Video Games Quiz – Printable Version
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- What is the best-selling video game of all time?
- A. Minecraft
- B. Wii Sports
- C. GTA V
- D. Tetris
- Who created the game Tetris?
- A. Alexey Pajitnov
- B. John Carmack
- C. Nolan Bushnell
- D. Toru Iwatani
- Which company manufactures the Xbox console?
- A. Sega
- B. Sony
- C. Nintendo
- D. Microsoft
- Which studio developed the game Fortnite?
- A. Ubisoft
- B. Epic Games
- C. Valve
- D. Activision
- In what year was the original PlayStation released?
- A. 1996
- B. 1994
- C. 1992
- D. 1998
- Who created the Pokémon game series?
- A. Shigeru Miyamoto
- B. Yuji Naka
- C. Satoshi Tajiri
- D. Hironobu Sakaguchi
- In what year did the World Health Organization recognize 'gaming disorder' as an illness?
- A. 2021
- B. 2019
- C. 2023
- D. 2015
- Which Finnish studio created the mobile game Angry Birds?
- A. Supercell
- B. Zynga
- C. Rovio
- D. King
- Which studio developed the mobile game Candy Crush Saga?
- A. Zynga
- B. Supercell
- C. Rovio
- D. King
- What is the name of the protagonist of the God of War series?
- A. Zeus
- B. Ares
- C. Kratos
- D. Atreus
- What is considered one of the very first video games, a tennis simulation displayed on an oscilloscope in 1958?
- A. Pong
- B. Table Tennis
- C. Tennis for Two
- D. Spacewar!
- Which computer game, created in 1962 by MIT students, is considered one of the very first interactive video games?
- A. Spacewar!
- B. Colossal Cave
- C. Adventure
- D. Pong
- In which year was the Atari 2600 (originally called the Atari VCS) released?
- A. 1977
- B. 1975
- C. 1980
- D. 1972
- Which 1976 text-based game, written by Will Crowther, is considered the very first adventure game?
- A. Zork
- B. Colossal Cave Adventure
- C. Adventure (Atari)
- D. Rogue
- Which Japanese company developed the arcade game Frogger, released in 1981?
- A. Konami
- B. Taito
- C. Sega
- D. Namco
- Which 1982 Activision game, created by David Crane, features an adventurer jumping over pits and crocodiles in the jungle?
- A. Q*bert
- B. Adventure
- C. Pitfall!
- D. Frogger
- Which 1980 Atari arcade game features a centipede that the player must shoot down segment by segment?
- A. Asteroids
- B. Millipede
- C. Galaxian
- D. Centipede
- In which year was the Atari 5200, successor to the Atari 2600, released?
- A. 1985
- B. 1978
- C. 1982
- D. 1980
- In which French city is the studio Sandfall Interactive, creator of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, based?
- A. Bordeaux
- B. Paris
- C. Lyon
- D. Montpellier
- Which 2024 action game, developed by the Chinese studio Game Science, is inspired by the classic novel 'Journey to the West'?
- A. Black Myth: Wukong
- B. Nioh 2
- C. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
- D. Sekiro
Answer key — Video Games Quiz
- A. MinecraftMinecraft has sold over 300 million copies worldwide.
- A. Alexey PajitnovTetris was designed in 1984 by Soviet engineer Alexey Pajitnov.
- D. MicrosoftThe first Xbox was released in 2001, marking Microsoft's entry into the console market.
- B. Epic GamesFortnite Battle Royale, released in 2017, was developed by American studio Epic Games.
- B. 1994Sony's PlayStation was released in Japan in December 1994.
- C. Satoshi TajiriSatoshi Tajiri created Pokémon, inspired by his childhood passion for insect collecting.
- B. 2019The WHO added 'gaming disorder' to its International Classification of Diseases in 2019.
- C. RovioAngry Birds, released in 2009, was created by Finnish studio Rovio Entertainment.
- D. KingCandy Crush Saga, released in 2012, was developed by British studio King.
- C. KratosKratos, a former Greek demigod turned Norse god, has been the hero of the God of War saga since 2005.
- C. Tennis for TwoDesigned by physicist William Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory, this game simulated a tennis match on an oscilloscope screen, fourteen years before Pong.
- A. Spacewar!Spacewar! was created by Steve Russell and his fellow students on a PDP-1 computer, featuring two spaceships battling each other.
- A. 1977The Atari 2600 was released in 1977 and popularized the concept of interchangeable cartridges among the general public.
- B. Colossal Cave AdventureInspired by a real cave that Crowther had explored, Colossal Cave Adventure laid the foundations of the interactive fiction genre.
- A. KonamiIn Frogger, the player guides a frog across a busy road and then a river full of obstacles, a classic developed by Konami.
- C. Pitfall!Pitfall! was one of the best-selling Atari 2600 games, popularizing the scrolling platformer genre.
- D. CentipedeCentipede used a trackball and was co-designed by Dona Bailey, one of the first female arcade game programmers at Atari.
- C. 1982The Atari 5200 was released in 1982 but never achieved the commercial success of its famous predecessor, the Atari 2600.
- D. MontpellierSandfall Interactive, a young independent studio founded in 2020, is based in Montpellier.
- A. Black Myth: WukongBlack Myth: Wukong features the Monkey King and achieved resounding worldwide success as soon as it was released in 2024.