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  1. How many face cards are in a standard deck?

    12

    The four suits each contain a jack, queen, and king, making 12 face cards.

    Easy · Also offered: 10, 13, 16 · Source: The United States Playing Card Company

  2. How many cards belong to each suit in a standard deck?

    13

    Each suit runs ace through ten, then jack, queen and king, which comes to thirteen cards.

    Easy · Also offered: 10, 12, 26 · Source: The United States Playing Card Company

  3. On a standard six-sided die, what do opposite faces add up to?

    7

    Opposite faces on a conventional die are arranged so their values total seven.

    Easy · Also offered: 6, 8, 9 · Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. Who is Pikachu's longtime trainer in the anime?

    Ash

    Ash Ketchum is Pikachu's longtime trainer in the Pokémon anime.

    Easy · Also offered: Misty, Brock, Gary · Source: The Pokémon Company's official Pokémon anime materials

  5. A hundred players drop onto a shrinking map. How does the match end?

    Be the last player or team standing

    Battle royales eliminate players until one survivor or surviving team remains.

    Easy · Also offered: Collect every item, Reach the highest score in one minute, Build the largest base · Source: Oxford Reference, battle royale video game

  6. According to Guinness World Records, what is the best-selling video game of all time?

    Minecraft

    Minecraft holds the Guinness World Record, having passed 350 million copies sold by April 2025 across every platform since its 2011 full release.

    Easy · Also offered: Grand Theft Auto V, Tetris, Wii Sports · Source: Guinness World Records, Best-selling videogame

  7. Which company developed Overwatch?

    Blizzard Entertainment

    Blizzard Entertainment developed Overwatch.

    Easy · Also offered: Electronic Arts, Riot Games, Bandai Namco Entertainment · Source: Blizzard Entertainment official Overwatch information

  8. Who is Mario's main antagonist?

    Bowser

    Bowser is Mario's principal recurring antagonist.

    Easy · Also offered: Wario, Waluigi, Kamek · Source: Nintendo's official Mario character profiles

  9. How many players are in a standard bridge game?

    Four

    Bridge is played by four people in two partnerships.

    Easy · Also offered: Two, Three, Six · Source: American Contract Bridge League, Learn Bridge

  10. In contract bridge, one suit is named for the deal. What does a card of that suit do?

    It beats a card of any other suit

    One suit is named trump for the deal. A card in that suit beats any card from the other three suits, so the two of trumps takes a trick even against an ace.

    Easy · Also offered: It must be led first, It counts double when scoring, It cannot win the final trick · Source: American Contract Bridge League, Learn Bridge

  11. Which studio originally developed Halo?

    Bungie

    Bungie originally developed the Halo series.

    Easy · Also offered: 343 Industries, Epic Games, Respawn Entertainment · Source: Bungie official Halo history

  12. In draughts, also known as checkers, how does an ordinary uncrowned piece move?

    One square diagonally forward

    An uncrowned man steps one square diagonally forward onto an empty square. Only once it reaches the far row and is crowned a king can it travel diagonally backwards as well.

    Easy · Also offered: One square straight forward, One square in any direction, Any distance diagonally · Source: English Draughts Association, Rules of English Draughts

  13. Which two chess pieces move during castling?

    The king and a rook

    Castling is a move involving the king and one rook under FIDE rules.

    Easy · Also offered: The king and a bishop, The queen and a rook, Two rooks · Source: FIDE Laws of Chess, Article 3.8

  14. Which chess piece moves in an L-shape?

    Knight

    The knight moves two squares along a rank or file and then one square across, which formally makes it the piece that lands on the nearest square not sharing its rank, file or diagonal. It is also the only piece that can jump over anything in its way.

    Easy · Also offered: Bishop, Rook, Queen · Source: FIDE Laws of Chess, Article 3.6

  15. In chess, what is it called when the player to move is not in check but has no legal move at all?

    Stalemate

    A player who is not in check yet cannot make any legal move is stalemated, and the game is an immediate draw however much material the other side has left. It is the classic way a winning endgame gets thrown away.

    Easy · Also offered: Resignation, Time forfeit, Agreed draw · Source: FIDE Laws of Chess, Article 5.2

  16. Who begins play in a standard game of chess?

    The white side

    FIDE’s standard rule gives the opening move to the player with the white pieces.

    Easy · Also offered: The black side, The side assigned by the arbiter, The side chosen by the players · Source: FIDE Laws of Chess, Article 1.2

  17. How many squares are on a standard chessboard?

    64

    A standard chessboard has eight ranks and eight files, giving 64 squares in total.

    Easy · Also offered: 36, 48, 81 · Source: FIDE Laws of Chess, Articles 2.1 and 2.4

  18. What central mystery are players solving in Cluedo/Clue?

    A murder

    The deduction game asks players to identify the murderer, weapon, and room.

    Easy · Also offered: A bank robbery, A missing crown, A shipwreck · Source: Hasbro, Clue instructions

  19. What viewpoint defines the classic Doom game's presentation?

    First-person

    Doom presents the player's weapon and world from a first-person perspective.

    Easy · Also offered: Top-down, Third-person, Side-scrolling · Source: The Strong National Museum of Play, Doom

  20. In gaming, what does DLC stand for?

    Downloadable content

    Downloadable content is added to a game after release, ranging from a costume to a full expansion.

    Easy · Also offered: Digital licence content, Deluxe level content, Delayed launch content · Source: Entertainment Software Association

  21. Who is Sonic's main nemesis?

    Dr. Eggman

    Dr. Eggman is Sonic's primary recurring nemesis.

    Easy · Also offered: Metal Sonic, Shadow, Mephiles · Source: SEGA's official Sonic the Hedgehog character profiles

  22. Which die is most associated with resolving attacks and checks in Dungeons & Dragons?

    A twenty-sided die

    The d20 is the signature die for D&D ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws.

    Easy · Also offered: A four-sided die, A six-sided die, A twelve-sided die · Source: Wizards of the Coast, D&D Basic Rules

  23. What is the D&D referee and narrator traditionally called?

    Dungeon Master

    D&D calls the person who runs the adventure and adjudicates rules the Dungeon Master, or DM.

    Easy · Also offered: Game Captain, Quest Judge, Party Leader · Source: Wizards of the Coast, D&D Basic Rules

  24. Which company developed Fortnite?

    Epic Games

    Epic Games built Fortnite, released in 2017 and carried worldwide by its free Battle Royale mode. The same studio makes Unreal Engine, the graphics technology behind a large share of other studios' games.

    Easy · Also offered: Ubisoft, Valve, Electronic Arts · Source: Epic Games official Fortnite information

  25. In Counter-Strike, what is the Terrorist team's main round objective?

    Plant the bomb at a site

    The Terrorist team’s main objective is to plant the C4 bomb at a designated bombsite and protect it until it detonates.

    Easy · Also offered: Rescue all hostages, Escort a VIP outside, Eliminate all opponents · Source: Valve, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: Reintroducing Train

  26. How are the main numbered Final Fantasy games labeled?

    With Roman numerals

    The mainline run goes Final Fantasy I through XVI in Roman numerals, which is why fans write FFVII rather than FF7. Direct sequels break the pattern with a suffix instead, as with Final Fantasy X-2.

    Easy · Also offered: With Arabic numerals, With Greek numerals, With spelled-out numbers · Source: Square Enix, Final Fantasy series index

  27. When gamers talk about a game's performance, what does FPS stand for?

    Frames per second

    Frames per second counts how many complete images the hardware finishes drawing each second. Cinema runs at 24, console games usually target 30 or 60, and competitive players push past 120 because a higher rate shortens the gap between moving the mouse and seeing the result on screen.

    Easy · Also offered: Fields per second, Frames per scene, Flickers per second · Source: Epic Developer Community, Stat Commands in Unreal Engine

  28. At which release stage does a game first run end to end, with features still missing and testing kept inside the studio?

    Alpha

    Alpha is the point where the whole product runs end to end but features are still missing or rough, and testing stays inside the team. Beta follows once the feature list is closed and outside testers are let in to hunt bugs. A release candidate is a build believed to be final, and the gold master is the one that ships.

    Easy · Also offered: Prototype, Release candidate, Gold master · Source: ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 software engineering vocabulary

  29. A stack of crates jitters instead of settling, and bullets pass through walls. Which part of the game engine has failed?

    The physics engine

    A game engine divides the work between subsystems. The renderer turns the scene into pixels, the animation system moves character skeletons, input maps controller signals to actions, and the physics engine tracks gravity, momentum and collisions. A body passing through solid ground is a collision the physics engine did not register.

    Easy · Also offered: The renderer, The animation system, The input system · Source: Unity Manual, Physics overview: Rendering overview

  30. What is it called when software on a modern computer imitates an old console's hardware closely enough to run its original games unchanged?

    Emulation

    An emulator reproduces the old machine itself in software, its processor, memory map, sound and graphics chips, so the original game code runs believing it is on the real hardware. Because it copies the machine rather than the game, one emulator can run an entire console library, including titles nobody ever tested it against.

    Easy · Also offered: Porting, Remastering, Recompilation · Source: Library of Congress, Recommended Formats Statement: Software

  31. A video game sold in North America carries a large letter E in the ESRB box on its packaging. What does that tell a buyer?

    It is considered suitable for players of all ages

    The Entertainment Software Rating Board rates games in the United States and Canada and prints its verdict in a black box on the front of the packaging. E stands for Everyone. The bands above it are E10+, T for Teen, M for Mature at 17 and over, and AO for Adults Only.

    Easy · Also offered: It is restricted to players aged 17 and over, It has been submitted for rating but not yet rated, It is sold only in an edited version · Source: ESRB, ratings guide

  32. Who is Link's recurring adversary?

    Ganon

    Ganon is Link's recurring primary foe across The Legend of Zelda series.

    Easy · Also offered: Vaati, Zant, Majora · Source: Nintendo's official The Legend of Zelda character materials

  33. Which game series stars Master Chief?

    Halo

    Master Chief is the central protagonist of the Halo series.

    Easy · Also offered: Doom, Metroid, Gears of War · Source: Xbox's official Halo franchise materials

  34. How many players normally receive hands in the classic card game Hearts?

    Four

    The standard four-player deal uses the full 52-card deck.

    Easy · Also offered: Two, Three, Five · Source: Pagat, Hearts rules

  35. What is the name of Mario's younger brother?

    Luigi

    Luigi is Mario's younger brother.

    Easy · Also offered: Toad, Wario, Waluigi · Source: Nintendo's official Mario character profiles

  36. How many tiles are in a standard mahjong set?

    144

    The tiles split into three suits of 36 each, bamboos, circles and characters, plus 28 honor tiles for the four winds and three dragons, and eight flower and season tiles used only as bonus draws.

    Easy · Also offered: 108, 120, 160 · Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, mahjong

  37. In which arcade game did Mario first appear?

    Donkey Kong

    Designer Shigeru Miyamoto first wanted a licensed Popeye cast; when the deal fell through, Popeye, Bluto, and Olive Oyl were reworked into Jumpman, the ape, and the captive Pauline. Jumpman wasn't renamed Mario and made a plumber until later games.

    Easy · Also offered: Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., Wrecking Crew · Source: Nintendo, “Wahoo! See the platforming history of Super Mario”

  38. Which company makes the Xbox?

    Microsoft

    Microsoft makes the Xbox console line.

    Easy · Also offered: Sony, Nintendo, Sega · Source: Microsoft

  39. Which company created Minecraft?

    Mojang Studios

    Mojang Studios created and develops Minecraft.

    Easy · Also offered: Valve, Epic Games, Bandai Namco Entertainment · Source: Mojang Studios official Minecraft information

  40. Which game was famously bundled with the original Nintendo Game Boy in many markets?

    Tetris

    Nintendo paired the portable Game Boy with Tetris, helping establish the system's appeal.

    Easy · Also offered: Super Mario Land 2, Pokémon Red, Kirby's Dream Land · Source: Nintendo, Game Boy history

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