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Retro Games Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 4 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which Robot Master attacks with large cutting blades in the original Mega Man?

    Answer: Cut Man

    Cut Man throws the Rolling Cutter, a boomerang-like blade.

  2. Which Street Fighter II character stretches his limbs to attack?

    Answer: Dhalsim

    Dhalsim can extend his arms and legs across much of the screen.

  3. Which arcade game uses a rotary dial to guide a claw-shaped ship around geometric lanes?

    Answer: Tempest

    Tempest uses a spinner control to move the player along the rim of a vector tube.

  4. Which arcade game stars bubble-blowing dragons Bub and Bob?

    Answer: Bubble Bobble

    Bubble Bobble lets Bub and Bob trap enemies inside bubbles across single-screen stages.

  5. Which arcade game places Q*bert on a pyramid of cubes?

    Answer: Q*bert

    Q*bert changes cube colors by hopping across an isometric pyramid.

Daily round

  1. Which series stars a whip-wielding archaeologist named Pitfall Harry?

    Answer: Pitfall!

    Pitfall Harry crosses jungle screens in Activision's Pitfall! games.

  2. What does the famous Konami Code begin with?

    Answer: Up, Up, Down, Down

    The Konami Code opens with two Up inputs followed by two Down inputs.

  3. Which villain kidnaps Princess Toadstool in the original Super Mario Bros.?

    Answer: Bowser

    Bowser, king of the Koopa, holds Princess Toadstool captive.

  4. Which dinosaur companion debuted in Super Mario World?

    Answer: Yoshi

    Yoshi first appeared as Mario's rideable dinosaur ally in Super Mario World.

  5. Which studio developed The Secret of Monkey Island?

    Answer: Lucasfilm Games

    Lucasfilm Games, later LucasArts, developed The Secret of Monkey Island.

Daily round

  1. Which simulation game lets players zone residential, commercial, and industrial areas?

    Answer: SimCity

    SimCity asks mayors to zone land and balance a growing city's services and finances.

  2. Which sequel made Ms. Pac-Man its playable maze hero?

    Answer: Ms. Pac-Man

    Ms. Pac-Man adds new mazes, moving fruit, and a bow-wearing protagonist.

  3. Which Nintendo 64 game introduced Princess Peach's castle as a 3D hub?

    Answer: Super Mario 64

    Super Mario 64 uses paintings inside Peach's castle to connect its three-dimensional courses.

  4. Which Super NES role-playing game follows Crono through different eras?

    Answer: Chrono Trigger

    Chrono Trigger uses time travel to connect prehistoric, medieval, present, and future settings.

  5. Which Konami game features commandos Bill Rizer and Lance Bean?

    Answer: Contra

    Bill Rizer and Lance Bean are the two playable commandos in versions of Contra.

Daily round

  1. Which designer's name appears in the title of Civilization?

    Answer: Sid Meier

    The 1991 strategy game was published as Sid Meier's Civilization.

  2. Which Final Fantasy VI character can use Tools such as the Auto Crossbow?

    Answer: Edgar

    Edgar Figaro's unique command operates mechanical Tools collected during the adventure.

  3. What name did the Famicom receive in North America?

    Answer: Nintendo Entertainment System

    The redesigned Famicom launched in North America as the Nintendo Entertainment System.

  4. Which character laughs when the player misses ducks in Duck Hunt?

    Answer: The hunting dog

    Duck Hunt's dog rises from the grass and laughs after an unsuccessful round.

  5. What power-up gives Mario a cape in Super Mario World?

    Answer: Cape Feather

    Collecting a Cape Feather transforms Mario into Cape Mario.

Daily round

  1. Which item lets Mario throw bouncing fireballs in Super Mario Bros.?

    Answer: Fire Flower

    The Fire Flower changes Super Mario into Fire Mario, who can launch fireballs.

  2. What is hidden above the ceiling late in Super Mario Bros. World 1-2?

    Answer: A warp zone

    Running above the level's exit leads to pipes that warp Mario to later worlds.

  3. Which arcade fighting game introduced Ryu and Ken?

    Answer: Street Fighter

    Ryu and Ken are the two playable martial artists in the original Street Fighter.

  4. Which Soviet computer scientist designed the original Tetris?

    Answer: Alexey Pajitnov

    Soviet computer scientist Alexey Pajitnov designed Tetris in 1984.

  5. What accessory is used to aim in Duck Hunt?

    Answer: NES Zapper

    Duck Hunt reads shots from Nintendo's pistol-shaped NES Zapper controller.

Daily round

  1. Which Nintendo arcade game has an exterminator named Stanley spray insects?

    Answer: Donkey Kong 3

    Donkey Kong 3 casts Stanley the Bugman as the player character.

  2. Which 1993 shooter begins on Mars's moon Phobos?

    Answer: Doom

    Doom's first episode begins at a Union Aerospace Corporation base on Phobos.

  3. Which first-person shooter uses the Quake engine and features Ranger?

    Answer: Quake

    Quake casts the unnamed Ranger against creatures in fully 3D environments.

  4. Which Williams arcade game uses two joysticks to rescue a human family?

    Answer: Robotron: 2084

    Robotron: 2084 uses one stick for movement and another for firing amid swarms of robots.

  5. Which character does Mario rescue in the original Donkey Kong arcade game?

    Answer: Pauline

    Mario climbs the construction site to rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong.

Daily round

  1. Which puzzle game has players match falling colored jewels in vertical groups of three?

    Answer: Columns

    Columns drops stacks of three jewels that can be rearranged to form matching lines.

  2. Which phrase announces the finishing sequence in Mortal Kombat?

    Answer: Finish Him!

    Mortal Kombat prompts the victor with “Finish Him!” or “Finish Her!” before a finishing move.

  3. Which Final Fantasy character is a dark knight from Baron?

    Answer: Cecil Harvey

    Cecil begins Final Fantasy IV as Baron's dark knight before seeking redemption.

  4. What is the name of the Mother Brain's planet in the original Metroid?

    Answer: Zebes

    The original Metroid takes place in the caverns of planet Zebes.

  5. Which arcade game asks a cyclist to deliver newspapers along a suburban street?

    Answer: Paperboy

    Paperboy combines newspaper delivery with an obstacle-filled bicycle route.