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20 questions from Pong to Fortnite: Tetris, Pac-Man, Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Minecraft and the companies behind them, plus a few for the arcade generation.
Medium 20 questions 30 s each · about 16 min Checked against two sources
A round for a quiz night, a games night or a team social where half the room grew up with a Game Boy and the other half with a phone. It starts with the names everyone knows, Mario, Sonic and Pac-Man, moves through the big launches and ends with questions only the real collectors get. Twenty questions take about 16 minutes.
How to run it
- Mix the teams by age. The players who remember Pong and the ones who play Fortnite each know half the answers.
- After question 9, ask the room to name every job Mario has had. Carpenter, plumber, doctor and referee usually get the discussion going.
- Questions 16 to 20 are app only. Keep question 17, the company behind Space Invaders, as your tie-breaker: almost everyone guesses wrong.
Questions and answers
1Tetris was created in 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov, a programmer working in which country?Easy
- AThe Soviet Union
- BJapan
- CThe United States
- DWest Germany
Reveal answer
A. The Soviet Union
Pajitnov wrote Tetris on an Elektronika 60 at the Soviet Academy of Sciences in Moscow. The name blends tetra, Greek for four, with tennis, his favourite sport.
2In Pac-Man, what does Pac-Man eat to make the ghosts turn blue so he can eat them?Easy
- ACherries
- BPower pellets
- CBlue keys
- DPretzels
Reveal answer
B. Power pellets
The four large flashing dots in the corners of the maze are power pellets. Eat one and the ghosts turn blue and run, and each one you catch is worth bonus points.
3Sonic the Hedgehog is the mascot of which company?Easy
- ANintendo
- BCapcom
- CSega
- DKonami
Reveal answer
C. Sega
Sega created Sonic in 1991 to give the Genesis a star to rival Nintendo's Mario. The blue hedgehog has been the company's mascot ever since.
4Which company makes the PlayStation consoles?Easy
- AMicrosoft
- BPanasonic
- CSamsung
- DSony
Reveal answer
D. Sony
Sony launched the first PlayStation in Japan in December 1994. Its games arm, now called Sony Interactive Entertainment, has run the brand through five generations of consoles.
5What is the name of the hero in The Legend of Zelda games?Easy
- AZelda
- BGanon
- CLink
- DEpona
Reveal answer
C. Link
Link is the young hero who carries the Triforce of Courage. Zelda is the princess of Hyrule, which is why newcomers often mix the two names up.
6Which 2016 mobile game sent players outside to catch creatures on a real-world map?Easy
- APokemon Go
- BCandy Crush Saga
- CClash of Clans
- DAngry Birds
Reveal answer
A. Pokemon Go
Pokemon Go, made by Niantic, uses the phone's location and camera so the creatures appear in parks and streets. It became a worldwide craze within weeks of launch.
7True or false: Luigi is Mario's twin brother.Easy
- ATrue
- BFalse
Reveal answer
A. True
Luigi is Mario's slightly younger twin and his partner in most games. He is taller, thinner and, in the Luigi's Mansion series, a lot more easily scared.
8Which princess does Mario usually rescue from Bowser?Easy
- APrincess Daisy
- BPrincess Peach
- CPrincess Zelda
- DPrincess Rosalina
Reveal answer
B. Princess Peach
Peach rules the Mushroom Kingdom and first appeared in Super Mario Bros. in 1985. Daisy and Rosalina are real Mario characters, but they are not the one Bowser keeps kidnapping.
9Mario made his first appearance in which 1981 arcade game?Medium
- ADonkey Kong
- BMario Bros.
- CSuper Mario Bros.
- DPac-Man
Reveal answer
A. Donkey Kong
In Donkey Kong, Mario was a carpenter called Jumpman who climbed ladders to rescue a woman from a giant ape. Nintendo of America staff named him after their warehouse landlord.
10Which company bought Minecraft maker Mojang in 2014?Medium
- ASony
- BNintendo
- CGoogle
- DMicrosoft
Reveal answer
D. Microsoft
Microsoft paid 2.5 billion US dollars for Mojang in September 2014. Minecraft kept running on every platform, including PlayStation and Nintendo consoles.
11Atari's Pong, the first big arcade video game hit, was released in which year?Medium
- A1968
- B1972
- C1977
- D1981
Reveal answer
B. 1972
Pong reached arcades in 1972, a simple game of tennis with two paddles and a ball. Its success launched Atari and the arcade boom that followed.
12The first Pokemon games, Red and Green, were released in Japan in which year?Medium
- A1992
- B1994
- C1996
- D1998
Reveal answer
C. 1996
Red and Green launched for the Game Boy in Japan in February 1996. The trading card game followed that October, and the TV anime in 1997.
13Which 1993 game by id Software made first-person shooters famous?Medium
- AQuake
- BHalf-Life
- CDoom
- DGoldenEye 007
Reveal answer
C. Doom
Doom came out in December 1993 and spread as shareware, with the first episode free. Its speed, its demons and its deathmatch mode set the pattern for the whole genre.
14Which company develops Fortnite?Medium
- AEpic Games
- BActivision
- CUbisoft
- DElectronic Arts
Reveal answer
A. Epic Games
Epic Games released Fortnite in 2017, and the free Battle Royale mode made it a global hit. Epic also makes the Unreal Engine that many other studios build their games on.
15True or false: Nintendo released the original Game Boy in 1989.Medium
- ATrue
- BFalse
Reveal answer
A. True
The Game Boy came out in Japan in April 1989 with a small green-tinted screen and a long battery life. Tetris was the game that sold it to millions.
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Sources
Every answer shown here was checked against two sources, listed below. Links last checked 27 October 2026.
- Tetris - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Tetris game cartridge - CHM Revolutioncomputerhistory.org
- Pac-Man - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Pac-Man - The Strong National Museum of Playmuseumofplay.org
- Sonic the Hedgehog - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Sega - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- PlayStation - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Sony Interactive Entertainment - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Link (The Legend of Zelda) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- The Legend of Zelda - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Pokémon Go - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Pardon Our Interruptionpokemon.com
- Luigi (character) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Mario - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Princess Peach - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Donkey Kong (1981 video game) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Donkey Kong - The Strong National Museum of Playmuseumofplay.org
- Minecraft to join Microsoft - Sourcenews.microsoft.com
- Mojang Studios - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Pong - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Pong - The Strong National Museum of Playmuseumofplay.org
- History｜The Pokémon Companycorporate.pokemon.co.jp
- Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Doom (1993 video game) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- DOOM - The Strong National Museum of Playmuseumofplay.org
- Fortnite - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Epic Games - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Game Boy - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Game Boy | Hardware | Nintendo UKnintendo.com
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