A party at a video game lover’s home? Then you should definitely hold a video game trivia questions time. And the best part is- you need not look anywhere else as in this article, you’ll discover easy to hard quiz-style questions. So be ready to expand your knowledge and surprise your friends with this game segment.
These gaming questions will uncover unknown (and may be known) facts related to video games, gaming consoles, characters in game, and much more.
You can also try this game trivia with your favorite gamer whenever you get the chance to interview them. Well then you better prepare now with these gaming questions and answers. So let’s quickly set some score rules (time to make it fun…):
- The player must pop a balloon if they know the answer. Whosoever pops the balloon first secures the chance to answer first.
- For every right answer, you will get (or give) 2 points (easy round), 3 points (intermediate round) and 6 points (hard round). In addition, the player can decide whether to pass the next round to the opponent or not after listening to it.
- For every wrong answer, you’ll have to lose 1 point.
- There can be 4 to 10 rounds with 3 sets of questions (easy, intermediate, and hard), 5 questions in each set. (You can modify the rules as you like)
The winner can ask for yummy treats to celebrate the victory!
So let’s start with the quiz…..
Popular Modern Video Game Trivia Questions
Q.1 The color of Sonic the Hedgehog is __
Answer: Blue
Q.2 The video game Madden NFL 18 features this football quarterback on its cover __
Answer: Tom Brady
Q.3 What has been the highest grand prize in an esports event until now?
Answer: Over $60 Million (in the 2024 EWC which was held between July and August in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Q.4 Who is the character– Isabelle, the dog in “Animal Crossing: New Leaf”?
Answer: Player’s personal assistant
Q.5 The term “Victory Royale” is associated with __ game.
Answer: Fortnite Battle Royale
Q.6 Who is the inspiration behind Joseph Seed’s character in “Far Cry 5?”
Answer: David Korsech– real-life cult leader
Q.7 The Tagline for “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” is __
Answer: Unleash A New Reality
Q.8 In “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare”, who fights alongside Mitchell to save P.O.T.U.S?
Answer: Joker
Q.9 The other name of the character Sub-Zero from “Mortal Kombat” is __
Answer: Bi-han
Q.10 Which character featured in “LEGO Jurassic World” wants the peaceful coexistence of humans and dinosaurs?
Answer: Claire Dearing
Q.11 The Last of Us Remastered” is developed by __
Answer: Naughty Dog
Q.12 Name the company that developed the game– The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Answer: Nintendo
Q.13 What year did the first Mortal Kombat release?
Answer: 1992
Q.14 What is the most-played arcade game of all time?
Answer: Pac-Man
Q.15 After which game Nintendo discontinued making Wii games?
Answer: Just Dance 2020
Q.16 How vast is the Minecraft world?
Answer: The Minecraft world is about 60 million meters on one side, which is 3.6 square billion km.
Q.17 Who was the first astronaut to play a video game in space? Also, name the game.
Answer: Aleksandr A. Serebrov (from Russia) was the first ever astronaut to play video games on his way to MIR Space Station in the early 1900s. He played Tetris on his Game Boy during a rare astronaut downtime.
Q.18 Name the 5 most popular video games of all time.
Answer: They are- Tetris, Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto, Roblox and Mario.
Q.19 Give an estimate about the number of active monthly players who spend their time playing Fortnite.
Answer: over 230 million
Q.20 Name the man who has the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest video game collection.
Answer: Antonio Romero Monteiro from Texas has the largest private video game collection with over 24k games and 100+ consoles, worth $2.1 Million.
Q.21 Which celebrity is featured on the EA Sports “FIFA 19” cover?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo
Q.22 __ game is regarded as the world’s worst video game of all time?
Answer: E. T.- the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 1982)
Q.23 Minecraft group of Pillagers is known as __
Answer: Patrol
Q.24 This food in Minecraft is found highly rare __
Answer: Enchanted Apples
Q.25 Pizza Hut offered the public their limited edition AR game-oriented boxes resembling which game?
Answer: PAC-MAN
Q.26 __ is considered as the oldest esports champion?
Answer: Abbe Borg (aka DieHardBirdie).
Q.27 What is the best-selling game console of all time?
Answer: The PS2 from Sony with over 150 million units sold globally until now.
Q.28 Who is Ralph Baer?
Answer: He invented video games.
Q.29 __ developed the famous video game “The Sims.”
Answer: Maxis
Q.30 When did video games start to gain immense popularity?
Answer: The phase of the 1970s to 1980s was when video games started to be glorified and celebrated.
Q.31 Which game features the original music composition of Tsunku and Masami Yone?
Answer: Rhythm Heaven: Megamix
Q.32 Nintendo Wii released in 2006 is appreciated for which unique feature?
Answer: Motion Controls
Q.33 Which game was announced to be released in 2026 and was announced in Ubisoft Forward 2024?
Answer: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake
Q.34 In 2014, Google partnered with Game Freak and Nintendo for an April Fool’s Day prank on Google Maps. It was inspired by a video game– Pokemon Go, that was released in the year __
Answer: 2016
Q.35 Name of the first ever video game that was a part of the Olympics.
Answer: The Track and Field video game was an arcade video game that was released in 1983 and features the official license of the 1984 Summer Olympics.
So how was your experience playing these video game trivia questions? What’s your score?
Wrapping Up
Video games are really fun and so are video game trivia questions. It gives video game enthusiasts a chance to put their knowledge to the test and plan interesting events for hilarious fun of gamers’ guilds. Now you can expand your gaming awareness. The above list of questions will help you in this!
Make sure to comment how many answers did you get correct. Also let us know what list of trivia questions you want us to compile next.