Final Fantasy VII
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47 free Final Fantasy VII trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
Final Fantasy VII is the game that turned Japanese role-playing games into a worldwide phenomenon. It started life as a 2D Super Nintendo project set in New York in 1999, was abandoned on the Nintendo 64 when a single Behemoth monster tanked the frame rate, and landed on the PlayStation with a budget that made it the most expensive game of its era and a marketing campaign that ran ads during The Simpsons. These 47 questions cover the world and the making of it: Cloud Strife and the lie about SOLDIER, AVALANCHE and Shinra, the Cetra, Jenova and Meteor, the Turks and the Gold Saucer-era cast of Barret, Tifa, Red XIII, Cait Sith, Cid, Yuffie and Vincent. Production questions range from Sakaguchi, Kitase, Uematsu and Nomura to the Musashi-Kojiro rivalry behind Cloud and Sephiroth, the Aeris translation error, the Honey Bee Inn that Sony wanted cut, the trapezoidal PC box, and the Stravinsky piece behind One-Winged Angel. Easy questions stick to the main cast and the console; the hardest ask about the sole translator, the detective in the first draft and a NES bootleg. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a retro gaming night.
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Q 01On which console was Final Fantasy VII originally released?
PlayStation
PlayStation's CD-ROMs won out after Square found the game simply would not fit onto the cartridge-based Nintendo 64.
Q 02What is the name of Cloud's signature oversized blade in Final Fantasy VII?
Buster Sword
Buster Sword had been Zack Fair's, and Zack passed it on to Cloud as he died.
Q 03Cloud claims to be a former 1st Class member of which elite Shinra fighting force?
SOLDIER
SOLDIER never accepted Cloud: he was really an infantryman who had modelled himself on his friend Zack.
Q 04In Final Fantasy VII, which eco-terrorist group does Cloud work with at the start?
AVALANCHE
AVALANCHE opens the game by blowing up a Shinra Mako reactor in Midgar, hoping to stop the Planet being drained.
Q 05Which Final Fantasy VII settlement is home to Cid Highwind?
Rocket Town
Rocket Town is where Shinra scrapped its space program after Cid's launch was aborted over his assistant Shera, whom he long blamed.
Q 06What is the name of the flow of spiritual energy that gives life to the Planet?
The Lifestream
Sakaguchi chose life as a theme after his mother died during development of Final Fantasy III.
Q 07Which optional Final Fantasy VII party member is found beneath the Shinra Mansion?
Vincent Valentine
Vincent Valentine became a test subject after a scientist shot him in an argument over experiments on the woman he loved.
Q 08Who leads Final Fantasy VII's eco-terrorist group, fighting Shinra to save the Planet?
Barret Wallace
Barret Wallace blames himself for his hometown, Corel, which Shinra razed after an accident at its Mako reactor.
Q 09In Final Fantasy VII, which martial artist is Cloud's childhood friend?
Tifa Lockhart
Tifa Lockhart was absent from early versions of the game, which planned only three playable characters, and joined when the cast grew.
Q 10Which Final Fantasy VII party member is a talking feline beast from Cosmo Canyon?
Red XIII
Red XIII long thought his father Seto was a coward, until he learned Seto had been turned to stone defending their home from invaders.
Q 11Which Shinra staff member secretly controls the robotic cat Cait Sith?
Reeve Tuesti
Reeve Tuesti first used Cait Sith to spy on the party for Shinra, then came to sympathise with their cause and joined them.
Q 12Which optional Final Fantasy VII party member is a skilled Materia thief?
Yuffie Kisaragi
Yuffie Kisaragi steals Materia hoping to restore her homeland, Wutai, to the glory it lost in a war with Shinra.
Q 13What is the name of the covert branch of Shinra's security forces?
The Turks
The Turks do Shinra's covert work, from spying to kidnapping, and they are the ones who finally capture Aerith.
Q 21Final Fantasy VII's epilogue shows the ruins of Midgar covered in what?
Plant life
Plant life covers Midgar 500 years on, showing the Planet has healed.
Q 22For which console was Final Fantasy VII first planned as a 2D game?
Super Nintendo
Super Nintendo development began in 1994, before the move to 3D pushed the project onto more powerful hardware.
Q 23What giant creature does Cait Sith ride in Final Fantasy VII?
A moogle
A moogle carries Cait Sith, which is really a mechanical puppet worked remotely by a Shinra employee.
What is the name of the Midgar slum bar where Cloud's rebel allies meet?
Q 14What is the name of the hostile alien life-form from which Sephiroth was created?
Jenova
Jenova was falsely recorded as one of the ancient Cetra, which is why Sephiroth came to believe he was their heir.
Q 15What is the name of Shinra's giant Mako cannon in Final Fantasy VII?
Sister Ray
Sister Ray's blast brought down a giant WEAPON and broke the barrier shielding Sephiroth's base.
Q 16Which spell does Sephiroth intend to cast with the Black Materia?
Meteor
Meteor would wound the Planet so gravely that Sephiroth could absorb the energy rushing to heal it and become a god.
Q 17Which mad Shinra scientist is revealed to be Sephiroth's biological father?
Hojo
Hojo infused his own son with an alien life-form's cells, creating the superhuman Sephiroth.
Q 18In which town did Sephiroth learn of his origins and go insane five years before Final Fantasy VII?
Nibelheim
Nibelheim was burned to the ground by Sephiroth after he spent days locked in the Shinra Mansion basement reading about his origins.
Q 19After Sephiroth kills President Shinra, who takes over the megacorporation?
Rufus
Rufus, the president's son, took charge of the company until a blast from Diamond WEAPON hit his office dead-on.
Q 20In Final Fantasy VII, what are the special attacks each character charges by taking damage called?
Limit Breaks
Limit Breaks replaced Final Fantasy VI's underused Desperation Attacks, turning a last-gasp move into part of everyday battle strategy.
7th Heaven
7th Heaven was destroyed when Shinra dropped the city plate above onto the slums to wipe out the rebels hiding there.
Q 25Final Fantasy VII's team paused development to help finish which 1995 Square game?
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger's writer, Masato Kato, was later called in to write several of Final Fantasy VII's late-game scenes.
Q 26Who produced Final Fantasy VII and created the Final Fantasy series?
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Hironobu Sakaguchi wrote the first draft, in which the heroes were chased by a hot-blooded detective named Joe.
Q 27Who directed Final Fantasy VII?
Yoshinori Kitase
Yoshinori Kitase reworked the early plot when he took charge, dropping its mystery angle and sharpening the Cloud and Sephiroth rivalry.
Q 28Who composed the score for Final Fantasy VII?
Nobuo Uematsu
Nobuo Uematsu wrote the score like a film soundtrack, with music meant to match the mood of each scene.
Q 29Who was Final Fantasy VII's main character designer?
Tetsuya Nomura
Tetsuya Nomura, until then a minor monster designer, got his first lead role and first drew Cloud with slick black hair.
Q 30Which artist drew Final Fantasy VII's logo artwork?
Yoshitaka Amano
Yoshitaka Amano took only a small role on Final Fantasy VII because he was busy with exhibitions overseas.