Imperialism II (PC version) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Six

The major powers are: England, Spain, France, Sweden, Portugal and Holland. You play the game as the ruler of one of these six nations, vying for control of more than half of the old world provinces.

Answer: Twenty-two

At the start of the game, there are always six major powers, six minor powers and ten tribes. It is not atypical for a game to conclude with all tribal and minor power provinces under major power control.

Answer: desert

At $400 per unit, diamonds are the most valuable commodity available. A single diamond mine built to level 2 can comfortably fund your research for the first third of the game. Considering that diamonds are only found in deserts, and deserts are only found in the new world, it behooves the player to explore uncharted waters to find the new world.

Answer: One tin and one copper

Bronze is the primary resource used in the manufacture of forts, fighting ships and military units prior to the advent of steel. One iron ore and one coal make one steel, two iron ore make one cast iron and there is no lead in the game.

Answer: Four

The categories are: small merchant, large merchant, small warship and large warship. There are three generations of each class of ship, and therefore twelve total ship types available in the game. You start with three carracks in your fleet and (hopefully) end your game victoriously with a fleet of ironclads.

Answer: Four

An apprentice can do the work of four peasants, but in addition to a unit of food, they also consume a unit of refined sugar each turn. A journeyman does the work of six peasants, but requires a cigar each turn in addition to one unit of food. A master does eight units of production (that's two apprentices!) but requires a fur hat in addition to the one food.

Answer: A fur hat

Masters are capable of doing the work of eight peasant laborers, but the furs necessary to make fur hats are found only in the new world, and only rarely at that. The considerable training costs (10 units of paper and $1000) usually prevents most players from having large numbers of masters in their employ; in fact, by the end of the game, most production is done by apprentices and journeymen, mostly due to the readily available supplies of sugar and tobacco in the new world.

Answer: Guards

Grenadiers are third generation heavy infantry; rifle infantry are fourth generation medium infantry; cossacks are second generation light cavalry. Guards are the most potent infantry in the game; their firepower rivals that of third generation artillery (but with shorter range, of course).

Answer: Recruit Steppe Horsemen

The other three technologies do not exist in this game. The technology has such a romantic-sounding name that I couldn't help but include it in the quiz.

Answer: Sixteen

It requires eight lumber and eight cast iron to upgrade to level three. It requires one of each for level one, four of each for level two and sixteen of each for level three. Well, that's the quiz (my first by the way). Hope you enjoyed taking it as much as I enjoyed making it.