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 9 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which Maxis game lets players control virtual people called Sims?

    Answer: The Sims

    The Sims focuses on households, needs, and everyday life.

  2. Which real-time strategy series has villagers gathering food, wood, gold, and stone?

    Answer: Age of Empires

    Age of Empires uses classic resource gathering and age advancement.

  3. Which soccer series was renamed EA Sports FC after FIFA 23?

    Answer: FIFA

    EA’s long-running FIFA line changed branding to EA Sports FC.

  4. Which Blizzard strategy series features Terran, Protoss, and Zerg?

    Answer: StarCraft

    StarCraft is built around three asymmetric factions.

  5. Which survival game begins on a small raft in an endless ocean?

    Answer: Raft

    Raft has players collect debris and expand a floating base.

Daily round

  1. Which Jackbox game asks players to invent funny answers to prompts?

    Answer: Quiplash

    Quiplash is built around player-written joke answers.

  2. Which Maxis city-building series predates Cities: Skylines?

    Answer: SimCity

    SimCity was one of the foundational city-building series.

  3. 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.

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

    Answer: Elden Ring

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

  5. Which strategy series asks players to guide a civilization from ancient eras?

    Answer: Civilization

    Civilization uses turn-based historical empire building.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Fall Guys

    Fall Guys turns party-game chaos into elimination rounds.

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

    Answer: Pokemon

    Pokemon Red and Green launched first in Japan in 1996.

  3. Which detective RPG is set in Revachol?

    Answer: Disco Elysium

    Disco Elysium follows an amnesiac detective in Revachol.

  4. Which party drawing game asks players to fool friends with fake answers?

    Answer: Drawful

    Drawful is part of the Jackbox Party Pack lineup.

  5. Which platform lets users create experiences with Lua scripting?

    Answer: Roblox

    Roblox experiences are commonly built with Lua.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which Atlus series mixes school life with turn-based dungeon battles?

    Answer: Persona

    Persona games blend social links with supernatural battles.

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

    Answer: Danganronpa

    Danganronpa uses class trials after murder investigations.

  4. Which automation game starts with crash-landing on an alien planet?

    Answer: Factorio

    Factorio has players build factories after landing on an alien world.

  5. Which blue mascot became Sega Genesis famous?

    Answer: Sonic the Hedgehog

    Sonic helped define Sega Genesis branding in the 1990s.

Daily round

  1. Which game stars a samurai named Jin Sakai?

    Answer: Ghost of Tsushima

    Jin Sakai is the protagonist of Ghost of Tsushima.

  2. Which Square RPG follows time travel with Crono?

    Answer: Chrono Trigger

    Chrono Trigger is a classic time-travel RPG.

  3. Which Lucas Pope game asks players to inspect a ghost ship’s deaths?

    Answer: Return of the Obra Dinn

    Return of the Obra Dinn uses deduction to solve crew fates.

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

    Answer: Frogger

    Frogger challenges players to cross traffic and water hazards.

  5. Which game has players control a hole that swallows objects?

    Answer: Donut County

    Donut County is a story puzzle game about an expanding hole.

Daily round

  1. Which Blizzard game uses heroes such as Tracer and Reinhardt?

    Answer: Overwatch

    Overwatch is a team shooter built around hero roles.

  2. Which surreal adventure is set around a secret highway in Kentucky?

    Answer: Kentucky Route Zero

    Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game.

  3. Which puzzle platformer uses time rewind and stars Tim?

    Answer: Braid

    Braid uses time manipulation to reshape platform puzzles.

  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 Naughty Dog series follows Joel and Ellie?

    Answer: The Last of Us

    Joel and Ellie are central characters in The Last of Us.

Daily round

  1. Which city-builder asks players to keep a frozen generator running?

    Answer: Frostpunk

    Frostpunk centers survival around heat and difficult laws.

  2. Which Nintendo life sim uses bells as currency?

    Answer: Animal Crossing

    Bells are the main currency in Animal Crossing.

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

    Answer: Control

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

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

    Answer: Firewatch

    Firewatch is set around a summer lookout job.

  5. Which visual novel series includes the Nonary Game?

    Answer: Zero Escape

    Zero Escape centers on escape rooms and the Nonary Game.