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01What does it mean to "respawn" in a video game?Try itHide
Answer: Come back after dying
WhyBattle royale games mostly take it away. Contestants typically get one life, and players who die are rarely allowed to respawn. Elsewhere, dying can cost lives, score or resources.
02Who is the main villain in the Super Mario games?Try itHide
Answer: Bowser
WhyIn a 2012 interview Miyamoto said Bowser's only child is Bowser Jr., not the seven Koopalings, and that nobody knows who the mother is. Jr. first appeared in Super Mario Sunshine in 2002.
03How much do you collect for passing GO in Monopoly?Try itHide
Answer: $200
WhyUnder the official rules Free Parking pays nothing, so the jackpot many families play is a house rule. Passing Go pays $200, and everyone starts with $1,500.
04Sonic the Hedgehog was created by which company?Try itHide
Answer: Sega
WhyDesigner Naoto Ohshima took his sketches to Central Park and asked locals which one they liked best. Sonic won, and a man with a mustache came second. That man became Dr. Robotnik.
05Which piece can capture "en passant" in chess?Try itHide
Answer: Pawn
WhyChess websites keep getting bug and cheating reports from casual players who do not know this rule. It stops a pawn from using its two-square first move to slip past an enemy pawn.
06The slang "pwned" began as a typo of which word?Try itHide
Answer: Owned
WhyThe O and P keys sit side by side on a QWERTY keyboard, and somebody mistyped "own." The slip stuck as a taunt for an opponent who has just been soundly beaten.
07In God of War, Kratos is a warrior from which Greek city-state?Try itHide
Answer: Sparta
WhyKratos is the Greek word for strength. The name came late in development, and the team did not know a god called Kratos already appears in Prometheus Bound.
08A Nintendo princess was named after the wife of which novelist?Try itHide
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
WhyShigeru Miyamoto has said the name came from Zelda Fitzgerald, who by all accounts was a beautiful and well-known woman. He liked the sound of it, so he took the liberty of using it for the very first game.
09Donkey Kong was first planned around which cartoon characters?Try itHide
Answer: Popeye
WhyMiyamoto wanted Popeye, Bluto and Olive Oyl, but Nintendo could not get the license. So he made Jumpman, Donkey Kong and Pauline instead. Nintendo did not land the Popeye rights until 1982.
10Which team won the first League of Legends world championship?Try itHide
Answer: Fnatic
WhyThe first Worlds had eight teams and a $100,000 prize pool, played as part of DreamHack Summer 2011. A year later the winning team alone took home $1 million.
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