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Nintendo Quiz

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Lets see how many of these questions you can answer without looking up your favourite internet search engine for answers. Though feel free to do so afterwards.
You might want to keep your answers in spoiler tags for a while so others have a fair chance of answering them too.
This will feature obscure Nintendo facts, but not stuff like "which date was this rare game released". Facts of Nintendo itself and games on Nintendo consoles.

Ok here we go.

1. Which Nintendo game programmed by Shigeru Miyamoto was the first ever to feature guns akimbo?
2. Which Mario universe character was also a character in the game Captain Rainbow?
3. According to Speedrun.com which game is the most popular to speedrun in the world (ie has the most submitted speedruns)?
4. A particular Nintendo game was made and when completed the developers realised only half the cartridge's available data storage. Once realised the other hald was used to add a remix of the original game to the same cartridge. What was the title of this game?
5. A character in a Nintendo game had a name which referenced a particular type of alcohol. What was this character's name?
6. Which baseball team did Nintendo purchase and then later on sell?
7. What was the title of the first ever Game and Watch game?
8. Which game first featured the Konami code?
9. How long did Koji Kondo need to create the Main Theme of the Legend of Zelda?
10. Who won a Nintendo Power contest to have a room in A Link To The Past named after him?
11. Which game first features voice samples from Charles Martinet as Mario?
12. Who did Nintendo Power ban from submitting Tetris high scores?
13. In 2007 what did Nintendo win an Emmy for?
14. In 1953 Nintendo became the first Japanese company to do what?
15. Prior to launch, which Nintendo console was known as "Project Reality"
16. Who created the simple 19 note and 8 bar melody that is secretly hidden in hundreds of Nintendo games?
17. What did Shigeru Miyamoto not bring to his job interview with Nintendo?
18. Which wrestler portrayed Mario in the live action segments of the Super Mario Bros Super Show?
19. Kirby is named after John Kirby. What is John Kirby's relation to Nintendo?
20. When was Duck Hunt originally released?
 
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VikzeLink

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1. No clue
2. Nope
3. Idk... OoT?
4. Isn't that Pokémon Gold and Silver?
5. Dunno
6. Definetly no idea
7. ???
8. Gradius
9. I'm pretty sure it wasn't long at all, like a day?
10. Chris?
11. You'd think it's Super Mario 64, but it might be some other, more obscure title...
12. What?
13. No idea
14. Don't know
15. 3DS?
16. Totaka! Totaka's Song!
17. A locomotive
18. Don't know
19. Wasn't he some sort of landlord?
20. In the 80s?
 
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1. No clue
2. Nope
3. Idk... OoT?
4. Isn't that Pokémon Gold and Silver?
5. Dunno
6. Definetly no idea
7. ???
8. Gradius
9. I'm pretty sure it wasn't long at all, like a day?
10. Chris?
11. You'd think it's Super Mario 64, but it might be some other, more obscure title...
12. What?
13. No idea
14. Don't know
15. 3DS?
16. Totaka! Totaka's Song!
17. A locomotive
18. Don't know
19. Wasn't he some sort of landlord?
20. In the 80s?

Here is how well you did. Thanks for trying out the quiz. :)

1. You didn't know
2. You didn't know
3. Incorrect
4. Incorrect
5. You didn't know
6. You didn't know
7. You didn't know
8. Correct
9. Correct - It was a day.
10. Correct. His full name was Chris Houlihan
11. Incorrect
12. You didn't know
13. You didn't know
14. You didn't know
15. Incorrect
16. Correct - Kazumi Totaka
17. Incorrect
18. You didn't know
19. Incorrect
20. Incorrect

Your score is 4/20
 

mαrkαsscoρ

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1. wild gunman?
2. birdo
3. mmm, super mario bros?
4. legend of zelda? [2nd quest]
5. ay so corona mountain right? ....unsure
6. crud, I know this happened but I can't remember the team, so unsure
7. fireman?
8. contra
9. one day
10. chris houlihan [don't know of the spelling]
11. this one card game for the PC
12. unsure
13. unsure
14. unsure
15. virtual boy?
16. totaka
17. a resume?
18. captain lou albano
19. he was lawyer who represented nintendo against the universal case for donkey kong
20. 1984?
you can tell which ones I wasn't confident w/
 
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1. wild gunman?
2. birdo
3. mmm, super mario bros?
4. legend of zelda? [2nd quest]
5. ay so corona mountain right? ....unsure
6. crud, I know this happened but I can't remember the team, so unsure
7. fireman?
8. contra
9. one day
10. chris houlihan [don't know of the spelling]
11. this one card game for the PC
12. unsure
13. unsure
14. unsure
15. virtual boy?
16. totaka
17. a resume?
18. captain lou albano
19. he was lawyer who represented nintendo against the universal case for donkey kong
20. 1984?
you can tell which ones I wasn't confident w/

Here is how well you did. Thanks for trying out the quiz. :)

1. Incorrect
2. Correct
3. Incorrect
4. Correct
5. Incorrect
6. Incorrect
7. Incorrect
8. Incorrect
9. Correct
10. Correct
11. Incorrect
12. You didn't know
13. You didn't know
14. You didn't know
15. Incorrect
16. Correct
17. Correct
18. Correct
19. Correct
20. Incorrect

You scored 8/20
 
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1.
2. Birdo
3. Super Mario 64
4. -
5. -
6. Seattle Mariners
7. Ball
8. Gradius
9. A day
10. Chris Houlihan
11. 1995 Windows release of Interplay's game: Mario's FUNdamentals.
12. Steve Wozniak
13. Nintendo DS and Wii
14. Massproduction of plastic gaming cards
15. N6
16. Kazumi Totak
17. –
18. Louis Vincent Albano
19. He defended Nintendo in a trial against Universal studios
20. 1984
 
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1.
2. Birdo
3. Super Mario 64
4. -
5. -
6. Seattle Mariners
7. Ball
8. Gradius
9. A day
10. Chris Houlihan
11. 1995 Windows release of Interplay's game: Mario's FUNdamentals.
12. Steve Wozniak
13. Nintendo DS and Wii
14. Massproduction of plastic gaming cards
15. N6
16. Kazumi Totak
17. –
18. Louis Vincent Albano
19. He defended Nintendo in a trial against Universal studios
20. 1984

Here is how well you did. Thanks for trying out the quiz. :)

1. You didn't know
2. Correct
3. Correct
4. You didn't know
5. You didn't know
6. Correct
7. Correct
8. Correct
9. Correct
10. Correct
11. Incorrect
12. Correct
13. Incorrect
14. Close enough so I'll give you a correct on that one.
15. I assume you meant the N64? I'll give that one to you as correct, as it's probably just a typo.
16. Correct
17. You didn't know
18. Correct
19. Correct
20. Incorrect

That's a score of 13/20
 
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Here's the answers for everyone. If you've not done the quiz yet, have a go at it before you look up the answers.

1. Sheriff
2. Birdo
3. Mario 64
4. Legend of Zelda
5. Vodka Drunkenski (Punchout Arcade). His name was changed to Soda Popinski in the NES and subsequent releases of Punchout.
6. The Seattle Mariners
7. Ball
8. Gradius
9. One day
10. Chais Houlihan
11. Super Mario Bros pinball machine (Techically it's a real life pinball machine). It was out in arcade parlours a few months before Mario Teaches Typing was released.
12. Steve Wozniak
13. D-Pad
14. Produce playing cards in plastic.
15. Nintendo 64
16. Kazumi Totaka
17. A resume. He bought things he had made himself instead to showcase.
18. Captain Lou Albano
19. A lawyer who represented Nintendo in court.
20. 1976 (the answer) originally then remade for the Famicom in 1984.
See more info here http://blog.beforemario.com/2012/09/nintendo-kousenjuu-duck-hunt-1976.html
 

MapelSerup

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I did my best. I only answered the ones I knew or had an idea about. (I also forgot a lot of first names lol)

3. Ocarina of Time?
4. The Legend of Zelda
6. The Mariners
8. Gradius
9. One night
10. Houlihan
15. Virtual Boy?
16. Totaka
19. It’s in my head somewhere I swear
20. 1984?

Here's the answers for everyone. If you've not done the quiz yet, have a go at it before you look up the answers.

1. Sheriff
2. Birdo
3. Mario 64
4. Legend of Zelda
5. Vodka Drunkenski (Punchout Arcade). His name was changed to Soda Popinski in the NES and subsequent releases of Punchout.
6. The Seattle Mariners
7. Ball
8. Gradius
9. One day
10. Chais Houlihan
11. Super Mario Bros pinball machine (Techically it's a real life pinball machine). It was out in arcade parlours a few months before Mario Teaches Typing was released.
12. Steve Wozniak
13. D-Pad
14. Produce playing cards in plastic.
15. Nintendo 64
16. Kazumi Totaka
17. A resume. He bought things he had made himself instead to showcase.
18. Captain Lou Albano
19. A lawyer who represented Nintendo in court.
20. 1976 (the answer) originally then remade for the Famicom in 1984.
See more info here http://blog.beforemario.com/2012/09/nintendo-kousenjuu-duck-hunt-1976.html

Ah! Now I remember! Didn't John Kirby represent them in the Baseball lawsuit?
 

VikzeLink

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Here is how well you did. Thanks for trying out the quiz. :)

1. You didn't know
2. You didn't know
3. Incorrect
4. Incorrect
5. You didn't know
6. You didn't know
7. You didn't know
8. Correct
9. Correct - It was a day.
10. Correct. His full name was Chris Houlihan
11. Incorrect
12. You didn't know
13. You didn't know
14. You didn't know
15. Incorrect
16. Correct - Kazumi Totaka
17. Incorrect
18. You didn't know
19. Incorrect
20. Incorrect

Your score is 4/20
Wait.... number 17.... Are you telling me he DID bring a locomotive to his job interview? Why would he do that!?! It seems very unnecessary and cumbersome to do so
 

mαrkαsscoρ

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Here is how well you did. Thanks for trying out the quiz. :)

1. Incorrect
2. Correct
3. Incorrect
4. Correct
5. Incorrect
6. Incorrect
7. Incorrect
8. Incorrect
9. Correct
10. Correct
11. Incorrect
12. You didn't know
13. You didn't know
14. You didn't know
15. Incorrect
16. Correct
17. Correct
18. Correct
19. Correct
20. Incorrect

You scored 8/20
dang, cool that I got question 4 right as that was purely at the top of my head, also I call shenanigans on question 20, ha
 
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dang, cool that I got question 4 right as that was purely at the top of my head, also I call shenanigans on question 20, ha

The answer for question 20 is correct.
Here's the 1976 version of the game.

Here's a video of the 1976 version in action.
 

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