How much did a virtual reality device cost in 1980?
$29,000
$79,000
$19,000
$49,000
What is the best-selling handheld gaming system to date?
Nintendo DS
What is the average amount of time a player of "Fortnite" spends enjoying the game weekly?
2-4 hours
6-10 hours
10-12 hours
16-18 hours
What is the best selling videogame of all time?
Minecraft
What is the name of the circular object that is used to collect Pokémon?
a Poké ball
What is the setting of the original "Call of Duty"?
The American Civil War
The Vietnam War
World War I
World War II
What video game did Mario first appear in?
Donkey Kong
Which Mario character has appeared in all but one "Mario Party" game?
Wario
Diddy Kong
Princess Daisy
Rosalina
What job did the creator of the Game Boy have at Nintendo?
He was a janitor.
What was the first commercially successful video game?
Pong
The names of Pac-Man's ghost enemies are Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and _____.
Clyde
Sam
Joe
Ralph
Which gaming console did the United States Air Force use to create a cluster supercomputer?
Sega Genesis
X Box
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Playstation 3
How much money does the average player spend on "Fortnite"?
$100
$60
$120
$20
What is the most expensive video game made to date?
Final Fantasy VII
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Grand Theft Auto V
How many American households play video games?
approximately one-third
approximately one-half
approximately one-fourth
approximately two-thirds
What year was the first virtual reality headset created?
1995
1990
2000
1985
What was the first video game character to have a balloon featured in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Pac Man
Mario
Lara Croft
Sonic the Hedgehog
In the original arcade version of Donkey Kong, what was the name of the character that would later be known as Mario?
Marvelous Man
Funny Man
Jump Man
Running Man
How many different shapes of four-connected blocks are there in "Tetris"?
8
7
9
6
The original designer behind the game "Tetris" is from which nation?
Russia
What is the highest-selling gaming console to date?
Playstation 2
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
Who released the first flight simulator game?
Microsoft
Approximately how many PlayStation 4s have been sold as of the beginning of 2019?
70 million
100 million
80 million
90 million
What year was Nintendo founded?
1989
1929
1959
1889
What was the first home-based video game console?
Intellivison
Odyssey
Colecovison
Atari
What country tried to put a ban on late-night gaming?
India
Brazil
Japan
South Korea
What year was the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) released?
1995
1987
1989
1991
What world market generates the most revenue in the video game industry?
Japan
Russia
The United States
China
What are Nintendo's two most popular gaming franchises?
Mario and Donkey Kong
Wii and Pokémon
Mario and Pokémon
Mario and Wii
In what year was "Fortnite" released?
2016
2015
2018
2017
Blizzard Entertainment is most well known for which two video game franchises?
Overwatch and World of Warcraft
What is the name of Mario’s dinosaur sidekick?
Yoshi
How long did it take Markus Persson to create the first version of "Minecraft"?
One year
One week
One month
One day
What food was the character Pac Man modeled after?
A peanut
Popcorn
A potato chip
Pizza
What insects inspired game maker Satoshi Tajiri to create the character Pokemon?
Dragonflies
Bees
Mosquitos
Butterflies
What product did Nintendo first release before taking on the world of video games?
Playing cards
Toy cars
Board games
Stickers