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  1. 1.Which designer is behind Metal Gear and Death Stranding?

    • A. Ken Kutaragi
    • B. Hideo Kojima
    • C. Goichi Suda
    • D. Shinji Mikami
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    Hideo Kojima

    Did you know? Kojima founded his own studio after leaving Konami in 2015.

  2. 2.What products did Nintendo make when it was founded in 1889?

    • A. Bicycles
    • B. Toy trains
    • C. Instant noodles
    • D. Playing cards
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    Playing cards

    Did you know? Nintendo's first products were hanafuda playing cards made in Kyoto.

  3. 3.Which home video game console did Sony release in the year 2000?

    • A. Nintendo GameCube
    • B. Sega Dreamcast
    • C. PlayStation 2
    • D. PlayStation 3
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    PlayStation 2

    Did you know? Sony's PlayStation 2 surpassed 155 million units sold.

  4. 4.Which Soviet engineer created Tetris in 1984?

    • A. Alexey Leonov
    • B. Henk Rogers
    • C. Toru Iwatani
    • D. Alexey Pajitnov
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    Alexey Pajitnov

    Did you know? Pajitnov built Tetris at the Soviet Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

  5. 5.Which video game developer is the Brazilian company that has distributed Sega consoles since 1989?

    • A. Tectoy
    • B. Insomniac Games
    • C. Obsidian Entertainment
    • D. Taito
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    Tectoy

    Did you know? Tectoy has produced Master System models in Brazil for decades.

  6. 6.Which designer created Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda?

    • A. Hideo Kojima
    • B. John Carmack
    • C. Shigeru Miyamoto
    • D. Yuji Naka
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    Shigeru Miyamoto

    Did you know? Miyamoto joined Nintendo in 1977 as an artist.

  7. 7.What English phrase is the name Pokémon shortened from?

    • A. Pocket Monsters
    • B. Pixel Monsters
    • C. Pocket Companions
    • D. Poke Friends
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    Pocket Monsters

    Did you know? Pokémon keeps the pocket monster idea in its ball-capture gameplay.

  8. 8.Which game is widely reported as the best-selling video game of all time?

    • A. Wii Sports
    • B. Minecraft
    • C. Grand Theft Auto V
    • D. Tetris
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    Minecraft

    Did you know? Mojang announced Minecraft passing 300 million copies in 2023.

  9. 9.In which year did Atari release Pong as its first arcade hit?

    • A. 1971
    • B. 1972
    • C. 1974
    • D. 1976
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    1972

    Did you know? Pong's success launched Atari's arcade business.

  10. 10.Which video game developer is the studio behind Half-Life and the Steam storefront?

    • A. Taito
    • B. Electronic Arts
    • C. Konami
    • D. Valve
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    Valve

    Did you know? Valve was founded in 1996 by former Microsoft employees.

  11. 11.Which Swedish programmer created Minecraft's first version in 2009?

    • A. Toby Fox
    • B. Daniel Rosenfeld
    • C. Jens Bergensten
    • D. Markus Persson
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    Markus Persson

    Did you know? Markus Persson is widely known by the name Notch.

  12. 12.Sony entered the console business after a CD-ROM partnership with which company collapsed?

    • A. Philips
    • B. Sega
    • C. Apple
    • D. Nintendo
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    Nintendo

    Did you know? The failed SNES-CD project led Sony to build the original PlayStation.

  13. 13.Which 2006 game became famous through being bundled with the Wii console?

    • A. Wii Play
    • B. Wii Sports
    • C. Nintendogs
    • D. Wii Fit
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    Wii Sports

    Did you know? Bundled sales made Wii Sports one of the best-selling games ever.

  14. 14.Which video game developer is the studio behind Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter and The Last of Us?

    • A. Taito
    • B. Naughty Dog
    • C. Rockstar Games
    • D. BioWare
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    Naughty Dog

    Did you know? Naughty Dog was founded by students in 1984.

  15. 15.Who created SimCity and The Sims?

    • A. Warren Spector
    • B. Mark Cerny
    • C. Will Wright
    • D. Sid Meier
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    Will Wright

    Did you know? Will Wright co-founded Maxis, the studio behind The Sims.

  16. 16.Which French company did the Guillemot brothers found in 1986?

    • A. Infogrames
    • B. Gameloft
    • C. Bandai Namco
    • D. Ubisoft
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    Ubisoft

    Did you know? Ubisoft began by distributing games before publishing its own.

  17. 17.Which 1984 puzzle game has been ported to more platforms than perhaps any other game?

    • A. Snake
    • B. Tetris
    • C. Pac-Man
    • D. Minesweeper
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    Tetris

    Did you know? Tetris has appeared on consoles, computers, phones and even calculators.

  18. 18.Which video game developer is the Swedish studio behind Minecraft?

    • A. Mojang Studios
    • B. Bungie
    • C. Naughty Dog
    • D. Square Enix
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    Mojang Studios

    Did you know? Microsoft bought Mojang in 2014.

  19. 19.Which designer's name appears in the title of the Civilization series?

    • A. Richard Garriott
    • B. Peter Molyneux
    • C. Will Wright
    • D. Sid Meier
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    Sid Meier

    Did you know? Publishers added Sid Meier's name to market Civilization.

  20. 20.Which Brazilian company has been Sega's partner in Brazil since 1989?

    • A. Makra
    • B. Zeebo
    • C. Tectoy
    • D. Gradiente
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    Tectoy

    Did you know? Tectoy produced new Master System models in Brazil for decades.

  21. 21.Which video game developer was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney?

    • A. Atari
    • B. Namco
    • C. Larian Studios
    • D. Obsidian Entertainment
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    Atari

    Did you know? Atari's Pong launched the company's arcade business.

  22. 22.Which video game developer is the Dutch studio behind Killzone and Horizon Zero Dawn?

    • A. Guerrilla Games
    • B. Electronic Arts
    • C. Capcom
    • D. Bungie
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    Guerrilla Games

    Did you know? Guerrilla Games was bought by Sony in 2005.

  23. 23.Which video game developer was founded by Trip Hawkins in 1982?

    • A. Electronic Arts
    • B. Insomniac Games
    • C. BioWare
    • D. HAL Laboratory
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    Electronic Arts

    Did you know? Early Electronic Arts releases included sports titles and Amiga games.

  24. 24.Which video game developer is the studio behind Unreal, Fortnite and the Unreal Engine?

    • A. Crystal Dynamics
    • B. Team Cherry
    • C. Naughty Dog
    • D. Epic Games
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    Epic Games

    Did you know? Epic Games was founded as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991.

  25. 25.Which video game developer is the label behind Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead?

    • A. BioWare
    • B. Electronic Arts
    • C. Tectoy
    • D. Rockstar Games
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    Rockstar Games

    Did you know? Rockstar Games was founded by Take-Two in 1998.

  26. 26.Which video game developer is the Tokyo studio behind Dark Souls and Elden Ring?

    • A. Epic Games
    • B. id Software
    • C. Guerrilla Games
    • D. FromSoftware
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    FromSoftware

    Did you know? FromSoftware was founded in 1986 and began with business software.

  27. 27.Which video game developer is the studio that created Halo before moving on to Destiny?

    • A. FromSoftware
    • B. Bungie
    • C. Sega
    • D. Rare
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    Bungie

    Did you know? Bungie was founded in Chicago in 1991.

  28. 28.Which video game developer grew out of a company called Service Games that served American military bases?

    • A. Sega
    • B. Team Cherry
    • C. Valve
    • D. Game Freak
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    Sega

    Did you know? Sega exited the console business in 2001.

  29. 29.Which video game developer was the Japanese company that released Pac-Man in 1980?

    • A. Game Freak
    • B. Crystal Dynamics
    • C. Namco
    • D. Obsidian Entertainment
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    Namco

    Did you know? Namco merged with Bandai in 2006.

  30. 30.Which video game developer is the Texas studio behind Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake?

    • A. Electronic Arts
    • B. FromSoftware
    • C. id Software
    • D. Larian Studios
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    id Software

    Did you know? id Software was co-founded by John Carmack and John Romero in 1991.

  31. 31.Which video game developer was founded in Kyoto in 1889, decades before it made video games?

    • A. Valve
    • B. Nintendo
    • C. Rare
    • D. Naughty Dog
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    Nintendo

    Did you know? Nintendo began by making hanafuda playing cards.

  32. 32.Which video game developer is the Polish studio behind The Witcher role-playing games?

    • A. Sega
    • B. thatgamecompany
    • C. CD Projekt Red
    • D. Obsidian Entertainment
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    CD Projekt Red

    Did you know? CD Projekt Red grew out of a game distribution company.

  33. 33.Which video game developer is the French company founded by the Guillemot brothers in 1986?

    • A. Crystal Dynamics
    • B. Ubisoft
    • C. HAL Laboratory
    • D. Obsidian Entertainment
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    Ubisoft

    Did you know? Ubisoft is headquartered in Saint-Mandé, near Paris.

  34. 34.Which video game developer is the Osaka company behind Mega Man and Street Fighter?

    • A. Ubisoft
    • B. Valve
    • C. Electronic Arts
    • D. Capcom
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    Capcom

    Did you know? Capcom was founded in 1979.

  35. 35.Which video game developer was formed by the 2003 merger of the makers of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest?

    • A. Nintendo
    • B. thatgamecompany
    • C. Intelligent Systems
    • D. Square Enix
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    Square Enix

    Did you know? Square and Enix merged after years of competing in role-playing games.

  36. 36.Which video game developer is the studio behind The Elder Scrolls role-playing games?

    • A. Insomniac Games
    • B. Bethesda Game Studios
    • C. Atari
    • D. Nintendo
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    Bethesda Game Studios

    Did you know? Bethesda Game Studios released Fallout 3 in 2008.

  37. 37.Which video game developer is the studio behind Warcraft, Diablo and Overwatch?

    • A. Capcom
    • B. Intelligent Systems
    • C. Blizzard Entertainment
    • D. Insomniac Games
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    Blizzard Entertainment

    Did you know? Blizzard was founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse.

  38. 38.Which programmer co-founded id Software and wrote the Wolfenstein 3D and Doom engines?

    • A. John Carmack
    • B. Gabe Newell
    • C. John Romero
    • D. Tim Sweeney
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    John Carmack

    Did you know? Carmack's engine work defined first-person shooters of the 1990s.

  39. 39.Which publisher did Trip Hawkins found in 1982?

    • A. Activision
    • B. Electronic Arts
    • C. Atari
    • D. 3DO
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    Electronic Arts

    Did you know? Early Electronic Arts marketing treated game developers like recording artists.

  40. 40.Which 2009 mobile game passed one billion downloads by 2012?

    • A. Candy Crush Saga
    • B. Flappy Bird
    • C. Temple Run
    • D. Angry Birds
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    Angry Birds

    Did you know? Rovio announced the Angry Birds milestone in May 2012.

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