1.
The Video-Game Quiz
- Aveek Kumar Baruah
- Aman Khan

2.
The first Assassin's Creed received plenty of praise, but it
also spawned a very vocal fan base who let the world know
what they felt was missing from the game. Most prominent
being a task which any average person can do (that Ezio
can!) but the Master Assassin Altair would die instantly on
trying the same feat, which was considered contradictory
to his image of a master assassin. The developers listened
and this was later rectified in Assassin's Creed II. What is
being talked about here?

3.
 Altair‟s inability to swim!

4.
The player controls one of two armed military commandos
named Bill "Mad Dog" Rizer and Lance "Scorpion" Bean, who are
sent on a mission to neutralize a terrorist group called the Red
Falcon Organization that is planning to take over the Earth. The
main character is equipped with a rifle with an unlimited amount
of ammunition. The player can also jump, move and fire in eight
directions, as well as move or jump simultaneously while firing. A
single hit from any enemy, bullet, or other hazard will instantly
kill the player character and discard the current weapon.
Identify the game.

5.
CONTRA!

6.
Two kids from England could never be the musicians they wanted
to be, working up the ranks of record label BMG. But Sam & Dan
Houser became much more than Rock Culture Icons, being the
coding geeks they were, when their lives took a turn landing
them in the video game industry. When their flagship game made
the jump to 3D, defining what an open world could mean, they
piggybacked off their love for New York City and its mix of
cultures and musical styles to help guide everything from the
soundtrack, to the writing and the storyline. Can you guess the
name of their game company?

7.
ROCKSTAR GAMES

8.
Name the next in the series
Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion,______?

9.
SKYRIM

10.
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hephaestus, Ares,
Athena, Hermes, and Hades. What is common
amongst these 8 of 14 Olympians with relation
to a game franchise?

11.
ALL OF THEM WERE KILLED BY KRATOS IN THE
„GOD OF WAR‟ SERIES

12.
Originally called Lawn of the Dead, a spoof on Dawn
of the Dead. They had to change the name to X due
to copyright. The game features a tower-defense
model, where player is trying to defend his house
from “intruders”. Identify X.

13.
PLANTS VS ZOMBIES

14.
The name of this game originated from the Japanese
folk hero Paku, who was well known for having a large
appetite. Originally the game was known by another
name. The reason for the name change was because it
was believed that when they imported the game to the
United States that vandals would be likely to change the
'P' to an 'F,' forming a common expletive. Identify this
very famous game…

15.
PAC-MAN

16.
X is a sociopathic Dominican drug dealer who
becomes Tommy Vercetti's associate throughout
the game GTA: Vice City, but later the secondary
antagonist in the game. He's also very sensitive
about his name, and will protest every time
somebody makes fun of it. X betrays Tommy at
the end of the game. Identify X.

17.
LANCE VANCE DANCE

18.
13. Mario‟s first appearance in a game before
his flagship “Super Mario Bros.” was in a game
pre-dating it by 4 years. In this game, the
titular character is pitted as an opponent
against Mario. Identify the game.

19.
DONKEY KONG

20.
Part of the name is derived from a Greek numerical
prefix, a reference to the fact that all of the game's
pieces contain four segments each.
Commonly appears at top of most “Best videogames”
lists. It is available for nearly every video game console
and computer operating system, as well as on devices
such as graphing calculators, mobile phones, portable
media players, PDAs, Network music players etc.

21.
TETRIS

22.
This fictional city is loosely based around Los Angeles,
where brands like Sprunk, Ammunation, Life Invader exist.
Featured in Rockstar‟s Latest (as well as the most iconic)
entry. Name the City.

23.
LOS SANTOS

24.
While Sega was seeking a flagship series to compete
with Nintendo's Mario series, along with a character
to replace Alex Kidd as the company's mascot,
several character designs were considered.
Eventually, Naoto Ōshima's creation, initially
codenamed "Mr. Needlemouse", was chosen as the
new mascot. It's pigmentation was chosen to match
Sega„s logo, and his shoes were a concept evolved
from a design inspired by Michael Jackson's boots. ID
the character.

25.
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

26.
17. Other than being
very popular games,
in what other way
can we link them?

27.
PRICE OF PERSIA
MAX PAYNE
TOMB RAIDER
HITMAN
THEY ARE ALL VIDEO-GAMES WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE INTO FEATURE
FILMS!

28.
The series XY follows the adventures of protagonist Y Stone and
his fight against the forces of the notorious extraterrestrial
overlord Mental who seeks to destroy humanity. The series
consists of three games, titled XY: The First Encounter, XY:
The Second Encounter, and the fan-made level-pack Dark
Island. The combat is high-paced and frenetic: the levels
typically consist of a series of elaborate arenas, in which the
player will defeat a set number of re-spawning enemies before
proceeding to the next. Enemies range from soldiers with
rocket launchers to gigantic charging robots to shrieking
suicide bombers without heads and holding bombs. The
environments include alien planets, ancient Egyptian pyramids
and tropical rainforests. Identify the game

29.
SERIOUS SAM

30.
The game features a nameless non-playable hunting
dog that accompanies the player, who provokes and
retrieves the fallen targets. The dog is infamous and iconic
for his laugh and has been labelled as "one of the most
annoying video game characters ever" by numerous gaming
critics and journalists. Which game?

31.
DUCK HUNT

32.
Ray Liotta (of Goodfellas fame) voiced this iconic
character. Incidentally, the character was also a gangster
and is said to have many of traits and characteristics as
the fictional movie character Tony Montana (from
Scarface) with similar themes like his exile from his old
home, his rise to power, acquiring property and wealth in
the city, and a mansion which also sports an interior
similar to that of Montana‟s mansion. He is also a hired
assassin, has killed his own collaborators, taken over his
temporary boss‟s business and rebelled against his
former leader, as Tony Montana had. Who is being talked
about?

33.
TOMMY VERCETTI

34.
In this classic game, players must take on the role of
one of the brothers, Nick or Tom and battle with the
evil King Scorch and his army of Ice Commandos.
Players will need to make their way up the ledges to
reach the top of each floor. After every ten floors
there is a boss round. When an enemy is defeated, it
may leave a special treat behind, which are in the
form of a food item or hot sauce treats, which are
actual power-ups, such as improving a character's
running and jumping speed, powering up a
character's shots, and speeding up those shots.
Which game?

35.
SNOW BROTHERS

36.
The game is presented in dark, greyscale graphics using
lighting, film grain effects and minimal ambient sounds
to create an eerie atmosphere often associated with
the horror genre. The dark visuals also hide numerous
environmental and physical hazards, such as lethal
monsters hiding in the shadows. The primary character
remains nameless, who awakens in the middle of a
forest on the “edge of hell”. Identify the game.

37.
LIMBO

38.
In the game “Disney‟s X” , you begin by controlling the
main character X in the Market Place where you'll run
for your life from angry merchants, snakes and other
enemies. A street urchin, X is very agile and can run,
duck, jump, swing (from beams), do somersaults,
bounce and climb. Enemies are defeated by throwing
apples or by jumping on them. The animation is
modelled after the hit Disney movie X. Who is X?

39.
DISNEY‟S ALADDIN

40.
Connect with
relation to a
game
franchise.

41.
THE CRUSADES
RENAISSANCE
AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
TIMELINE OF ASSASSINS CREED I, II AND III

42.
23.

43.
ASSASSINS‟ CREED

44.
24.

45.
BIOSHOCK INFINITE

46.
25.

47.
BATTLEFIELD 3

48.
26.

49.
FAR CRY 3

50.
27.

51.
GOD OF WAR

52.
28.

53.
HALF-LIFE

54.
32.

55.
STREET FIGHTER

56.
30.

57.
MASS EFFECT

58.
29.

59.
HITMAN

60.
31.

61.
PAC-MAN