Police Quest Trivia

1. Which if the following is something "Police Quest 4" has in common with the original "Police Quest 2?"

From Quiz "Police Quest 4" Part 3

Answer: No manual driving

The second and fourth games are the only ones where you don't actually have to drive the character wherever he needs to go. You just tell the game where you want to go and he will drive there. "Police Quest 2" uses EGA graphics and has no voice acting. Mark Seibert did not play a role in "Police Quest 4".

From Quiz "Police Quest 4" Part 2

Answer: Sonny

"Police Quest 4" doesn't completely ignore the previous games; it has one reference. The name of the computer server is of course a reference to Sonny Bonds, the protagonist of the earlier "Police Quest" games.

From Quiz Police Quest 4: Open Season

Answer: Daryl Gates

After "Police Quest 3", Jim Walls left Sierra. Sierra wanted the "Police Quest" series to continue, so they hired another former police officer to take his place. That Police Officer's name was Daryl Gates. That is probably why this game is completely different from the ones that preceded it. It is called "Police Quest 4", but it is not a true sequel to "Police Quest 3" due to the fact that none of the characters from the previous three games appear in this game nor does this game take place in the same place.

From Quiz "Police Quest 3" Part 3

Answer: All female officers will be physically tested the next day

Day 5 is the one day you need to read the bulletin board in the homicide office. You will learn that all female officers will have to attend a mandatory testing on day 6. This is important because it means the woman's locker room will be empty, which means you can snoop around on one particular female officer who you know is quite unethical. You learned of the Andrew Dent murder on day 4. The other choices happen in other games.

From Quiz "Police Quest 3" Part 2

Answer: Carla Reed

Sonny gets in touch with a local reporter, who helps him locate a witness to the attack on Marie. The witness is a homeless lady named Carla Reed.

From Quiz Police Quest 3

Answer: Sergeant

After his heroics in the first two games, Sonny has earned the title of "Sergeant" for this one. Unlike previous games, Sonny is actually a boss in this one.

From Quiz "Police Quest 2" Part 3

Answer: She gets kidnapped

At the motel, Sonny finds Pink Rapture lipstick which, as he learned from the date, is Marie's favorite brand of lipstick. The fact that Bains would have that is not a good sign. Thus, Sonny goes to Marie's house to check up on her. He finds a note on the door that says she has gone shopping, but it is clearly not in Marie's handwriting. So he opens the door and finds a lamp knocked over and a phone ripped out. Then, he knows he must save Marie. Some of the other choices happen in other "Police Quest" games. She never gets an STD.

From Quiz "Police Quest 2" Part 2

Answer: Airport

Bains steals a black car from a middle-age woman at Oak Tree Mall and he leaves it at the airport. There, Bonds finds a lot of important evidence.

From Quiz Police Quest 2

Answer: blond

At the end of "Police Quest 1," Sonny bleached his hair as part of a disguise that helped him get to and take down the death angel. "Police Quest 2" takes place a year later, and Sonny still hasn't changed back his hair color. He doesn't do so until "Police Quest 3. .

From Quiz Police Quest 1

Answer: Lytton

The first three "Police Quest" games take place in the fictional city of Lytton, California, a growing town that has a very high crime rate. The fourth "Police Quest" takes place in Los Angeles.

From Quiz "Police Quest 4" Part 3

Answer: Go to a shooting range

In "Police Quest 4", you are expected to go to a shooting range to practice shooting just like in "Police Quest 2". In both games, the protagonist's shooting scores were low the previous month and he needs to bring them up. Actually, you don't have to go to the shooting range in "Police Quest 4" at all. This is just an optional mini-game that you can do for additional points. It may feel necessary because the game appears to say that it is necessary, and "Police Quest" veterans know that it was necessary in "Police Quest 2". But, despite all that, it is not necessary to go to the shooting range in "Police Quest 4". The shooting ranges are very different in each game. In the second game, you fire your gun, and then you use a screwdriver to adjust your gun until it's perfect. In the fourth game, targets pop up and you fire your gun to try and hit the target as many times as possible. In addition, this section of "Police Quest 4" has music and there is an armorer who runs the session, things that were absent in the Lytton shooting range. Lastly, you cannot die in the "Police Quest 4" shooting range nor can you be stuck later on in the game by not doing this. You get points for doing this, but this game doesn't tell you what the maximum score is, which reduces the importance of scoring points. In the "Police Quest 2" shooting range, there are 2 ways to die in the shooting range and two places in the game where you will be killed if you did not go to the shooting range earlier in the day The shooting range is far easier in "Police Quest 4", and you can breathe easier knowing can't get stuck in a dead end by forgetting to do the shooting range in "Police Quest 4". However, that's kind of a double-edged sword because for just this reason, the "Police Quest 2" shooting range feels far more useful. Just knowing that this will help you later is important. Also, while the fact that the shooting range in "Police Quest 4" has music and the one in the second game doesn't would normally make me give the edge to the one in the 4th game, I don't like the music for this part of "Police Quest 4". Lastly, just about all the voice acting this game is based on stereotypes and this is no exception. The game takes place in Los Angeles, but the armorer clearly has a Texas accent, implying that the LAPD had to hire an armorer from Texas because of the stereotype that people from Texas are the biggest experts in the world on guns. Add it all up and I'd probably say I prefer the "Police Quest 2" shooting range.

From Quiz "Police Quest 4" Part 2

Answer: Rude Boys Get Bail

The letters RBGB are painting on the wall of the building next to the dumpster where Washington's body was. Carey looks on the computer in the homicide office to see what RBGB might stand for. He finds information on several gangs including the three wrong answers, but the only one that could correspond to RBGB is "Rude Boys Get Bail."

From Quiz Police Quest 4: Open Season

Answer: Los Angeles

"Police Quest 4" takes place in the real California city of Los Angeles rather than the fictional California town of Lytton. This is probably because Daryl Gates was the chief officer of the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department).

From Quiz "Police Quest 3" Part 2

Answer: The face of the attacker

Carla Reed says that she has a perfect memory of the attacker's face. So with her help and the help of a computer, Sonny learns what the suspect looks like. From there, he also earns the name of the attacker and he learns that he is part of an evil cult called "Sons of Darkness" that has been known to deal with cocaine. If you answered "Information about the cult" or "The name of the attacker," you are wrong because while Sonny learns those two things because of Carla Reed, he learns those things indirectly from her. She did not actually know the attacker's name nor did she know anything about the cult. Sonny found out those two things from the information Carla Reed and, and the information she had was his face. Sonny already knew the location of the attack.

From Quiz Police Quest 3

Answer: Traffic

Sonny is once again working for the traffic unit, which is always understaffed. This time, however, he is the head of the unit. He is the one who gives the briefings to the other officers.

From Quiz "Police Quest 2" Part 3

Answer: Hit list

Sonny finds Bains' hit list in an ashtray on the ground. It has the names Woody Roberts, Marie Wilkans, Donald Colby, and Sonny Bonds. Woody Roberts' name has a check next to it. Sonny has seen Roberts' dead body so he knows what this all means. He's already gotten Woody and now Marie appears to be next.

From Quiz "Police Quest 2" Part 2

Answer: Houston

Bains buys a plane ticket to Houston, but he doesn't actually go to Houston. He also buys a rental car from that same airport. The ticket to Houston turns out to be a red herring. Apparently he is trying to confuse the Lytton police officers so they won't catch him so he can keep doing his dirty work. In theory, though, he doesn't want to confuse Sonny because he wants revenge against him. Bains does both of these things under the name Luis Pate, which is actually the name of the jailer he killed.

From Quiz Police Quest 2

Answer: Jesse Bains

Jesse Bains was the death angel. In the first game, he was taken down by Sonny Bonds and a bunch of other people who helped Sonny and others get in his penthouse, shot him, and testified against him in court. In this game he breaks out of jail and his goal and to get revenge on everybody who contributed to him being in jail. Your goal is to stop him.

From Quiz "Police Quest 1" Part 2

Answer: Skull

When you die in the VGA version, the screen goes completely dark and you hear some loud heavy metal guitar music, then you see a skull and hear someone laughing in a dark voice. Then you see the message telling you what you did wrong, accompanied with the standard options of Restore, Restart, Quit. Some of the death messages are kind of rude. For example, whenever you attempt to arrest an armed and dangerous felon without calling for back-up, Sonny will get shot and the ensuing death message will be pretty mean. For these reasons, this is probably my favorite adventure game to die in. It's not for the faint of heart though. The other three choices are for the other "Police Quest" games.

From Quiz "Police Quest 4" Part 3

Answer: Electra

Rene Garcia's car is found near a strip club. Also, Carey had found a red slipper near Garcia's body and LaSondra Washington had said that she saw a girl in a red dress in the alley where Hickman was murdered. All of this evidence leads Carey to believe that the killer was probably a stripper, so he goes into the strip club to question the strippers. The first stripper he meets matches LaSondra's description: a pretty girl in a red dress. He questions her and shows her the red slipper. She admits that there a plenty of cops who come to the strip club, that the strippers all date the customers despite the club's policy against it, and that all the stripper's have been invited to Yo Money's house. However, she does not admit to knowing anything about Garcia or the slipper. She tells Carey to come back later when the manager of the club is there.

From Quiz "Police Quest 4" Part 2

Answer: Push her

The LAPD doesn't want to talk to the media. The death of a police officer makes the police department look bad and they don't want the media to make things worse. If you try talking to her, Carey will just keep saying "No comment." The lady won't get out of your way, so in order to get past her, you have to push her. You get points for doing this and it's the only way to leave Parker Center (the first time). Later on in the game people will be very angry at Carey for doing it, but there's nothing you can do about it nor is there anything they will do about it. This is one of the more ridiculous puzzles in all of adventure games. Who would actually think that the solution to a puzzle would be to push a woman? In a game where you play as a policeman, the kind of person who's supposed to be setting an example? It's not like the woman had done anything wrong either; she was just doing her job. And he's on TV when he does this, so everybody in L.A. who watches the news sees Carey push a woman. As you can imagine, this gives people a negative opinion of Carey and his boss scolds him. Nonetheless, you have to do this.

From Quiz Police Quest 4: Open Season

Answer: John Carey

A different designer meant different characters. Instead of playing as Officer Sonny Bonds, you are now playing as detective John Carey. It's possible that if Jim Walls had stayed with Sierra and continued making "Police Quest" games, there may eventually have been one where you play as Marie. As it is, that doesn't happen.

From Quiz "Police Quest 3" Part 3

Answer: He gets away, but then crashes on the freeway and dies

Sonny's prediction is correct and he encounters Steve Rocklin at the bar. Rocklin shoots at him and runs out the back exit and gets away. Depending on whether or not the player has done what he is supposed to do, Rocklin may or may not have a tracking chip is in car and Sonny and Pat may or may not follow him. Aside from points, it doesn't matter. Either way, he'll crash on the freeway and die. Like "Police Quest 1" attacker #1 is now down about three quarters of the way through the game. Also like "Police Quest 1" the game doesn't end when the guy who Sonny thinks is the main villain dies. This time, we know there's another guy because in the cut scene earlier in the game, two men attacked Marie. Sonny, however, doesn't know that yet. Sonny can shoot him at the bar, but the game ends if he does because he does not have probable cause as far as the witnesses are concerned. He knows that's probably his man, but the people in the bar do not know that. They know nothing of the other murders. To them, Steve Rocklin is just a regular pool player. They won't know he's bad until he shoots, and then he gets away before you can react. So if you're going to shoot him, you have to do it before he's done anything wrong at the bar, and the witnesses will think you shot a harmless citizen and you will lose. Pat should kill him because she guards the back exit where he escapes, but she doesn't. Later you learn there's probably a reason she didn't.

From Quiz "Police Quest 3" Part 2

Answer: Steve Rocklin

Carla Reed's facial profile leads the computer to three suspects. From those three she identifies "the one in the middle" as the attacker. That one is named Steve Rocklin.

From Quiz Police Quest 3

Answer: Manual driving

In "Police Quest 1," you have to make the character drive wherever you want to go. You control the vehicle using the arrow keys and look at the map and make the character drive where you want to go. This element of the game is not in "Police Quest 2." In that game, when you want to go somewhere, just type "drive to ..." and he will drive there. However, "Police Quest 3" is the first game in the series to use the VGA point-and-click graphics rather than the EGA parser graphics where you type everything. With improved controls, they improved the driving system and brought it back for "Police Quest 3." However, although the vehicle is easier to control in "Police Quest 3" than in the EGA "Police Quest 1," and "Police Quest 3" gives you music while you are driving, you cannot look at a map of Lytton while you are driving like you could in "Police Quest 1." So some people actually believe the EGA "Police Quest 1" had a better driving system. The VGA "Police Quest 1" came out after "Police Quest 3," and had an even easier driving system and you can look at the map while driving in that game.

From Quiz "Police Quest 2" Part 3

Answer: Steelton Police

You have to call the Steelton Police before you go to Steelton to let them know that Bains has escaped from prison and that Donald Colby, who lives in Steelton, is on Bains' hit list. Then, the police will tap Colby's phone and they will be waiting for you at the Steelton airport, where they can take you to the Steelton police department and tell you what they have found out. If you don't call the Steelton police, then the game will end when you get there. Sonny and Keith won't know where to go, so they won't be able to find Bains. Bains will kill Colby, then 2 days later he will kill Marie and leave town. Calling and warning Donald Colby doesn't do anything except gets you points. Coby believes he is perfectly safe because he is in Steelton under a witness protection program. What Colby doesn't know is his business card was found in a motel room where Bains murdered Roberts. Although the death message for not calling the Steelton police makes it sound like you could've saved Colby's life, you can't. He'll be dead once you get to Steelton no matter what you do. But if the Steelton Police taps Colby's phone, than Sonny can find and kill Bains and save Marie. You should call Marie for a date. You'll learn some important information on the date. However, you can beat the game even if you skip the date. It doesn't make much sense story-wise but the game will allow you to do it. Fletcher Hall is Sonny's boss and eventually you'll have to call him so the department can buy plane tickets for you and Keith. However, YOU don't make the call. Keith does.

From Quiz "Police Quest 2" Part 2

Answer: Gun

In the middle stall in the men's room, you will find Luis Pate's gun, which Bains stole and killed Pate with. This can be found in the middle stall by flushing the toilet. When you notice the water overflowing, examine the toilet and you'll see that the gun is the reason for the overflowing.

From Quiz Police Quest 2

Answer: On the back of a business card

In "Police Quest 1" and "Police Quest 3," the locker combination is in the manual as a form of copy protection. "Police Quest 2" has a different form of copy protection and the combination is on the back of a business card in the glove box of Sonny's car.

From Quiz "Police Quest 1" Part 2

Answer: He asks her to help to take down the "Death Angel"

Marie ends up in prison after ignoring Sonny's warning about Operation "Trick Trap," which is something the cops set up to take down the prostitutes in the city. Because of her crush on Sonny, she calls him for his help to break out of prison. He promises to do it on the condition that she help him take down the Death Angel at the hotel since she has an important connection there.

From Quiz Police Quest 1

Answer: Quest For Glory

If you click the hand icon on the carpet, the game says "This isn't 'Quest For Glory' so it's never going to fly." This is a reference to Abdullah's magic carpet, which he uses to fly you to Shapeir at the end of the first game and BACK to Shapeir at the end of the second game in that series.

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