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Fallout (Video Game Series) Quiz
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First question:

On what date did the nuclear exchange known as the Great War occur in the Fallout universe?

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Fallout (Video Game Series)

1easyOn what date did the nuclear exchange known as the Great War occur in the Fallout universe?

💡 October 23, 2077🔍

The nuclear exchange between America and China on October 23, 2077 annihilated most of modern civilisation and defines the entire Fallout timeline.

2easyWhich famous actor voiced the player character's father in Fallout 3?

💡 Liam Neeson🔍

Fallout 3 is set in the Capital Wasteland approximately 200 years after the Great War, with the player raised in Vault 101 before venturing out to find their father.

3easyIn Fallout: New Vegas, what is the occupation of the protagonist before being shot in the head and left for dead?

💡 Courier🔍

The Courier works for the Mojave Express and is rescued by a robot named Victor after being shot — setting the revenge plot of New Vegas in motion.

4mediumWhich two people created the Fallout franchise at Interplay Entertainment?

💡 Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky🔍

Cain and Boyarsky created the franchise at Interplay Entertainment, setting it in a post-apocalyptic world following nuclear war between the United States and China.

5mediumWhich mainline Fallout game is set earliest in the franchise's timeline, taking place only 25 years after the Great War?

💡 Fallout 76🔍

Fallout 76 is set in 2102–2105 in Appalachia (West Virginia) and was Bethesda's first online multiplayer entry in the franchise.

6mediumIn the original Fallout, what front organisation does the Master use to trick humans into peaceful submission ahead of his Super Mutant conversion programme?

💡 Children of the Cathedral🔍

The Master is an amalgamated creature who intends to transform every human into a Super Mutant to establish 'unity' on Earth.

7mediumAt the end of the original Fallout, what fate befalls the Vault Dweller at the hands of the Vault 13 Overseer?

💡 Exiled from Vault 13🔍

The Overseer feared that tales of the Vault Dweller's exploits would encourage other inhabitants to abandon the safety of Vault 13 for the dangerous wasteland.

8hardThe Ghouls who founded Necropolis in the original Fallout are revealed to be former inhabitants of which vault?

💡 Vault 12🔍

Necropolis was founded in the remains of Bakersfield, California, establishing the origin story of Ghouls as radiation-mutated former Vault dwellers.

9hardIn the original Fallout, which settlement is controlled by both sheriff Killian Darkwater and the criminal Gizmo?

💡 Junktown🔍

Junktown is one of several explorable settlements in the original Fallout, alongside the Hub — a bustling merchant city — and the Ghoul-founded Necropolis.

10hardIn which region of post-apocalyptic America is Fallout Tactics set?

💡 The Midwest🔍

Fallout Tactics is set in 2197–2198, approximately 120 years after the Great War, and focuses on a splinter group of the Brotherhood of Steel.

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