read the full explanation32.The PlayStation prototype was designed by Sony in collaboration with which company?
Answer: Nintendo
Read the full explanation33.What video game franchise is set in the fictional region of Hyrule?
Answer: The Legend of Zelda
Read the full explanation34.What video game character was originally called Jumpman?
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: Ludo (the original Indian game is Pachisi or Chaupar; Snakes and Ladders is a separate modern board game, but the given description better fits Ludo)
Read the full explanation36.What is the name of the circular object that is used to collect Pokémon?
Answer: Poké ball
Read the full explanation37.The "Kingdom Hearts" videogame series is a collaboration between Disney and what famous gaming company?
Answer: Square Enix
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 explanation40.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.Which country had banned the sale of the original "Grand Theft Auto"?
Answer: Germany, Australia, or Brazil (multiple countries banned it, but Brazil is incorrect; the original Grand Theft Auto was banned in Germany and Australia, not Brazil)
Read the full explanation47.How many squares are on a standard chess board?
Answer: 64
Read the full explanation48.What classic board game involves players buying and trading properties?
Answer: Monopoly
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.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 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
Read the full explanation52."V-Bucks" are the in-game currency for which famous videogame franchise?
Answer: Fortnite
Read the full explanation53.What is the name of the racing series that is a spinoff of "Super Mario Brothers"?
Answer: Mario Kart
Read the full explanation54.In backgammon, how many points are on the board?
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.What is the name of the star system in which the "Star Fox" universe takes place?
Answer: Lylat
Read the full explanation59.How many different shapes of four-connected blocks are there in "Tetris"?
Answer: 7
Read the full explanation60.Solid Snake is a hero in which famous videogame franchise?
Answer: Metal Gear
Read the full explanation61.Which iconic actor provided the voice of the titular character during the 1990's "Sonic the Hedgehog" cartoon?
Answer: Jaleel White
Read the full explanation62.What is the name of the famous game developer who created Minecraft?
Answer: Markus "Notch" Persson
Read the full explanation63.Which one of Star Fox's teammates has been deemed one of the most-annoying videogame characters ever?
Answer: Slippy Toad
Read the full explanation64.How many players can compete against each other simultaneously in a "Fortnite Battle Royale"?
Answer: 100
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