Video Game Music Match

Popular Culture · 10 questions

Familiar game tunes, memorable musical connections, and gameplay shaped by rhythm: challenge your friends.

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1. Which composer is known for the music of Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda?

   1. Toby Fox
   2. Masato Nakamura
   3. Nobuo Uematsu
   4. Koji Kondo
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   D) Koji Kondo

2. Who composed most of Undertale’s music?

   1. Kristofer Maddigan
   2. C418
   3. Toby Fox
   4. Lena Raine
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   C) Toby Fox

3. Which block is used to play a music disc in Minecraft?

   1. Furnace
   2. Jukebox
   3. Smithing table
   4. Enchanting table
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   B) Jukebox

4. Which Russian folk song is the basis of the Game Boy Tetris Type A theme?

   1. Polyushka Polye
   2. Katyusha
   3. Korobeiniki
   4. Kalinka
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   C) Korobeiniki

5. In Ocarina of Time, which melody changes night to day and day to night?

   1. Sun’s Song
   2. Song of Storms
   3. Epona’s Song
   4. Song of Time
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   A) Sun’s Song

6. In Minecraft, which block can be tuned to different notes and produce sound when activated?

   1. Jukebox
   2. Note block
   3. Redstone lamp
   4. Piston
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   B) Note block

7. In Guitar Hero, which two actions are used to play the notes on screen?

   1. Key presses and pedal use
   2. Drum hits and cymbal hits
   3. String plucks and bow strokes
   4. Fret buttons and strumming
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   D) Fret buttons and strumming

8. In Crypt of the NecroDancer, which sound element sets the timing for movement?

   1. The music’s beats
   2. Melody pitch
   3. Instrument timbre
   4. Sound volume
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   A) The music’s beats

9. Which musical traditions inspire Cuphead’s soundtrack, matching its visual style?

   1. Techno and trance
   2. Baroque and opera
   3. Punk and metal
   4. Jazz and ragtime
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   D) Jazz and ragtime

10. Who composed the music for Celeste?

    1. Lena Raine
    2. Austin Wintory
    3. Jessica Curry
    4. Yoko Shimomura
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    A) Lena Raine