If you've not played before, all you have to do is answer the questions using the formatted answer sheet I've posted below (just copy and paste it and add your answers), and the winner gets... admiration from your fellow forum users! As always, you could easily Google the answers, but it's really better if you don't cheat.
Please post your answers in the replies below, and post them in spoiler tags.
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2018: Combine Hunter
2019: Simonsloth
2020: ColinAlonso
2021: ColinAlonso
2022: markfm007
Round 1: General Gaming
1. In the Resident Evil series, what is Leon S. Kennedy's middle name?
2. What's the name of Inkle’s latest game, set in the Scottish wilderness?
3. Which publisher and developer is responsible for the Monster Hunter series?
4. The only two playable characters to appear in every mainline Street Fighter game are Ryu and..?
5. Which composer wrote the score for the 2017 Metroidvania, Hollow Knight?
6. What is the name of the diminutive cartographer in the Monkey Island game series?
7. What is the name of the fictional area of Tokyo in which most of the action in the Yakuza series of games takes place?
8. What is the title of the upcoming horror game, a collaboration between Hideo Kojima and Jordan Peele?
9. Who is the developer responsible for the games Her Story, Telling Lies and Immortality?
10. Pineapple On which foodstuff was the title of the 2023 short game which became popular for reaction videos on YouTube?
Round 2: The Old Days Were The Best Days
1. What is the name of the egg who starred in his own line of platform adventure games, published by Codemasters in the 80s and 90s.
2. Which Japanese game designer, who shares a name with a motorcycle manufacturer, was responsible for Sega arcade classics such as Space Harrier, Hang-On, Outrun and Afterburner?
3. What is the title of the 1985, Atari released, arcade dungeon crawler which let you play as a warrior, wizard, Valkyrie and elf?
4. The A500, A600 and A1200 were versions of which popular home computer?
5. What is the name of the time travelling device in Day Of The Tentacle?
6. What is the title of David Braben and Ian Bell’s classic space trading and exploration game, originally released for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron home computers?
7. Which game developer is mainly associated with such games as Pirates, Civilization and Railroad Tycoon?
8. Which company was responsible for designing and producing arcade hit, Pong, in 1972?
9. Which was the first console to use games in a DVD format?
10. How many racers could the player choose from in the original Super Mario Kart on the SNES?
Round 3: Missing Words
What is the missing word from each of these games titles? Note: the number of dashes DO NOT indicate the number of letters.
1. The Elder Scrolls III: _ _ _ _ _
2. The Legend Of Zelda: _ _ _ _ _ Tracks
3. Paper Mario: _ _ _ _ _ Star
4. Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping _ _ _ _ _
5. Yakuza 6: The _ _ _ _ _ Of Life
6. Splinter Cell: _ _ _ _ _ Theory
7. Left 4 _ _ _ _ _
8. Xcom 2: War Of The _ _ _ _ _
9. Hitman: _ _ _ _ _ Money
10. Uncharted 3: Drake’s _ _ _ _ _
Round 4: Screenshots
Click the YouTube link below and just name the games in the screenshots!
https://youtu.be/fvtVx1BEXIQ?si=_8Raa2-PfaVL0JBx
Round 5: NAGS RAMA! (or, Anagrams)
Solve these fiendish anagrams to find the game titles. Note: ignore all punctuation!
1. ASIDE! NO BURROW ROMPERS!
2. SAFEST OARS
3. BE EMERGING, FEMALE!
4. FLAYED LONGS, WANTONLY
5. AMERICA ASSESSES GRIND
6. OX IMPALER!
7. EVER THE DAVID
8. HAEMATIC ROT
9. DIRT FLEAS
10. WATCH GARGOYLES
Round 6: At The Movies
1. Killers Of The Flower Moon is the latest movie from which legendary director?
2. How many mainline John Wick films have been released so far?
3. Which two diametrically opposed films were released in the cinema on the same day, 21st July of this year?
4. What is the name of Leonardo DeCaprio’s character in Django Unchained?
5. In 1989 Bill & Ted went on an excellent adventure. What type of journey did they go on two years later in 1991?
6. The Maltese Falcon, The Third Man and The Big Sleep are all examples of which style of film making?
7. What is the title of the Stephen Graham starring film set in a busy restaurant, which went on to have a spin-off TV series earlier this year?
8. The line “play it again, Sam” is often erroneously attributed to which 1942 movie?
9. What is the title of Indiana Jones’ fifth adventure, released in the cinema in 2023?
10. Who voiced Bowser in this year's Super Mario Bros. movie?
Round 7: General Knowledge
1. Who won BBC Sports Personality Of The Year?
2. What is the capital city of Belgium?
3. Which famous chocolatier recruited workers from Loompaland to work in his factory?
4. Who won the FIFA women's world cup in 2023?
5. What is the name of the coffee shop in the TV sitcom, Friends?
6. Who wrote and created the TV series, Black Mirror?
7. Which alcoholic spirit is generally use in an Old Fashioned cocktail?
8. Davey Boy Smith was better known as which 80s and 90s WWF wrestler?
9. Which UK town has football teams called United and Wednesday?
10. What type of animal is kids TV character, Bluey?
Round 8: BONUS CHRISTMAS CRACKER ROUND!
1. What do you get if you cross a kangaroo with a sheep?
2. What do you call a deer with no eyes?
3. What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
4. What do you call a man with a spade on his head?
5. What do you call a fly with no wings?
And there we have it! 75 questions to answer. Hope people join in and enjoy! Please post your answers in the replies below, and please remember to post answers in spoiler tags.
In the event of a tie, there is a tiebreaker question, and the question is: how many books did I get for Christmas this year?
Deadline for answers is Saturday 6th January. Have fun!
