Teens
Video game Jeopardy
Game characters, consoles and makers, gamer words, Minecraft and gaming history, for teens.
Characters
- 100Nintendo’s plumber hero, who wears a red cap with an “M” on itWho is Mario?
- 200The yellow Electric-type Pokémon with red cheeks and a lightning-bolt tailWho is Pikachu?
- 300The hero you play in “The Legend of Zelda” games, who is not ZeldaWho is Link?
- 400The armoured Spartan super-soldier who stars in the “Halo” gamesWho is Master Chief?
- 500In Pac-Man, the name of the red ghostWho is Blinky?
Consoles and makers
- 100The company behind the Steam Deck handheld and the Steam game storeWhat is Valve?
- 200The company behind the PlayStationWhat is Sony?
- 300The company behind the XboxWhat is Microsoft?
- 400The company whose mascot is Sonic the HedgehogWhat is Sega?
- 500Nintendo’s 1989 handheld console with a green-tinted screenWhat is the Game Boy?
Gamer words
- 100The three-letter name for a character in a game that no player controlsWhat is an NPC (non-player character)?
- 200Playing a game, or part of one, to finish it as fast as possibleWhat is a speedrun (speedrunning)?
- 300The type of game, named after a children’s play area, that lets you build and explore freely, like MinecraftWhat is a sandbox game?
- 400A secret message, image or feature hidden in a game by its makersWhat is an Easter egg?
- 500The words that the letters “RPG” stand forWhat is a role-playing game?
Minecraft
- 100The first default player character in MinecraftWho is Steve?
- 200The green mob that hisses, flashes and explodes when it gets close to youWhat is a Creeper?
- 300The fiery dimension, full of lava, that you reach through a portalWhat is the Nether?
- 400The boss you fight in the EndWhat is the Ender Dragon?
- 500The very hard, dark purple-black block that forms the frame of a portal to the fiery dimensionWhat is obsidian?
Gaming history
- 100Atari’s 1972 arcade game that looks like table tennisWhat is Pong?
- 200The 1978 Taito arcade game in which you fire a laser cannon at rows of aliens moving down the screenWhat is Space Invaders?
- 300Nintendo’s home console, known by three letters, that first went on sale in North America in 1985What is the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)?
- 400DDThe 1981 arcade game in which a character called Jumpman climbs girders to rescue a woman from a giant apeWhat is Donkey Kong?
- 500Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov created this puzzle game in the 1980sWhat is Tetris?
Final round: Pokémon
The first Pokémon games came out in Japan in 1996, named after these two colours
What are Red and Green (Pocket Monsters Red and Green)?