Famous Video Game Characters
From plumbers to space marines, does your crowd know the most legendary characters behind the pixels?
15 questions · Published January 26, 2026
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. What is the name of this famous dot munching character?
FUN FACT
Originally called "Puck Man" in Japan when he was introduced in 1980, his name was updated to Pac-Man in the United States by the game's creators as they feared the game machines would be defaced to say the obvious curse word.
- Multiple Choice
2. What famous video game princess is the subject of this character's many missions to save her across the land of Hyrule?
Link is often tasked with saving Princess Zelda across many different eras and timelines in the "Legend of Zelda" franchise of video games.
His name was created by Shigeru Miyamoto to not only be catchy, but also to remind players of their link to the character.
- Multiple Choice
3. In what extremely popular video game series does this character appear?
FUN FACT
Steve is the default player skin in "Minecraft" (2009), and initially did not have this name. It was later attributed to him from placeholder names of the files in the game.
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4. What is iconic video game character Lara Croft's actual occupation?
In the "Tomb Raider" (1996) series of video games, Lara Croft has many different origins, but one thing is always the same, she is a renowned archaeologist.
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5. Pokémon originally debuted on the Nintendo Game Boy in 1996. For what two words are Pokémon an abbreviation?
The term "Pokémon" is an abbreviation of the words Pocket Monsters. In 1996 the first Pokémon games, "Pocket Monsters: Red" and "Green", were release on Nintendo's Game Boy.
The original Japanese words are Poketto Monsutā. When the series was exported globally, the name was shortened to just Pokémon.
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