Only Connect Video Games [3] Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wii

Arguably the best-selling game for the Nintendo Wii, the success of "Wii Sports" can be attributed to it being bundled with almost every console sold. It contains five different sports (boxing, bowling, golf, tennis, and baseball), each utilising the Wii's motion controls. "Wii Play" was the second game to be released, featuring nine different minigames. "Wii Fit" was next, and came bundled with the Balance Board peripheral.

This particular game is more fitness-focused, using the Balance Board to measure the player's weight and balance. "Wii Music", as its name suggests, allows the player to play a variety of musical instruments to create music.

Answer: They've all been based in Bellevue, Washington

5th Cell is the company behind the "Scribblenauts" series of games. Sucker Punch made a name for themselves with the "Sly Cooper" series and continued the success with the "InFamous" games. MMORPG enthusiasts may recognise ArenaNet, the studio behind the popular "Guild Wars" series. Bungie solidified their position as masters of the FPS genre with their hugely popular and influential "Halo" series on Xbox consoles. All these companies have or have had bases in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue in Washington, USA.

Answer: They're all names of vehicles

The Banshee (specifically the Type-26 ground-based model) is favoured by Covenant troops for its speed and agility, while the Ghost is their "rapid attack vehicle" armed with some fairly impressive weaponry. UNSC troops favours the M12 Force Application Vehicle, or Warthog, for its adaptability, giving rise to a number of M12 variants for different purposes.

The Scorpion, designated M808, is a force to be reckoned with, thanks to its superior firepower and strong armour plating.

Answer: Island

Commonly abbreviated to "Monkey Island", "The Secret of Monkey Island" is amongst the most popular point-and-click video games thanks to its fun gameplay and humourous story. "Dead Island" is the first in a series of survival horror video games centring around a zombie outbreak.

The Robert Louis Stevenson novel "Treasure Island" has spawned a few video game adaptations, most notably for the ZX Spectrum and PC. "Yoshi's Island" is the subtitle to the SNES game "Super Mario World 2" and puts players in control of Yoshi, who needs to escort a baby Mario to safety at the end of each level.

Answer: Aperture Science

These are the (immortal) lyrics to "Still Alive", the end credits song in "Portal".

Written by Jonathan Coulton and performed by Ellen McLain as the AI overseer GLaDOS, "Still Alive" became an instant classic in the video game music scene. The song is essentially based around GLaDOS lamenting the success of her test subject, Chell, who completed all the test chambers and incinerated the robotic AI.

Answer: Sixth: Exclude

These are definitions of titles of successive main games in the "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell" series. 'Randomness has order' refers to the third game, "Chaos Theory", 'Undercover spy' refers to the fourth game, "Double Agent", and 'Strong belief' refers to the fifth game, "Conviction". The clue for the sixth game in the series, "Blacklist", would therefore be 'Exclude'.

Answer: Mask

These are the last words in successive "Professor Layton" games. Starting with the second game, "The Diabolical Box"/"Pandora's Box", and moving through the third, "The Unwound Future"/"The Lost Future", and the fourth, "The Last Specter"/"Spectre's Call", the fifth in the series and fourth in this sequence would be "The Miracle Mask".

The "Professor Layton" games are unique in the sense that the characters of the world seem to have a fascination with puzzles of all sorts. In order to proceed in the games, players need to solve puzzles posed by other characters, and other puzzles can be found hidden in the scenery.

Answer: Left, right

This is the famous Konami code. The full sequence is: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A.

The code was first used in "Gradius" where it unlocks almost all the power-ups, but its popularity spread when it was included in "Contra" where it granted the player 30 lives. It has since been used to unlock secrets and hidden extras in a plethora of games, even ones not belonging to Konami.

Answer: Star Fox

These are all lines spoken by Peppy Hare throughout the "Star Fox" series. The lines in full are "Everybody, stay alert", "Use the boost to get through" and, perhaps the most memorable line, "Do a barrel roll".

Answer: NGRD

These are the names of animal buddies in the original SNES "Donkey Kong Country" trilogy. The buddies listed in this question are RMB (Rambi, the rhinoceros), XPRSS (Expresso, the ostrich), LL (Ellie, the elephant), and SQWKS (Squawks, the parrot). The answer that fits this group is NGRD (Enguarde, the swordfish).