Seven days of questions and answers

Video Game Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 3 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which fighting series is famous for Fatalities?

    Answer: Mortal Kombat

    Fatalities are finishing moves in Mortal Kombat.

  2. Which mobile runner stars characters escaping a temple guardian?

    Answer: Temple Run

    Temple Run helped popularize endless 3D mobile runners.

  3. Which Nintendo series stars Samus Aran?

    Answer: Metroid

    Samus Aran is the armored bounty hunter in Metroid.

  4. Which arcade game places a climber against a barrel-throwing ape?

    Answer: Donkey Kong

    Donkey Kong introduced an early version of Mario.

  5. Which ConcernedApe game lets you befriend Pelican Town residents?

    Answer: Stardew Valley

    Pelican Town is the main community in Stardew Valley.

Daily round

  1. Which PlayStation racing series brands itself as a real driving simulator?

    Answer: Gran Turismo

    Gran Turismo emphasizes detailed car handling and collection.

  2. Which rhythm game used a guitar-shaped controller?

    Answer: Guitar Hero

    Guitar Hero made plastic guitar controllers mainstream.

  3. Which arcade beat-em-up stars four turtles named after artists?

    Answer: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    The Ninja Turtles are named Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael.

  4. Which visual novel series includes class trials and Monokuma?

    Answer: Danganronpa

    Danganronpa uses class trials after murder investigations.

  5. Which Riot Games tactical shooter uses agents with abilities?

    Answer: Valorant

    Valorant combines precision shooting with character abilities.

Daily round

  1. Which platform series stars a bear and bird duo?

    Answer: Banjo-Kazooie

    Banjo and Kazooie share movement abilities in Rare’s platformer.

  2. Which purple dragon starred in a 1998 Insomniac platform game?

    Answer: Spyro

    Spyro the Dragon was developed by Insomniac Games.

  3. Which monster-catching series began with Red and Green in Japan?

    Answer: Pokemon

    Pokemon Red and Green launched first in Japan in 1996.

  4. Which game follows Mae Borowski returning to Possum Springs?

    Answer: Night in the Woods

    Night in the Woods is a story game about returning home.

  5. Which space MMO is famous for large player-driven wars?

    Answer: EVE Online

    EVE Online is known for economy, politics, and massive battles.

Daily round

  1. Which long-running browser and PC MMO includes Gielinor?

    Answer: RuneScape

    Gielinor is the fantasy world of RuneScape.

  2. Which management series focuses on coaching a soccer club?

    Answer: Football Manager

    Football Manager is about tactics, transfers, scouting, and club operations.

  3. Which Valve game introduced Gordon Freeman?

    Answer: Half-Life

    Half-Life follows physicist Gordon Freeman after the Black Mesa incident.

  4. Which Sam Barlow game explores film footage from an actress’s career?

    Answer: Immortality

    Immortality is built around discovering scenes across unreleased films.

  5. Which tactical Nintendo series often uses permadeath for units?

    Answer: Fire Emblem

    Classic Fire Emblem games make fallen units permanently unavailable.

Daily round

  1. Which CD Projekt game is set in Night City?

    Answer: Cyberpunk 2077

    Night City is the open-world setting of Cyberpunk 2077.

  2. Which mobile game slices fruit with swipes?

    Answer: Fruit Ninja

    Fruit Ninja is built around slicing fruit before it falls.

  3. Which game series includes the kingdom of Hyrule?

    Answer: The Legend of Zelda

    Hyrule is the recurring fantasy setting of many Zelda games.

  4. Which Remedy game features the Federal Bureau of Control?

    Answer: Control

    Control takes place in the shifting headquarters called the Oldest House.

  5. Which Nintendo racing series features blue shells?

    Answer: Mario Kart

    The blue shell is one of Mario Kart’s best-known items.

Daily round

  1. Which game lets players run a Caribbean island as El Presidente?

    Answer: Tropico

    Tropico casts the player as El Presidente.

  2. Which classic arcade game has a frog crossing roads and rivers?

    Answer: Frogger

    Frogger challenges players to cross traffic and water hazards.

  3. Which Bethesda RPG lets players join Constellation in space?

    Answer: Starfield

    Constellation is a major exploration group in Starfield.

  4. Which narrative walking game places players in a Wyoming fire lookout?

    Answer: Firewatch

    Firewatch is set around a summer lookout job.

  5. Which horror game follows writer Alan Wake?

    Answer: Alan Wake

    Alan Wake blends psychological horror with a writer’s missing-person mystery.

Daily round

  1. Which Blizzard action RPG series uses loot and classes like Barbarian?

    Answer: Diablo

    Diablo is known for dungeon crawling and randomized loot.

  2. Which time-loop space mystery takes place in a miniature solar system?

    Answer: Outer Wilds

    Outer Wilds resets time while players solve a solar-system mystery.

  3. Which puzzle game uses forced perspective to resize objects?

    Answer: Superliminal

    Superliminal turns perspective into a puzzle mechanic.

  4. Which horror series introduced Raccoon City?

    Answer: Resident Evil

    Raccoon City is central to early Resident Evil stories.

  5. Which fighting series asks players to launch opponents off stages?

    Answer: Super Smash Bros.

    Super Smash Bros. uses damage percentages and ring-outs.