Gaming Quiz: The Scorecard

Here are the final scores. Congrats to Shaurya and @sramos. Well done folks!

Gaming Quiz #5 The Boss Level

Here is the final installment. Hope you enjoyed the quiz as much as we enjoyed making it! Answers and final scores will be provided tomorrow. 


1. Connect: (20)

2.  This image was at the heart of a famous controversy. What? (20)

3. ID. (20)

4. What is common to the games: Infamous 2, Max Payne Series, Godzilla Unleashed, Ghajini: The Game (Not exhaustive) ? (20)

5.  What is: ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA 

(20)

Gaming Quiz #4 Zergling Rush

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1. Connect:

a) a legendary 8-headed and 8-tailed Japanese dragon that was slain by the Shinto Storm God

b) a Latin title equivalent to commander in English

c) a genus of extremely poisonous australian snakes
d) a group of highly venomous land dwelling snakes of Africa

(10)

2. Why is this person a part of this Gaming Quiz? (10)

3. What has been erased in the following screenshot? (5)

4. ID the game. (10)

5. In an unusual attempt at a Guinness World Record, a group of students at Brown University installed thousands of light bulbs in their Library windows. They also used data line cables, custom circuits and a Linux computer. 

What was the fuss all about? (10)

Gaming Quiz #3 'I came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass... and I am all out of bubble gum'

Merry Christmas to all! And here is today's dose.


1. X is a famous sci-fi novel by Larry Niven. The storyline of the novel was instrumental in inspiring the video game franchise Y. The game Y has become a cultural phenomenon, the collective group of fans often termed the 'Y Nation'. 
ID X and Y. (10)


2.X is the term for a type of movie-making, which uses video game cut-scenes and gameplay; often done by fans. The Y Company is group of X artists, who are credited with inventing the artform, and creating X.com, which distributes such films on the web.
What are X and Y? (10)
(Hint: A famous South Park episode)

3. Due to Nazi symbols such as the Swastika, this game was banned in Germany. Released as a shareware, it is widely regarded as having popularized an early version of the FPS genre. Name the game. (5)


4. Connect these four images: (to gaming, obviously) (10)

5.  Who is this person and why is he here? ( I am not sure but I think I also saw him hosting a show on Discovery or somewhere.) (5)

Gaming Quiz #2 'I am in your X, Ying your Z'

1. In his original avatar, he is a carpenter. In other versions he is depicted to be a plumber, a doctor, an archaeologist and the president of a profitable toy-making company. In different versions, he has rescued Princess Peach(the most famous), Pauline and Princess Daisy. Who are we talking about? (5)


2. In January 2011, Shannon Johnson confessed she was playing X while she left her one-year old son unattended while he drowned in his tub. X is a facebook game developed by Y, which was founded by Mark Pincus in 2007 and was named after his bulldog.

Identify X & Y. (10)

3. In 2009, this was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, 20 years after its release. It came prebundled with Tetris and its other launch releases included Alleyway & Super Mario Land among others.

What are we talking about? (5)

4. Recently, Iwatani described the nature of the enemies in more detail at the 2011 Game Developers Conference. The Red one chases _____, the Pink and Blue ones try to position themselves in front of ______'s mouth. The Orange one's nature is more haphazard. While it chases ______, it also tries to position itself in the lower left corner while ______ is facing a certain direction. 

Fill in the blank to get the answer. (10)

5. ID the logo and name the most famous product. (10)

Gaming Quiz #1

1. This game franchise is credited with revolutionizing the sci-fi gaming genre, the fps genre and breathing new life into the concept of expansion packs. The player plays the role of a nuclear scientist in the original version who fights against aliens and marines. The expansion packs on the other hand are played as  a marine and a

security guard.There was also a lesser known co-op split scren version released which didnt recieve as much critical and commercial success as the other titles. Name the very popular game franchise and the

three expansions. (5+5+5+5) (hint: grand daddy of counterstrike)

2.  Sitter. ID the game. (5)

3. The game play element of X is based on a similar concept from the game Y, whose screenshot is shown below; many of the members of the DigiPen Institute of Technology who worked on Y were hired by Valve to create the game X. ID the two path-breaking games. (10)

4. The billion dollar enterprise X was divided into 2 separate brands Y & Z in the late 90s/early 2000s. The games for X were released under the older and more popular brand Y on the PC platform. with the advent

of the playstation as a prime gaming device a game was released with the name Z in the ps/ps2 platform. a very succesful game Z got released in different versions every year with better graphics and in
game character updates. after 5 such versions and the rise in popularity of Z as a brand the sixth instalment was named Y v/s Z in 2005 and it is named so ever since. identify X,Y & Z. (hint: here
comes the pain) (20 for all three correct)

5. Give the missing sentence, which became a famous internet meme in the 90's. Also give the funda. (5)

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Daily Trivia #524 Connect

Question Courtesy: Sneha Roy

Daily Trivia #523 Master of Connects

You guys are very regular to the posts...so nice!
Next one is by Piyush and its a tough nut to crack.
Connect the pics...

Daily Trivia #522 Revenge Of The Sithudent

Aditya Tyagi ka bahut bahut dhanyawaad is question ke liye.
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