The original designer behind the game "Tetris" is from which nation?
Russia
How many monthly active users does PS5 have?
76 million
129 million
91 million
83 million
What is the setting of the original "Call of Duty"?
World War II
World War I
The American Civil War
The Vietnam War
What is the highest-selling gaming console to date?
Playstation 2 - As of February 2024, it had sold over 158 million units worldwide.
What product did Nintendo first release before taking on the world of video games?
Stickers
Toy cars
Board games
Playing cards
How long did it take Markus Persson to create the first version of "Minecraft"?
One week
One month
One year
One day
How many different shapes of four-connected blocks are there in "Tetris"?
6
8
7
9
How much money did the average player spend on "Fortnite" in 2020?
$89
$100
$102
$120
How much did a virtual reality device cost in 1980?
$9,400
$4,600
$19,300
$12,550
Which Mario character has appeared in all but one "Mario Party" game?
Princess Daisy
Rosalina
Diddy Kong
Wario
What world market generates the most revenue in the video game industry?
Japan
China
The United States
Russia
What country tried to put a ban on late-night gaming?
Japan
South Korea
India
Brazil
Which gaming console did the United States Air Force use to create a cluster supercomputer?
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sega Genesis
Playstation
X Box
What is the best-selling video game of all time?
Minecraft - 238,000,000 copies sold
In the original arcade version of Donkey Kong, what was the name of the character that would later be known as Mario?
Funny Man
Running Man
Jump Man
Marvelous Man
What insects inspired game maker Satoshi Tajiri to create the character Pokemon?
Dragonflies
Butterflies
Mosquitos
Bees
What job did the creator of the Game Boy have at Nintendo?
Gunpei Yokoi was born on September 10, 1941. He was hired by Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi in 1965 as an electrician for a Hanafuda card assembly line.
What was the first commercially successful video game?
Pong - 1972
What is the most expensive video game made to date?
Grand Theft Auto V
Final Fantasy VII
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
What food was the character Pac Man modeled after?
Popcorn
A potato chip
Pizza
A peanut
What is the average amount of time a player of "Fortnite" spends enjoying the game weekly?
10-12 hours
2-4 hours
16-18 hours
6-10 hours
What year was the first virtual reality headset created?
2000
1985
1990
1995
What is the best-selling handheld gaming system to date?
Nintendo DS
What is the name of Mario’s dinosaur sidekick?
Yoshi
How many American households play video games?
57%
88%
43%
65%
What year was Nintendo founded?
1989
1929
1959
1889
Who released the first flight simulator game?
The
earliest aircraft simulation video game is FS1 Flight Simulator for the Apple
II, created by SubLogic in 1979.
What was the first video game character to have a balloon featured in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Lara Croft
Sonic the Hedgehog
Mario
Pac Man
What year was the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) released?
1987
1989
1995
1991
What video game did Mario first appear in?
Donkey Kong
The names of Pac-Man's ghost enemies are Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and _____.
Clyde
Sam
Joe
Ralph
Blizzard Entertainment is most well known for which two video game franchises?
Overwatch and World of Warcraft
What is the name of the primary world upon which the "World of Warcraft" takes place?
Azeroth
What problem do many virtual reality users have?
They don't want to come back to reality
They get fevers
They get motion sickness
They get really thirsty
In what year was "Fortnite" released?
2015
2017
2018
2016
What was the first home-based video game console?
Colecovison
Odyssey
Intellivison
Atari
What is the name of the circular object that is used to collect Pokémon?
a Poké ball