Games by Genre - FPS, RPG, and RTS Game Trivia | Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast

Let’s play a game. This week, I’m bundling together video game trivia for three different genres. The three-letter genres: First-Person Shooters (FPS), Role Playing Game (RPG), and Real-time Strategy (RTS).

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This is episode 373 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast. I’m your host with terrible eye-hand coordination, Brian Rollins.

Let the games begin.

The Dorky Round

FPS – First-Person Shooters

Released in 1993, what id Software shooter was brought back to life in 2016?
a. Doom
Released in 1992, what First-Person Shooter introduced us to BJ Blazkowicz?
a. Wolfenstein 3D
Players have been patiently waiting for the third installment of what First-Person Shooter since 1998?
a. Half-Life
I might be stretching the genre of FPS, but what 2007 game had the player facing off against a homicidal AI named GlaDOS?
a. Portal
What first-person shooter, released by Bungie and Microsoft in 2001, was a bestselling game for the then-new XBox?
a. Halo: Combat Evolved
What first-person shooter is considered the “spiritual successor” to System Shock?
a. BioShock
What 2009 First-Person Shooter had a less-than-well-received movie adaptation in 2024 starring Cate Blanchett?
a. Borderlands
Set in Moscow, what 2010 First-Person Shooter is based on Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novel of the same name?
a. Metro 2033
Nintendo brought Samus Aran into the 3D world with what 2002 shooter on the GameCube?
a. Metroid Prime
It was considered bad form to play as Odd Job in the multiplayer mode of what Nintendo game?
a. Goldeneye 007. Odd Job was shorter and therefore harder to hit.

The Geeky Round

RPG – Role Playing Games

Bioware licensed Dungeons and Dragons for what 1998 RPG?
a. Baldur’s Gate
You could play as a Warrior, Rogue, or Sorcerer in what 1997 Action RPG from Blizzard North?
a. Diablo
What BioWare RPG series has entries subtitled Origins, Inquisition, and The Veilguard?
a. Dragon Age
What sci-fi RPG debuted in 2007; with its most recent iteration having the subtitle Andromeda?
a. Mass Effect
Obsidian Entertainment created what 2015 RPG through a Kickstarter campaign?
a. Pillars of Eternity
What 2025 game, which won numerous awards, is an RPG where the characters set out to destroy the Paintress?
a. Clair Obsur: Expedition 33
What 2019 RPG has you playing as a troubled detective with no memory of his identity or the world around him?
a. Disco Elysium
Skyrim is game number five in what RPG series that debuted in 1994?
a. The Elder Scrolls
What 1997 RPG from Interplay has spawned numerous sequels and an Amazon TV series starring Ella Purnell?
a. Fallout
The third installment of what RPG was subtitled Wild Hunt?
a. The Witcher

The Nerdy Round

RTS – Real-Time Strategy Games

Cave Dog launched what Real-Time Strategy game in 1997 that pit the CORE against Arm?
a. Total Annihilation
Before turning it into an MMORPG, Blizzard published what Real-Time Strategy game in 1994?
a. Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Blizzard took the Warcraft model and moved it into space for what 1998 game?
a. Starcraft
Westwood Studios had a Real-Time Strategy hit with what 1995 game that pit the GDI against the Brotherhood of Nod?
a. Command and Conquer (later renamed Command and Conquer: Tiberian Dawn)
While not the first Real-Time Strategy game, what 1992 game, based on the Frank Herbert books, gave us the model for most modern RTS games?
a. Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty. It introduced the resource collection/build cycle common to the genre.
What Real-time strategy game from Xbox Game Studios and published in 1997, featured missions spanning from the Stone Age to the Iron Age?
a. Age of Empires
Relic Entertainment brought us what 1999 space-based RTS game that centered around a massive mothership?
a. Homeworld
Star Wars leapt into real-time strategy games with one 2007 game, set between Episodes III and IV?
a. Star Wars: Empire at War
What 1997 real-time strategy game had the player taking on the role of the villain to keep heroes out of his lair?
a. Dungeon Keeper
Total Annihilation got a face lift and a spiritual successor with what 2007 RTS from Gas Powered Games?
a. Supreme Commander

Episode Conclusion

And game over. How did you do? Of the games we covered, what was your favorite? Let me know on social media. Or, let me know what game I missed. I do need questions for the Season Finale next year.

Next week, I’ve got some science trivia to exercise your brains. Here’s a clue:

What is the name given to animals that help in the fertilization of plants?

Something that’s critically important these days. Think it over and I’ll see you back here next week.

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