Seven days of questions and answers

Video Game Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 6 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which story game explores the Finch family house?

    Answer: What Remains of Edith Finch

    What Remains of Edith Finch tells short stories about a family.

  2. Which survival game includes taming dinosaurs?

    Answer: Ark: Survival Evolved

    Ark lets players tame many prehistoric and fantasy creatures.

  3. Which indie game features a fallen child in the Underground?

    Answer: Undertale

    Undertale takes place beneath the surface in the Underground.

  4. Which Klei survival game uses a distinctive gothic cartoon style?

    Answer: Don’t Starve

    Don’t Starve is known for harsh survival and hand-drawn art.

  5. Which free action game has space ninjas called Warframes?

    Answer: Warframe

    Warframe centers on agile biomechanical suits.

Daily round

  1. Which exploration game starts with returning to an empty family home in 1995?

    Answer: Gone Home

    Gone Home is about exploring a house and piecing together a family story.

  2. Which VR rhythm game has players slash blocks with sabers?

    Answer: Beat Saber

    Beat Saber is one of the best-known VR rhythm games.

  3. Which mobile puzzle series asks players to match candies?

    Answer: Candy Crush Saga

    Candy Crush Saga is a match-three puzzle series.

  4. Which FromSoftware game features the city of Yharnam?

    Answer: Bloodborne

    Bloodborne is set largely in the gothic city of Yharnam.

  5. Which Lucas Pope game asks players to inspect a ghost ship’s deaths?

    Answer: Return of the Obra Dinn

    Return of the Obra Dinn uses deduction to solve crew fates.

Daily round

  1. Which indie platformer follows Madeline climbing a mountain?

    Answer: Celeste

    Celeste uses mountain climbing as both challenge and metaphor.

  2. Which game asks players to survive and build in a 2D block world?

    Answer: Terraria

    Terraria mixes exploration, crafting, and boss fights in a 2D world.

  3. Which Nintendo series asks players to manage tiny plant-like helpers?

    Answer: Pikmin

    Pikmin are small helpers commanded by explorers like Olimar.

  4. Which Maxis game lets players control virtual people called Sims?

    Answer: The Sims

    The Sims focuses on households, needs, and everyday life.

  5. Which Sam Barlow game explores film footage from an actress’s career?

    Answer: Immortality

    Immortality is built around discovering scenes across unreleased films.

Daily round

  1. Which Sega game traps a monkey inside a transparent ball?

    Answer: Super Monkey Ball

    Super Monkey Ball is about guiding a ball through tilt-style courses.

  2. Which PlayStation game stars the bandicoot Crash?

    Answer: Crash Bandicoot

    Crash Bandicoot became one of the original PlayStation mascots.

  3. Which puzzle series stars Professor Hershel Layton?

    Answer: Professor Layton

    Professor Layton games mix mysteries with logic puzzles.

  4. Which detective RPG is set in Revachol?

    Answer: Disco Elysium

    Disco Elysium follows an amnesiac detective in Revachol.

  5. Which first-person puzzle game uses impossible spaces and colored signs?

    Answer: Antichamber

    Antichamber is known for non-Euclidean puzzle spaces.

Daily round

  1. Which Korean MMO features mushroom-like creatures and side-scrolling towns?

    Answer: MapleStory

    MapleStory is a 2D side-scrolling MMO.

  2. Which strategy series asks players to guide a civilization from ancient eras?

    Answer: Civilization

    Civilization uses turn-based historical empire building.

  3. Which puzzle game asks players to cut rope to feed Om Nom?

    Answer: Cut the Rope

    Om Nom is the candy-loving character in Cut the Rope.

  4. Which game uses yarn characters called Yarnys?

    Answer: Unravel

    Unravel uses yarn as both character and puzzle tool.

  5. Which game made the phrase “Would you kindly” famous?

    Answer: BioShock

    BioShock is known for its underwater city Rapture and narrative twist.

Daily round

  1. Which game follows Mae Borowski returning to Possum Springs?

    Answer: Night in the Woods

    Night in the Woods is a story game about returning home.

  2. Which arcade game places a climber against a barrel-throwing ape?

    Answer: Donkey Kong

    Donkey Kong introduced an early version of Mario.

  3. Which skateboarding series made Tony Hawk a game icon?

    Answer: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

    Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater popularized combo-based skate levels.

  4. Which plumber character first appeared in Donkey Kong?

    Answer: Mario

    Mario was originally known as Jumpman in Donkey Kong.

  5. Which 2015 city-builder became a major SimCity alternative?

    Answer: Cities: Skylines

    Cities: Skylines offered deep road and zoning tools.

Daily round

  1. Which game has players search video clips to solve a mystery?

    Answer: Her Story

    Her Story uses a searchable police interview database.

  2. Which Microsoft shooter launched with the original Xbox?

    Answer: Halo: Combat Evolved

    Halo was a flagship launch title for the original Xbox.

  3. Which stealth series was created by Hideo Kojima?

    Answer: Metal Gear

    Metal Gear helped define cinematic stealth action.

  4. Which Nintendo RPG follows Ness in Eagleland?

    Answer: EarthBound

    Ness is the young hero of EarthBound.

  5. Which horror series introduced Raccoon City?

    Answer: Resident Evil

    Raccoon City is central to early Resident Evil stories.