What product did Nintendo first release before taking on the world of video games?
Playing cards
Stickers
Toy cars
Board games
What is the average amount of time a player of "Fortnite" spends enjoying the game weekly?
6-10 hours
10-12 hours
2-4 hours
16-18 hours
What food was the character Pac Man modeled after?
A potato chip
Popcorn
A peanut
Pizza
Approximately how many PlayStation 4s have been sold as of the beginning of 2019?
80 million
70 million
100 million
90 million
What video game did Mario first appear in?
Donkey Kong
How much money does the average player spend on "Fortnite"?
$120
$100
$60
$20
What is the highest-selling gaming console to date?
Playstation 2
What year was the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) released?
1987
1989
1995
1991
The original designer behind the game "Tetris" is from which nation?
Russia
How long did it take Markus Persson to create the first version of "Minecraft"?
One week
One month
One year
One day
What country tried to put a ban on late-night gaming?
Japan
India
South Korea
Brazil
What year was Nintendo founded?
1989
1959
1929
1889
What is the name of the primary world upon which the "World of Warcraft" takes place?
Azeroth
What is the setting of the original "Call of Duty"?
World War II
The American Civil War
World War I
The Vietnam War
Which Mario character has appeared in all but one "Mario Party" game?
Wario
Diddy Kong
Rosalina
Princess Daisy
The names of Pac-Man's ghost enemies are Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and _____.
Joe
Sam
Clyde
Ralph
What insects inspired game maker Satoshi Tajiri to create the character Pokemon?
Dragonflies
Bees
Butterflies
Mosquitos
In what year was "Fortnite" released?
2015
2016
2017
2018
What was the first home-based video game console?
Intellivison
Colecovison
Odyssey
Atari
What was the first video game character to have a balloon featured in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Mario
Sonic the Hedgehog
Pac Man
Lara Croft
What is the name of Mario’s dinosaur sidekick?
Yoshi
What world market generates the most revenue in the video game industry?
China
The United States
Japan
Russia
What was the first commercially successful video game?
Pong
How many American households play video games?
approximately one-fourth
approximately two-thirds
approximately one-third
approximately one-half
What is the best selling videogame of all time?
Minecraft
What year was the first virtual reality headset created?
1995
1990
2000
1985
How much did a virtual reality device cost in 1980?
$19,000
$29,000
$49,000
$79,000
Blizzard Entertainment is most well known for which two video game franchises?
Overwatch and World of Warcraft
What is the best-selling handheld gaming system to date?
Nintendo DS
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
In the original arcade version of Donkey Kong, what was the name of the character that would later be known as Mario?
Jump Man
Marvelous Man
Funny Man
Running Man
Which gaming console did the United States Air Force use to create a cluster supercomputer?
Playstation 3
Sega Genesis
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
X Box
What job did the creator of the Game Boy have at Nintendo?
He was a janitor.
What problem do many virtual reality users have?
They get motion sickness
They get fevers
They get really thirsty
They don't want to come back to reality
How many different shapes of four-connected blocks are there in "Tetris"?
8
9
7
6
What is the name of the circular object that is used to collect Pokémon?
a Poké ball
What are Nintendo's two most popular gaming franchises?
Mario and Donkey Kong
Mario and Pokémon
Mario and Wii
Wii and Pokémon
Who released the first flight simulator game?
Microsoft