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 Bethesda series is set in Tamriel?

    Answer: The Elder Scrolls

    Tamriel is the continent where many Elder Scrolls games take place.

  2. Which Valve MOBA grew from the Defense of the Ancients concept?

    Answer: Dota 2

    Dota 2 is Valve’s standalone version of the DotA-style MOBA.

  3. Which Sega game traps a monkey inside a transparent ball?

    Answer: Super Monkey Ball

    Super Monkey Ball is about guiding a ball through tilt-style courses.

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

    Answer: Cyberpunk 2077

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

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Which adventure game uses a rewind power and stars Max Caulfield?

    Answer: Life is Strange

    Max Caulfield can rewind time in Life is Strange.

  2. Which Bungie series has Guardians wielding Light?

    Answer: Destiny

    Destiny follows Guardians defending humanity with the Light.

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

    Answer: Limbo

    Limbo uses stark black-and-white puzzle platforming.

  4. 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.

  5. Which Insomniac series stars a lombax and a small robot?

    Answer: Ratchet & Clank

    Ratchet and Clank combine platforming with unusual weapons.

Daily round

  1. Which supernatural adventure follows teens using a radio on an island?

    Answer: Oxenfree

    Oxenfree uses radio tuning as a core story mechanic.

  2. Which Naughty Dog series stars treasure hunter Nathan Drake?

    Answer: Uncharted

    Nathan Drake leads the Uncharted adventure series.

  3. Which VR rhythm game has players slash blocks with sabers?

    Answer: Beat Saber

    Beat Saber is one of the best-known VR rhythm games.

  4. Which Valve game introduced Gordon Freeman?

    Answer: Half-Life

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

  5. Which game combines soccer with rocket-powered cars?

    Answer: Rocket League

    Rocket League turns car movement into arena soccer.

Daily round

  1. Which Capcom series features Ryu and Chun-Li?

    Answer: Street Fighter

    Ryu and Chun-Li are iconic Street Fighter characters.

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

    Answer: Assassin’s Creed

    The Animus frames historical settings in Assassin’s Creed.

  3. Which PlayStation game stars the bandicoot Crash?

    Answer: Crash Bandicoot

    Crash Bandicoot became one of the original PlayStation mascots.

  4. Which Sucker Punch series stars a raccoon thief named Sly?

    Answer: Sly Cooper

    Sly Cooper is a stealth platformer series from Sucker Punch.

  5. Which rhythm arcade series uses four arrow panels for dancing?

    Answer: Dance Dance Revolution

    Dance Dance Revolution uses directional step panels.

Daily round

  1. Which social deduction game asks players to find impostors on a spaceship?

    Answer: Among Us

    Among Us became famous for crew tasks and impostors.

  2. Which Korean MMO features mushroom-like creatures and side-scrolling towns?

    Answer: MapleStory

    MapleStory is a 2D side-scrolling MMO.

  3. Which cold survival game takes place in the Canadian wilderness?

    Answer: The Long Dark

    The Long Dark focuses on weather, warmth, and supplies.

  4. Which Klei survival game uses a distinctive gothic cartoon style?

    Answer: Don’t Starve

    Don’t Starve is known for harsh survival and hand-drawn art.

  5. Which Hudson character drops bombs in maze arenas?

    Answer: Bomberman

    Bomberman is built around placing bombs and trapping opponents.

Daily round

  1. Which exploration game starts with returning to an empty family home in 1995?

    Answer: Gone Home

    Gone Home is about exploring a house and piecing together a family story.

  2. Which Ubisoft series began as a tactical stealth game starring Sam Fisher?

    Answer: Splinter Cell

    Sam Fisher is the lead operative in Splinter Cell.

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

    Answer: Papers, Please

    Papers, Please turns document inspection into moral pressure.

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

    Answer: Firewatch

    Firewatch is set around a summer lookout job.

  5. Which 1993 shooter helped popularize network deathmatch play?

    Answer: Doom

    Doom made fast first-person action and multiplayer mod culture mainstream.

Daily round

  1. Which Nintendo RPG uses Miis in party roles?

    Answer: Miitopia

    Miitopia casts player-created Miis in RPG jobs.

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

    Answer: Temple Run

    Temple Run helped popularize endless 3D mobile runners.

  3. Which Nintendo RPG follows Ness in Eagleland?

    Answer: EarthBound

    Ness is the young hero of EarthBound.

  4. Which arcade game features Bub and Bob trapping enemies in bubbles?

    Answer: Bubble Bobble

    Bubble Bobble uses bubbles as both weapons and platforms.

  5. Which Microsoft shooter launched with the original Xbox?

    Answer: Halo: Combat Evolved

    Halo was a flagship launch title for the original Xbox.