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94 free Fallout trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free Fallout trivia questions with answers. Welcome to the ultimate Fallout trivia quiz! Whether you're a seasoned Vault Dweller who's conquered every wasteland or a newcomer curious about the series, this quiz will test your knowledge of the iconic post-apocalyptic world. From the Brotherhood of Steel to Deathclaws, see how well you really know the Fallout universe.
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Q 01What was the publicly advertised purpose of the Vaults built across pre-War America?
To shelter citizens from nuclear war
Each Vault was sold as a shelter for up to a thousand people, but most were secretly built to run a different social experiment on the people inside.
Q 02From which animal were Fallout's Deathclaws originally genetically engineered as a bioweapon before the Great War?
Jackson's chameleons
Jackson's chameleons were the base stock: pre-War military scientists spliced the chameleon's DNA with other species to create Deathclaws as replacements for human soldiers in close-combat missions.
Q 03Which casino boss ambushes the Courier and steals the Platinum Chip at the start of Fallout: New Vegas?
Benny
Benny runs The Tops and wears a checkered suit; his tribe, the Boot-Riders, were renamed the Chairmen when they took over the casino.
Q 04In Fallout 3, the player character begins their journey in which location?
Vault 101
The player character is born and raised in Vault 101 beneath the Capital Wasteland, leaving at age 19 to search for their father James after he escapes the vault.
Q 05What is the wrist-worn computer that manages quests, inventory and stats in every mainline Fallout game?
Pip-Boy
The first two games feature the same physical unit, a Pip-Boy 2000 used by the Vault Dweller and later inherited by the Chosen One.
Q 06Which heavy weapon launches miniature nuclear warheads?
Fat Man
The M42 Fat Man was developed at Fort Strong near Boston, where early warheads were too heavy to clear the blast radius before going off.
Q 07At the start of Fallout: New Vegas, which robot digs the Courier out of a shallow grave in Goodsprings?
Victor
Victor, a Securitron with a cowboy persona, unearths the Courier in the Goodsprings cemetery and carries them to Doc Mitchell; he was secretly acting on Mr. House's orders.
Q 08Which journalist and editor of the 'Publick Occurrences' newspaper can become a companion in Fallout 4?
Piper Wright
Piper Wright runs Publick Occurrences with her younger sister Nat and openly dislikes the power-armoured Brotherhood of Steel, partly for what she considers their lousy fashion sense.
Q 09In Fallout, the Great War was a nuclear exchange between the United States and which country?
China
The war followed the U.S. retaking Alaska and invading the Chinese mainland; the whole exchange lasted about two hours.
Q 10In Fallout 4's S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system, which stat governs persuasion and merchant prices?
Charisma
Charisma sets persuasion odds and merchant prices in Fallout 4, which dropped the earlier Speech and Barter skills; it also caps a settlement's population at 10 plus the player's Charisma.
Q 11On what morning did Fallout's two-hour Great War wipe out the old world?
October 23, 2077
October 23, 2077, and the whole exchange lasted about two hours; Bethesda released the official Fallout cookbook on the same date in 2018 to mark the anniversary.
Q 12What is the official title given to the player character in Fallout 3?
The Lone Wanderer
The Lone Wanderer grows up in Vault 101 near Washington, D.C., and the disappearance of their father James, voiced by Liam Neeson, kicks off the story.
Q 13Which prominent Fallout faction zealously preserves pre-war technology?
The Brotherhood of Steel
Q 21Which settlement in Fallout 4 is built within the ruins of a pre-War baseball stadium?
Diamond City
Diamond City fills Fenway Park, the real Boston ballpark, with shacks on the infield; it is one of the largest settlements in the Commonwealth.
Q 22Which mainline entry in the series is set earliest in the timeline, only 25 years after the bombs fell?
Fallout 76
Fallout 76 is set in 2102, just 25 years after the Great War, making it the earliest game in the Fallout chronological timeline.
Q 23Which Fallout: New Vegas companion is a Followers of the Apocalypse researcher with a medical background?
Arcade Gannon
Arcade Gannon works as a researcher and doctor for the Followers of the Apocalypse at the Old Mormon Fort in Freeside, while hiding that he grew up among Enclave remnants.
The Brotherhood of Steel is a highly organized, quasi-religious technological supremacist organization that hoards and preserves advanced pre-War technology.
Q 14The Yao Guai that roam the Fallout wastelands are mutated descendants of which animal?
Black bear
The black bear is the Yao Guai's ancestor; the name was given by descendants of people held in pre-War Chinese internment camps, and is Chinese for 'monster'.
Q 15In Fallout 4, which faction is dedicated to liberating and protecting sentient synths?
The Railroad
The Railroad is a clandestine organization in Fallout 4 that works to free sentient synths from the control of the Institute and help them find new lives.
Q 16Which is one of the four main factions vying for the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout: New Vegas?
Caesar's Legion
The Courier can side with the Legion, with the republic pushing east from California, with Mr. House, or with an independent New Vegas.
Q 17What does the 'I' stand for in Fallout's S.P.E.C.I.A.L. character stats?
Intelligence
Intelligence is the I in S.P.E.C.I.A.L. (Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, Luck); the system was built in-house after a licence to use the GURPS rules fell through before the first game shipped.
Q 18In the original Fallout, what item must the Vault Dweller find to save their vault?
A working water chip
The Vault has only 150 days of water left, and the replacement chip finally turns up in the ruined Vault 12 beneath Necropolis.
Q 19Which pre-War contractor built the first Power Armor in the Fallout universe?
West-Tek
West-Tek's T-45 series was the first practical line of Power Armor, unveiled in 2067; the same contractor also ran the research program that produced the Forced Evolutionary Virus.
Q 20In the Fallout TV series, Lucy MacLean leaves which shelter to find her kidnapped father?
Vault 33
Vault 33 is where Ella Purnell's Lucy grows up; Kyle MacLachlan plays her father Hank, the Overseer, and the raiders who take him had overrun neighbouring Vault 32.
Q 24What is the name of the settlement in Fallout 3 that is built around an unexploded atomic bomb?
Megaton
Megaton is a unique settlement in Fallout 3, famously constructed around a live, unexploded atomic bomb that the player can choose to disarm or detonate.
Q 25How is Fallout 2's Chosen One related to the protagonist of the original Fallout?
A direct descendant
The Chosen One is the Vault Dweller's grandchild, sent from the village of Arroyo with the old hero's jumpsuit, wrist computer and Vault 13 water flask.
Q 26The first season of the Fallout TV series is set in which ruined U.S. city?
Los Angeles
Los Angeles: Vault 33 lies beneath the Santa Monica ruins, and the first season visits the Griffith Observatory and Hollywood before its closing shot of New Vegas.
Q 27Which Fallout 4 Luck perk multiplies experience gains more often the dumber your character is?
Idiot Savant
Idiot Savant fires more often at low Intelligence; when it does, a laughing Vault Boy pops up and the experience gained is tripled at rank 1 and quintupled at rank 2.
Q 28What is the ultimate goal of Project Purity in Fallout 3?
To purify the Capital Wasteland's water
To purify the Capital Wasteland's water: the purifier sits inside the Jefferson Memorial, and the ending forces someone to walk into its irradiated control room to switch it on.
Q 29Which mutated Fallout enemy is known for burrowing underground and launching surprise attacks?
Mole Rat
Mole rats are a prevalent enemy throughout the Fallout series, often encountered in tunnels and caves, and are known for their ability to burrow and ambush unsuspecting travelers.
Q 30Which iconic location in Fallout: New Vegas features a massive dinosaur sculpture and a motel?
Novac
Novac took its name from a broken 'No Vacancy' motel sign; Dinky the T-Rex looms over the Dino Dee-lite Motel, and ex-NCR snipers Boone and Manny Vargas use its mouth as a nest.