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 5 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which Lucas Pope game casts the player as a border checkpoint inspector?

    Answer: Papers, Please

    Papers, Please turns document inspection into moral pressure.

  2. Which blue mascot became Sega Genesis famous?

    Answer: Sonic the Hedgehog

    Sonic helped define Sega Genesis branding in the 1990s.

  3. Which Nintendo series asks players to manage tiny plant-like helpers?

    Answer: Pikmin

    Pikmin are small helpers commanded by explorers like Olimar.

  4. Which mobile puzzle series asks players to match candies?

    Answer: Candy Crush Saga

    Candy Crush Saga is a match-three puzzle series.

  5. Which Nintendo game lets players decorate an island after arriving by plane?

    Answer: Animal Crossing: New Horizons

    New Horizons begins with a getaway package to a deserted island.

Daily round

  1. Which 1980 arcade game introduced Pac-Man to players?

    Answer: Pac-Man

    Pac-Man became one of the defining maze games of the arcade era.

  2. Which game stars a samurai named Jin Sakai?

    Answer: Ghost of Tsushima

    Jin Sakai is the protagonist of Ghost of Tsushima.

  3. Which Paradox strategy game explores galaxies and alien empires?

    Answer: Stellaris

    Stellaris is Paradox’s space grand strategy game.

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

    Answer: RuneScape

    Gielinor is the fantasy world of RuneScape.

  5. Which puzzle game lets photos become physical spaces?

    Answer: Viewfinder

    Viewfinder uses images to reshape the environment.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Starfield

    Constellation is a major exploration group in Starfield.

  2. Which multiplayer survival game is known for harsh player-versus-player bases?

    Answer: Rust

    Rust centers on gathering, base-building, and player conflict.

  3. Which FromSoftware game takes place in the Lands Between?

    Answer: Elden Ring

    Elden Ring’s open world is called the Lands Between.

  4. Which fighting series is famous for Fatalities?

    Answer: Mortal Kombat

    Fatalities are finishing moves in Mortal Kombat.

  5. Which game features bean-shaped contestants in obstacle rounds?

    Answer: Fall Guys

    Fall Guys turns party-game chaos into elimination rounds.

Daily round

  1. Which battle royale game includes the island map Erangel?

    Answer: PUBG: Battlegrounds

    Erangel was PUBG’s first widely recognized battle royale map.

  2. Which Coffee Stain game builds first-person factories on an alien planet?

    Answer: Satisfactory

    Satisfactory turns factory building into a first-person exploration game.

  3. Which parkour game stars courier Faith Connors?

    Answer: Mirror’s Edge

    Faith is the runner protagonist of Mirror’s Edge.

  4. Which arcade game has players inflate underground enemies?

    Answer: Dig Dug

    Dig Dug uses tunnels and an air pump mechanic.

  5. Which Ubisoft platform series once starred the limbless hero Rayman?

    Answer: Rayman

    Rayman is known for colorful side-scrolling platforming.

Daily round

  1. Which Nintendo life sim uses bells as currency?

    Answer: Animal Crossing

    Bells are the main currency in Animal Crossing.

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

    Answer: Temple Run

    Temple Run helped popularize endless 3D mobile runners.

  3. Which Konami series follows the Belmont family hunting Dracula?

    Answer: Castlevania

    Many Castlevania games center on the Belmonts and Dracula.

  4. Which CD Projekt game stars Geralt of Rivia?

    Answer: The Witcher 3

    Geralt is the witcher protagonist of the series.

  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 fighting series asks players to launch opponents off stages?

    Answer: Super Smash Bros.

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

  2. Which monochrome puzzle platformer begins with a boy in a dark forest?

    Answer: Limbo

    Limbo uses stark black-and-white puzzle platforming.

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

    Answer: Cyberpunk 2077

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

  4. Which Paradox grand strategy series covers World War II?

    Answer: Hearts of Iron

    Hearts of Iron focuses on World War II strategy.

  5. Which Ubisoft series uses the Animus to explore ancestral memories?

    Answer: Assassin’s Creed

    The Animus frames historical settings in Assassin’s Creed.

Daily round

  1. Which cooperative puzzle game stars two dolls named Cody and May?

    Answer: It Takes Two

    It Takes Two is designed entirely around two-player cooperation.

  2. Which Rockstar series is set in cities such as Vice City and San Andreas?

    Answer: Grand Theft Auto

    Grand Theft Auto uses fictionalized cities inspired by real locations.

  3. Which Valve game popularized terrorists versus counter-terrorists rounds?

    Answer: Counter-Strike

    Counter-Strike grew from a Half-Life mod into a major tactical shooter.

  4. Which farming RPG begins when you inherit your grandfather’s farm?

    Answer: Stardew Valley

    Stardew Valley starts with a farm inheritance and a move to Pelican Town.

  5. Which BioWare series follows Commander Shepard?

    Answer: Mass Effect

    Commander Shepard leads the Normandy crew in Mass Effect.