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"Portal" Trivia Quiz

This game for the Xbox 360 combines a fiendishly clever series of puzzles with a wicked sense of humor. Try this quiz on the oddest game of the "Orange Box" disc. Thanks and I hope you enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by neon000. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
neon000

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
278,503

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
1349

Last 3 plays: Taltarzac (5/10), benji3443 (9/10), Guest 71 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In this game, your character is armed with a unique type of weapon. What do you do with it? Hint

Blast holes in walls

Launch nets that trap your enemies

Take sniper shots at aliens

Spray giant bugs

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Question 2 of 10

2. A computerized voice plays in the background at the beginning of each section. What does it tell you? Hint

How much time is left in the round

How little the programmers got paid

What lovely parting gifts you've won

The task you are supposed to do

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following terms is used in the game to refer to the use of the open portals? Hint

Striding

Flinging

Slipping

Roaming

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of the voice that addresses you on the announcement system? Hint

Hey-U

GLaDOS

Steve

FLoB

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the human character operated by the player in "Portal"? Hint

Chell

Stephanie

Mark

Robert

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of the type of large crate the player must use to trigger several obstacles in the game? Hint

Weighted Companion Cube

Storage Tote 3000

Big Plastic Thingamajig

Freight Carton

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following is seen during the game as a line of graffiti on the walls? Hint

She's a secretary in the daytime

Who took my hat?

The cake is a lie

Beware the Ides of March

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the company that owns the testing center in which the game is set? Hint

Westdale Research Facilities

Aperture Science, Inc.

Efficient Laboratories

Dimension Tech

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Question 9 of 10

9. What feature of "Portal" can be unlocked during the game? Hint

Extra lives for the player

The ability to add selected songs to the background music

A Kevlar suit

Challenge maps

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Question 10 of 10

10. The gun turrets in the game can talk.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In this game, your character is armed with a unique type of weapon. What do you do with it?

Answer: Blast holes in walls

The ovals you open are doors into other rooms. This is the source of the game's title, "Portal."

2. A computerized voice plays in the background at the beginning of each section. What does it tell you?

Answer: The task you are supposed to do

The voice reads very funny instructions. It may reappear periodically during each section.

3. Which of the following terms is used in the game to refer to the use of the open portals?

Answer: Flinging

The game was released in the US in 2007. It was available for the personal computer as a stand-alone game. It was also released for the X Box console, in a game set called the Orange Box, which included several other titles on one disc.

4. What is the name of the voice that addresses you on the announcement system?

Answer: GLaDOS

"Portal" was developed by Valve. It won the "Game of the Year" award for 2007 from the Australian television show, "Good Game."

5. What is the name of the human character operated by the player in "Portal"?

Answer: Chell

Ellen McLain is the voice of GLADoS. Chell does not talk in the game. The appearance of the Chell character was derived from Alesia Glidewell.

6. What is the name of the type of large crate the player must use to trigger several obstacles in the game?

Answer: Weighted Companion Cube

The boxes in the game became very popular with fans. Game studio Steam released fuzzy dice replicas of the crates. The developer, Valve, is a division of Steam.

7. Which of the following is seen during the game as a line of graffiti on the walls?

Answer: The cake is a lie

The graffiti appears in the back of the scientific facility. Parts of Emily Dickinson's poem "The Chariot" are also sprayed on the wall.

8. What is the name of the company that owns the testing center in which the game is set?

Answer: Aperture Science, Inc.

The fictional corporation is also mentioned in the game "Half-Life 2: Episode Two." Valve went so far as to give the pseudo-company its own website.

9. What feature of "Portal" can be unlocked during the game?

Answer: Challenge maps

Challenge maps allow the player to revisit certain levels. This time, one may have to complete the section with the best time limit, fewest portals opened, and so forth.

10. The gun turrets in the game can talk.

Answer: True

This is the only voice Chell will hear during the game, other than that of the master computer system. The GLaDOS computerized voice sings a song during the closing credits: "Still Alive."

Source: Author neon000

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