What product did Nintendo first release before taking on the world of video games?
Playing cards
Toy cars
Stickers
Board games
What are Nintendo's two most popular gaming franchises?
Mario and Wii
Mario and Pokémon
Mario and Donkey Kong
Wii and Pokémon
What is the best selling videogame of all time?
Minecraft
How many American households play video games?
approximately two-thirds
approximately one-fourth
approximately one-half
approximately one-third
What is the highest-selling gaming console to date?
Playstation 2
Blizzard Entertainment is most well known for which two video game franchises?
Overwatch and World of Warcraft
The names of Pac-Man's ghost enemies are Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and _____.
Joe
Sam
Clyde
Ralph
What was the first video game character to have a balloon featured in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Pac Man
Sonic the Hedgehog
Mario
Lara Croft
What world market generates the most revenue in the video game industry?
Japan
China
Russia
The United States
What food was the character Pac Man modeled after?
A potato chip
Pizza
A peanut
Popcorn
How much did a virtual reality device cost in 1980?
$29,000
$49,000
$19,000
$79,000
What was the first home-based video game console?
Intellivison
Atari
Colecovison
Odyssey
In what year was "Fortnite" released?
2016
2017
2015
2018
How much money does the average player spend on "Fortnite"?
$20
$120
$100
$102.42
What year was the first virtual reality headset created?
1968
2000
1985
1990
What year was Nintendo founded?
1989
1929
1889
1959
What insects inspired game maker Satoshi Tajiri to create the character Pokemon?
Bees
Butterflies
Mosquitos
Dragonflies
Which Mario character has appeared in all but one "Mario Party" game?
Rosalina
Princess Daisy
Diddy Kong
Wario
How many different shapes of four-connected blocks are there in "Tetris"?
7
6
8
9
What is the name of the primary world upon which the "World of Warcraft" takes place?
Azeroth
What job did the creator of the Game Boy have at Nintendo?
Maintenance Worker
Approximately how many PlayStation 4s have been sold as of the beginning of 2019?
80 million
70 million
90 million
100 million
The original designer behind the game "Tetris" is from which nation?
Russia
What is the average amount of time a player of "Fortnite" spends enjoying the game weekly?
2-4 hours
10-12 hours
6-10 hours
16-18 hours
What is the most expensive video game made to date?
Final Fantasy VII
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Star Wars: The Old Republic
What year was the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) released?
1995
1991
1987
1989
What is the name of Mario’s dinosaur sidekick?
Yoshi
Who released the first flight simulator game?
Microsoft
How long did it take Markus Persson to create the first version of "Minecraft"?
One day
One week
One month
One year
What is the setting of the original "Call of Duty"?
World War II
The Vietnam War
World War I
The American Civil War
What is the best-selling handheld gaming system to date?
Nintendo DS
What video game did Mario first appear in?
Donkey Kong
What was the first commercially successful video game?
Pong
Which gaming console did the United States Air Force use to create a cluster supercomputer?
X Box
Playstation 3
Sega Genesis
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
What country tried to put a ban on late-night gaming?
Japan
India
South Korea
Brazil
What problem do many virtual reality users have?
They get fevers
They get motion sickness
They don't want to come back to reality
They get really thirsty
In the original arcade version of Donkey Kong, what was the name of the character that would later be known as Mario?
Jump Man
Running Man
Marvelous Man
Funny Man
What is the name of the circular object that is used to collect Pokémon?
a Poké ball