Video Game Trivia

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1. Which Mario Kart power-up travels only in straight lines, but bounces off of walls?
  1. Bullet Bill
  2. Red Shell
  3. Blue Shell
  4. Green Shell
2. What's the full name of Sonic the Hedgehog's iconic yellow sidekick?
  1. Meters "Tales" Power
  2. Luigi
  3. Knuckles the Echidna
  4. Miles "Tails" Prower
3. What game series created by Rockstar takes place in the wild west?
  1. Red Dead Redemption
  2. Grand Theft Auto
  3. Bully
  4. The Oregon Trail
4. How many playable characters are there in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ?
  1. 50
  2. 101
  3. 75
  4. 89
5. What's the name of Nintendo's round, pink blob with a big appetite?
  1. Furby
  2. Kirby
  3. Toad
  4. Dedede
6. When was Genshin Impact first released in the US?
  1. 2022
  2. 2020
  3. 2005
  4. 2024
7. Pokémon's first generation had 3 games: Red, Green, and...
  1. Purple
  2. Black
  3. Yellow
  4. Blue
8. This mysterious Minecraft character was said to be removed from early versions of the game, but was later proven to be a hoax.
  1. Zombie Pigman
  2. Alex
  3. Steve
  4. Herobrine
9. Which Monster Hunter game was released in 2025?
  1. Now
  2. Rise
  3. World
  4. Wilds
10. This iconic franchise was, at the time, said to be the last major game Square Enix (just Square back then) ever made:
  1. Chronotrigger
  2. The Last Story
  3. Final Fantasy
  4. Dragon Quest
11. What's the name of the blue AI companion in the Halo series?
  1. ChatGPT
  2. Colette
  3. Siri
  4. Cortana
12. The Persona series is a spinoff of which popular game series?
  1. Shin Megami Tensei
  2. Xenoblade
  3. Chrono Cross
  4. Final Fantasy
13. Which moody game in the Legend of Zelda series has you attempt to stop the moon from falling on the world?
  1. Ocarina of Time
  2. Majora's Mask
  3. Breath of the Wild
  4. Twilight Princess
14. Which popular singer is also a playable Fortnite character?
  1. Tina Turner
  2. Sabrina Carpenteer
  3. Flo Milli
  4. Cher
15. Which intense action game features zombies that are a lot like mushrooms?
  1. The Last of Us
  2. Left 4 Dead
  3. Dead Island
  4. Dying Light

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Even More Video Game Trivia

  • Before Pong was on home consoles, British professor A.S. Douglas programmed OXO , which was a computerized version of Tic-Tac-Toe.
  • Also, in 1958, a programmer named William Higinbotham created Tennis for Two for the analog computer.
  • In addition, programmer Steve Russell, at the time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, created Spacewar!
  • The first-ever home video game console was the Magnavox Odyssey, released in 1972.
  • Pong was released on the Magnavox as the first-ever home video game.
  • Atari published Pong on the Magnavox, but would release the Atari 2600 console a few years later in 1977.
  • Activision, which we know today as a developer of Call of Duty , started in 1979.
  • Mario the plumber debuted in the game Donkey Kong in 1981.
  • In 1983, the video game industry crashed for the first time, thanks to an oversaturated market, erasing dozens of video game companies and studios.
  • The crash was reversed when Nintendo released the Nintendo Entertainment System in the U.S. in 1985.
  • Games didn’t used to have age ratings! Age ratings were started by Sega in 1993 in response to parental concerns after the release of games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat .
  • The Sega Saturn, released in 1995, was the first console to feature 3D graphics, followed closely by the PlayStation and the Nintendo 64.


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