🎮 Indie & Mobile Games Trivia Questions & Answers
Minecraft, Among Us, Angry Birds and the small studios that hit big. Below are 19 free indie & mobile games trivia questions with answers — part of Video Games trivia on BUZZ. Want a real challenge that adapts to what you know? Play the Video Games quiz — no signup needed to start.
19 Indie & Mobile Games trivia questions
Q1. In Tetris, what happens when you complete a horizontal line?
Answer: The line clears
💡 Tetris was invented by Soviet engineer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984 and remains one of the best-selling games ever.
Q2. In the game 'Snake', what happens when the snake eats food?
Answer: It grows longer
💡 Snake is one of the earliest video games, originally appearing on arcade machines in 1976, and became hugely popular on Nokia phones in the 1990s.
Q3. Sixty wobbly bean-shaped racers scramble through game-show obstacle courses — name this 2020 party hit.
Answer: Fall Guys
💡 Fall Guys drew over 1.5 million players within just 24 hours of its August 2020 launch, inspired partly by the obstacle-course game show Takeshi's Castle.
Q4. In Minecraft, what material is required to craft a Nether Portal?
Answer: Obsidian
💡 You need at least 10 obsidian blocks (a 4×5 frame) to build a Nether Portal, though corners can be left out.
Q5. What is the primary goal in the game Chess?
Answer: Checkmate the king
💡 Chess originated in northern India around the 6th century AD and is played by an estimated 600 million people worldwide.
Q6. In Among Us, what are the crew members trying to do?
Answer: Complete tasks and expose the Impostor
💡 Among Us (2018) saw a massive resurgence in 2020 during lockdowns when streamers began popularising it.
Q7. What genre is the game 'Animal Crossing'?
Answer: Life simulation
💡 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020) sold over 40 million copies, becoming one of the Nintendo Switch's best-selling games.
Q8. In Angry Birds, what are the birds attacking?
Answer: Structures built by pigs
💡 Angry Birds (2009) was created by Finnish company Rovio and grew into films, merchandise, and theme parks.
Q9. In which game would you build and manage a theme park?
Answer: RollerCoaster Tycoon
💡 RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999) was created almost entirely by one programmer, Chris Sawyer, and became one of the best-selling PC games ever.
Q10. What is the maximum number of players in a standard game of Cluedo (Clue)?
Answer: 6
💡 Cluedo was invented by Anthony Pratt in 1943 and published by Waddingtons in 1949 — one of the world's best-selling board games.
Q11. Which game involves building cities on hexagonal tiles?
Answer: Catan
💡 Catan (originally called Settlers of Catan) was designed by Klaus Teuber and published in 1995. It's credited with starting the modern board game renaissance and has sold 45+ million copies.
Q12. In the game Among Us, what are players trying to do?
Answer: Find the Impostor
💡 Among Us was released in 2018 but exploded in popularity in 2020 during lockdown. Streamers discovered the game and it became one of the most watched games on Twitch.
Q13. Which pipe-dodging mobile game did its own creator pull from app stores in 2014, at peak popularity?
Answer: Flappy Bird
💡 Creator Dong Nguyen pulled Flappy Bird himself, saying it had become 'an addictive product' he was uncomfortable profiting from.
Q14. Sunflowers, peashooters, and undead lawns — which 2009 tower-defense hit made gardening into war?
Answer: Plants vs. Zombies
💡 Designer George Fan spent about three and a half years building the game at PopCap before it became the studio's best-selling release.
Q15. In chess, how does a knight move?
Answer: In an L-shape
💡 The knight's L-shaped move is unique — it can jump over pieces, making it the only chess piece that surrounding enemies can't block.
Q16. In the board game Monopoly, what is the most expensive property?
Answer: Mayfair
💡 In the UK version, Mayfair is the most expensive at £400. In the US version it's Boardwalk. The original game was called 'The Landlord's Game' and was invented to illustrate land taxation.
Q17. In chess, which piece can only move diagonally?
Answer: Bishop
💡 Each bishop starts on a specific colour square and can only ever reach squares of that colour. This is why having a 'same-coloured bishop' disadvantage matters so much in endgames.
Q18. Which farming-sim hit was coded, drawn, and scored solo over a 4.5-year grind by one developer?
Answer: Stardew Valley
💡 Creator Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) taught himself art, music, and programming from scratch, working roughly 10 hours a day for years before release.
Q19. Which newspaper bought the word puzzle Wordle within weeks of it going viral in early 2022?
Answer: The New York Times
💡 The Times moved fast — its own chief product officer said she'd never seen the company close an acquisition that quickly, sealing the deal within a month of first contact.
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