50 Video Game Trivia Questions & Answers (Hard/Easy) 2023
Think you know everything there is to know about popular video games? Try this video games trivia question quiz. Play this video game trivia with your friends, family, colleagues, or spouse. And test your knowledge of all things video games.
How much do you think you know about the history of video games? Have fun!
How to Play
To play this video game trivia, simply scan through the list of questions below. Some questions are easy video game trivia questions and some are hard video game trivia questions. Choose the ones that suit your difficulty level. Then gather friends together. Print the list of questions and ask each question to the group. Play in a roundtable format, asking each player to answer the trivia question. After 11 or 21 questions have gotten asked by the group, the player with the most correct answers wins.
Video Game Trivia Questions and Answers
Trivia Question: Who was the inventor of the popular gaming platform, "Atari?"
Answer: Noal Bushnell and Ted Dabney.
Trivia Question: What video game depicts a gorilla throwing barrels down a flight of stairs?
Answer: Donkey Kong.
Trivia Question: What was the most popular arcade video game in the 1980s?
Answer: Pac Man.
Trivia Question: What popular video game of the 1980s had a female version come out?
Answer: Pac Man and Mrs. Pac Man.
Trivia Question: What was the first horror video game franchise?
Answer: Survival Horror or Resident Evil.
Trivia Question: Which Nintendo system first had a 007 video game?
Answer: Nintendo 64.
Trivia Question: What was the first commercially successful video game?
Answer: Pong.
Trivia Question: What was the best-selling video game of the 1990s?
Answer: Pokemon Red, Green, and Blue.
Trivia Question: What is the name of Crash Bandicoot's sister?
Answer: Naughty dog.
Trivia Question: What video game allowed you to play "real life" simulation for computers in the 1990s?
Answer: The Sims.
Trivia Question: What was the name of the popular airplane simulation game of the 1990s?
Answer: Flight Simulator.
Trivia Question: In "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare", what is the name of Jack Mitchell's best friend?
Answer: Will Irons.
Trivia Question: Who is the brother of "Liquid Snake?"
Answer: Solid Snake.
Trivia Question: How many overworlds are there in "Cuphead?"
Answer: Three.
Trivia Question: What Mortal Kombat character was based on a ninja?
Answer: Sub-Zero.
Trivia Question: What was the popular virus that was decoded after you played Foldit?
Answer: The AIDS Virus.
Trivia Question: What popular video game was purchased for more than $1B by Microsoft?
Answer: Minecraft.
Trivia Question: What was Sonic the Hedgehog's original name?
Answer: Fast Blue Hedgehog.
Trivia Question: Who was the creator of Tetris?
Answer: Alexey Pajitnov.
Trivia Question: Who is on the cover of the video game FIFA 2021?
Answer: Kylian Mbappé.
Trivia Question: In the original arcade version of space invaders, how many levels were there?
Answer: An endless loop which means no maximum number of levels (trick question!).
Trivia Question: Who is the creator of the popular video game series PacMan?
Answer: Toru Iwatani.
Trivia Question: How many Grand Theft Auto versions have been released?
Answer: 15.
Trivia Question: Who is the first character you defeat in Super Mario?
Answer: Bowser.
Trivia Question: How many versions of Super Mario have been released?
Answer: 47.
Trivia Question: In the popular video game Super Smash Bros, how many characters are there?
Answer: 74.
Trivia Question: In South Korea, what video game is officially recognized as a sport?
Answer: StarCraft.
Trivia Question: What was the first video game character to have a balloon featured in Macy's Thanksgiving parade?
Answer: Sonic the Hedgehog.
Trivia Question: Which game developer released four video games that were dubbed "Game of the Year?"
Answer: Valve.
Trivia Question: Which athlete is featured on the cover of NHL '21 (2021)?
Answer: Alex Ovechkin.
Trivia Question: What was the first official RPG game ever created?
Answer: Dungeons and Dragons (which is a board game, trick question!).
Trivia Question: What year was "Pong" released?
Answer: 1972.
Trivia Question: Who was the voice of the movie "Pokemon Detective Pikachu?"
Answer: Ryan Reynolds.
Trivia Question: What company developed the Xbox?
Answer: Microsoft.
Trivia Question: What year was the video game "World of Warcraft" released?
Answer: 2004.
Trivia Question: How many gamers were active on "World of Warcraft" when it reached peak popularity?
Answer: 12 million subscribers and players.
Trivia Question: The PlayStation game console has about how many versions of its gaming system?
Answer: 10.
Trivia Question: The word "Atari" means what?
Answer: Success.
Trivia Question: "Astro Boy" is what type of a video game?
Answer: An RPG game based on the anime series produced by the Sonic Team.
Trivia Question: What popular video game featured an artificial g#n that you would hunt ducks with?
Answer: Duck Hunt.
Trivia Question: About how many video games were released in the 1990s?
Answer: About 470 titles.
Trivia Question: How many levels are available to play in Modern Warfare 2?
Answer: 70 levels.
Trivia Question: What type of animal is Donkey Kong?
Answer: A gorilla.
Trivia Question: DOOM was a popular video game for which gaming console?
Answer: PC.
Trivia Question: Duke Nukem was a video game created by which game developer?
Answer: Apogee Software.
Trivia Question: EA Entertainment has about how many employees?
Answer: 9,800 employees.
Trivia Question: EA Entertainment's first game title was what video game?
Answer: Hard Hat Mack.
Trivia Question: Bethesda Game Studios.
Answer: Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and Richard Vander Wende.
Trivia Question: "Mist" was a video game that was created by who?
Answer: Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and Richard Vander Wende.
Trivia Question: In the popular video game "007," which installment of the James Bond series did you play in?
Answer: Goldeneye.
Trivia Question: What year did the first prototype for a home-based video game console get developed?
Answer: 1967
Trivia Question: What video game featured Mario for the first time?
Answer: Super Mario Bros.
Trivia Question: What is the best-selling game of all time?
Answer: Minecraft.
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