Grab your sword, hookshot, shield, and korok leaf. Can you find the Triforce and rescue the Princess in time? It’s time for Legend of Zelda Trivia.
This week, we’re all about that perennial video game series, The Legend of Zelda. Whether you’ve been playing for a few years or a few decades, there are questions for Zelda fans of all stripes and skill levels.
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Introduction
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Back when we visited the video games of the 1980s, we briefly hit on this veritable gaming classic. But the Legend of Zelda has so much more to give us.
Hey there, I’m your host, Brian Rollins and this is the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia podcast. Every week, we bring you thirty questions on a given topic. This week, we’re covering the Nintendo classic game and its many sequels.
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OK, blow on that cartridge and let’s start.
The Dorky Round
- The first legend of Zelda game debuted in what year?
- Nineteen-eighty-five
- The Triforce is separated into what three parts?
- Power, courage, and wisdom
- Which was the first Zelda game to feature 3D graphics?
- What famous comedian named his daughter after the Princess?
- Robin Williams was a huge fan of the series and named his daughter Zelda in 1989.
- The first game begins with the quote from an old man, “It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this.” What is the old man referring to?
- A wooden sword
- Which game gave us the first side-scrolling view of Link?
- The Adventures of Link
- In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, how long did Link spend in the Resurrection Shrine?
- 100 Years
- Who is credited with creating The Legend of Zelda?
- Shigeru Miyamoto. He also brought us Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros.
- What mystical blade features in virtually every Legend of Zelda game?
- The Master Sword
- How many notes are playable on the Ocarina?
- Five
The Geeky Round
- In Breath of the Wild, what’s the name of the large island in the Southeast?
- Eventide Island
- Tingle was first introduced in what game?
- What was the first original Zelda game on a Game Boy device?
- Link’s Awakening in 1993
- Translated into English, what was the title of the first game?
- The Hyrule Fantasy
- Link became right-handed in which game?
- Twilight Princess for the Wii. He’s left handed in the GameCube version.
- Which Zelda spinoff game was bundled with a Wii Zapper?
- What event is being celebrated at the beginning of Wind Waker?
- Link’s birthday
- Majora’s Mask takes the action away from Hyrule and puts it where?
- Termina
- Released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance, what two games were paired together?
- Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons
- Tetra takes the place of Princess Zelda in which game?
- Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Nerdy Round
- Music has long been a part of Zelda games. What’s the first musical instrument you get in the game series?
- A recorder is one of the items in the first Zelda game.
- The Mirror of Twilight is located atop which dungeon?
- The Arbiter’s Grounds
- In terms of the Zelda in-game timeline, which game takes place first?
- How many wearable masks are there in Majora’s Mask
- Twenty-Four
- What is the name of the steamship Link uses in The Phantom Hourglass?
- The SS Linebeck
- A Link Between Worlds introduces two new rods for Link to use. What are they?
- The Sand Rod and the Tornado Rod
- Princess Zelda is named after what author’s wife?
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby
- The map in Breath of the Wild is the same size as what city?
- It was designed to be the same size as Kyoto, Japan
- What game’s title, in Japanese, translates to “Steam Whistle of Earth?”
- Spirit Tracks
- Which game featured a number of cameos from other Nintendo games, particularly from Super Mario games?
- Link’s Awakening
Conclusion
And we’re done. Thanks for joining us on a quest through Hyrule. We’ll be back again next week for another thirty questions. Speaking of, here’s your clue.
“A rose by any other what would smell the same?”
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LOL, thanks for the laugh. My whole family is a huge pile of Zelda nuts. Glad to say I got to keep my title as “king of hyrule” with this one.
Oh man, I’ve been playing Zelda since the 80’s and this hits right in my sweet spot.