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