Think you know your Bowser from your Blinky? This quiz about gaming has 86 video game trivia questions split into four rounds, from super easy warm-ups to a hardest round that will sort the casual players from the people who still own a memory card for every console they have ever had.
Gaming is the rare subject almost every group shares: every week, 212.3 million Americans play video games, according to the Entertainment Software Association, so a gaming round has a ready-made audience. The retro questions go to whoever grew up with a Game Boy, and the modern ones to whoever was streaming last night's Fortnite match. Every answer follows its question, and each round is split into sets of about five so you can pick and mix.
How the rounds work
| Redonda | Perguntas | Para quem é adequado |
|---|---|---|
| Super fácil | 21 | Everyone, including non-gamers |
| Meio duro | 21 | Jogadores regulares |
| Queijos duros | 22 | Fãs dedicados |
| Mais difícil | 22 | Trivia sharks and industry nerds |
Super easy quiz about gaming
Definir 1Perguntas 5
1What plumber brothers star in Nintendo's Super Mario franchise?
RespostaMario and Luigi.
2"Finish him!" is the iconic phrase from which fighting game series?
RespostaCombate mortal.
3Which space horror game has players hiding from a single Xenomorph on the Sevastopol station?
RespostaAlien: isolamento.
4What kind of vehicle do players race in the Mario Kart games?
Respostakarts.
5Which post-apocalyptic RPG series has players roaming the Wasteland and emerging from Vaults?
RespostaCair.
Definir 2Perguntas 5
6"I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee" comes from which Bethesda RPG?
RespostaThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
7Which horror game series has players surviving night shifts with killer animatronic animals?
RespostaFive Nights at Freddy's.
8Master Chief is the hero of which Microsoft series?
RespostaAréola.
9Who is the silent test subject armed with a portal gun in Valve's Portal?
RespostaChell.
10Which city-building game lets players unleash natural disasters on the city they have built?
RespostaSimCity.
Definir 3Perguntas 5
11Which Nintendo villain keeps kidnapping Princess Peach?
RespostaBowser.
12In Fortnite, what is the shrinking danger zone that pushes players together called?
Respostathe Storm.
13Which super-fast blue hedgehog is SEGA's mascot?
RespostaSonic O ouriço.
14Naughty Dog, the studio behind The Last of Us, also made which treasure-hunting series starring Nathan Drake?
RespostaDesconhecido.
15Which Nintendo console popularised motion controls, with players swinging a remote to bowl and play tennis?
Respostathe Wii.
Definir 4Perguntas 6
16In The Legend of Zelda series, what is the name of the hero players control?
Respostade vidrio (Zelda is the princess).
17In Pokémon Red and Blue, which three starter Pokémon can you choose from?
RespostaBulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle.
18Which sandbox game, created by Markus "Notch" Persson and fully released in 2011, is the best-selling video game of all time?
RespostaMinecraft.
19Which 1972 Atari arcade game, a simple table tennis simulation, was one of the first commercial video game hits?
Respostapong.
20What is the name of Valve's PC gaming storefront, launched in 2003?
RespostaSteam.
21What does "NPC" stand for in gaming?
Respostanon-player character.
Nossa escolha: question 9. The Chell question, because the silent Portal hero is a name everyone half-remembers, which makes it fun to watch a room argue about.
Medium hard quiz about gaming
Definir 1Perguntas 5
22Which hero wields the Keyblade in Kingdom Hearts?
Respostasora.
23EA Sports' annual football series was called FIFA until 2023. What is it called now?
RespostaEA Esportes FC.
24Which developer was at the centre of the "Hot Coffee" controversy over Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
RespostaJogos Rockstar.
25Which country created influential RPG series such as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest?
RespostaJapan.
26Doki Doki Literature Club and Steins;Gate belong to which story-driven, text-heavy genre?
Respostaromance visual.
Definir 2Perguntas 5
27Which 2015 CD Projekt Red RPG follows the monster hunter Geralt of Rivia?
RespostaThe Witcher 3: Caça Selvagem.
28Which fictional city, a parody of Los Angeles, is the setting of Grand Theft Auto V?
RespostaOs Santos.
29Which Blizzard MMORPG, released in 2004, is set in the world of Azeroth?
RespostaWorld of Warcraft.
30"Kept you waiting, huh?" is Snake's catchphrase in which stealth series?
RespostaMetal Gear Solid.
31Games like RollerCoaster Tycoon and Planet Coaster, where you build and run a theme park, belong to which genre?
Respostamanagement simulation.
Definir 3Perguntas 5
32Which Nintendo handheld, launched in 2004, had two screens, one of them a touch screen?
Respostathe Nintendo DS.
33Which PlayStation platformer stars a bandicoot battling the evil Doctor Neo Cortex?
RespostaBater Bandicoot.
34Candy Crush Saga and Farm Heroes Saga belong to which casual puzzle genre?
Respostamatch-3.
35In which 1996 Nintendo 64 game does Mario jump into paintings to collect Power Stars?
RespostaSuper mario 64.
36PUBG and Fortnite popularised which last-player-standing game format?
Respostabatalha real.
Definir 4Perguntas 6
37Which Nintendo designer created Mario, Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda?
RespostaShigeru Miyamoto.
38Which 2020 Nintendo Switch game had players building a new life on a deserted island, and became a lockdown hit?
RespostaAnimal Crossing: Novos Horizontes.
39Which British adventurer is the heroine of the Tomb Raider series?
RespostaLara Croft.
40The Gran Turismo racing series is exclusive to which console family?
RespostaPlayStation.
41What business model, where a game is free to download but sells in-app purchases, dominates mobile gaming?
Respostagrátis para jogar.
42Which Final Fantasy game introduced Cloud Strife and the city of Midgar?
RespostaFinal Fantasy VII.
Nossa escolha: question 38. Animal Crossing, because the lockdown-hit answer sparks an instant round of "what were you playing in 2020?" stories.
Hard quiz about gaming
Definir 1Perguntas 5
43Which company completed its purchase of Activision Blizzard in October 2023?
RespostaMicrosoft.
44Chris Redfield is a hero of which Capcom survival horror series?
RespostaResident Evil.
45"Good morning, and welcome to the Black Mesa Transit System" opens which classic first-person shooter?
RespostaMeia vida.
46In God of War (2018), what is the name of Kratos's son?
RespostaAtreus.
47True or false: the Wii was Nintendo's first home console to ship with wireless controllers as standard.
RespostaVerdade. The GameCube's wireless WaveBird controller was sold separately.
Definir 2Perguntas 5
48Diablo, Overwatch and World of Warcraft all come from which company?
RespostaBlizzard Entretenimento.
49Which Nintendo fighting series brings together Mario, Link, Pikachu and dozens of guest characters?
RespostaSuper Smash Bros.
50True or false: Atari's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) is remembered as one of gaming's biggest flops.
RespostaVerdade.
51Which livestreaming platform, bought by Amazon in 2014, is best known for gaming streams?
RespostaContração muscular.
52FromSoftware's famously punishing fantasy action RPGs, including Demon's Souls and Dark Souls, are known collectively as what?
Respostathe Souls series (or "Soulsborne" games).
Definir 3Perguntas 6
53Which 2009 shooter sparked controversy over its "No Russian" airport mission?
RespostaCall of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
54Which Rockstar Western series follows outlaws John Marston and Arthur Morgan?
RespostaRedenção do morto vermelho.
55"Rip and tear" is the motto of which shotgun-wielding antihero?
Respostathe Doom Slayer (Doomguy).
56The "Red Ring of Death" was a notorious hardware failure on which console?
Respostathe Xbox 360.
57What are the names of Pac-Man's four ghost enemies?
RespostaBlinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde.
58Streamer Tyler Blevins is better known by which gaming handle?
RespostaNinjas.
Definir 4Perguntas 6
59Which falling-block puzzle game was created by Soviet engineer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984?
RespostaTetris.
60Which Xbox 360 camera accessory, launched in 2010, let players control games with their body and no controller?
RespostaKinect.
61Which Nintendo handheld, released in 1989, came bundled with Tetris in North America and Europe?
Respostathe Game Boy.
62Which mobile game did its Vietnamese creator, Dong Nguyen, pull from app stores in February 2014 at the height of its popularity?
RespostaFlappy Bird.
63Which Microsoft racing series, a rival to Gran Turismo, began on the original Xbox in 2005?
RespostaForça Motorsport.
64"The cake is a lie" comes from which 2007 puzzle game?
RespostaPortal.
Nossa escolha: question 55. The "Rip and tear" quote, because it gets shouted across the room before anyone has finished reading it.
Hardest quiz about gaming
Definir 1Perguntas 5
65The International is the annual world championship for which esports game?
RespostaPonto 2.
66Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) sparked a backlash over which kind of monetisation?
Respostaloot boxes and microtransactions.
67Which publisher has released the WWE wrestling games since WWE 2K14?
Resposta2K.
68Which 1993 id Software shooter was released as shareware, with its first episode free to copy and share?
RespostaDoom.
69Which 16-bit SEGA console, sold as the Genesis in North America, took on Nintendo's SNES in the 1990s console wars?
Respostathe Mega Drive.
Definir 2Perguntas 5
70Ghost of Tsushima is set during which historical event?
Respostathe first Mongol invasion of Japan, in 1274.
71The Nemesis system, which lets orc enemies remember and adapt to you, debuted in which open-world action game?
RespostaMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.
72Which 1997 Rare shooter for the Nintendo 64 was based on a James Bond film?
RespostaGoldenEye 007.
73Hello Games faced a backlash over missing features at the 2016 launch of which space exploration game?
RespostaNo Man's Sky.
74Which Bandai Namco fighting series features Ivy Valentine and her whip-like snake sword?
RespostaSoulcalibur.
Definir 3Perguntas 6
75Solidus Snake, a former US President, is the main villain of which Metal Gear game?
RespostaMetal Gear Solid 2: Filhos da Liberdade.
76Which Halo game was the first to let four players team up online for the campaign?
RespostaHalo 3.
77Space Invaders came from Taito. Which company made Pac-Man?
RespostaNamco.
78Which Hideo Kojima game from 2019 casts Norman Reedus as a courier crossing a ruined America?
RespostaStranding da morte.
79Which Dark Souls knight is famous for the "Praise the Sun" gesture?
RespostaSolaire of Astora.
80Michael Pachter, long a well-known games industry analyst, worked at which firm?
RespostaWedbush Securities.
Definir 4Perguntas 6
81Hiroshi Yamauchi and Satoru Iwata were both presidents of which company?
RespostaNintendo
82"A man chooses, a slave obeys" is the philosophy of which BioShock character?
RespostaAndrew Ryan.
83In which year was the original PlayStation first released in Japan?
Resposta1994.
84What was SEGA's final home console, discontinued in 2001?
Respostathe Dreamcast.
85Which Vocaloid virtual singer, produced by Crypton Future Media, stars in her own rhythm games?
RespostaHatsune Miku.
86Which Capcom defence attorney shouts "Objection!" in the Ace Attorney series?
RespostaPhoenix Wright.
Nossa escolha: question 75. Solidus Snake, because a former US President as a video game villain is a sentence only Metal Gear fans will answer without blinking.
Ways to host this gaming quiz for a group
Reading 86 questions off a phone works for two people on a sofa, but a group needs scoring. Build the quiz in AhaSlides' criador de quiz ao vivo, share a join code, and everyone answers from their own phone. Different slide types suit different parts of the night:
- Escolha resposta for the multiple-choice questions, with the leaderboard between rounds.
- Digite a resposta for the hard and hardest rounds, so nobody can guess "Nintendo" and get lucky.
- Verdadeiro ou falso for the true-or-false questions, such as the Wii wireless controller one.
- Palavra nuvem as an icebreaker: ask everyone to type the first console they ever owned.
- Escala de classificação after the final round: how hard was the quiz, from 1 to 5?
- Final em aberto to collect "best game of all time" arguments before the winner is announced.
Tips for running a gaming quiz
- Lean on the big audience. With 212.3 million Americans playing every week (Entertainment Software Association), most groups have at least one expert and a few curious beginners, so mix the eras.
- Alternate retro and modern. No single age group should run away with it.
- Save the hardest round for last. A tight leaderboard going into round four makes for a better finish.
- Use the sets. Pick two or three sets of five from each round for a shorter night.
If you would rather not build it from scratch, the AhaSlides biblioteca de modelos has ready-made quizzes you can duplicate and edit. For more pop-culture rounds, try our Teste de Harry Potter or Quiz da Marvel.
Perguntas frequentes
What are good quiz questions about gaming?
Good gaming quiz questions mix eras and platforms. Console history, famous characters, iconic quotes, developers and esports all work, and a good set rewards both retro knowledge (Pong, the Game Boy, Pac-Man) and modern gaming (Fortnite, Elden Ring, Twitch), so everyone in the room can score.
How many questions should a gaming quiz have?
Around 20 to 25 questions per round is plenty. Two or three rounds fit a typical evening, and this quiz's sets of five let you shorten any round.
What was the first video game?
Tennis for Two is widely cited as one of the first video games. Physicist William Higinbotham created it and first showed it on 18 October 1958 at a visitors' day at Laboratório Nacional Brookhaven. Two players used separate controllers connected to an analogue computer, with an oscilloscope as the screen.
Who invented the home video game console?
Engineer Ralph Baer, often called the father of the video game. His "Brown Box" prototype, built in 1967-68 and now held by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, was licensed to Magnavox and released in 1972 as the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console.
