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50 free Game Grumps trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Game Grumps began in 2012 as two friends bickering over old video games, and it grew into one of the longest-running Let's Play channels on the internet. Along the way it gained a new co-host, a rotating cast of friends, live tours, spin-off shows and even its own development studio. This quiz covers the whole story: how the channel started and who came and went, the side shows and celebrity guests, the hosts' lives before fame, their music and voice-acting work, and the titles the Grumps have released themselves. It is written for long-time fans and newer viewers alike. The early questions are friendly, and the later ones dig into deep cuts that only devoted viewers will remember.
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Q 01Which Nintendo platformer did Arin Hanson and Jon Jafari play in the first Game Grumps video, uploaded in July 2012?
Kirby Super Star
Kirby Super Star opened the channel on July 18, 2012, eight days after Arin Hanson and Jon Jafari created it.
Q 02Dan Avidan was already the singer of which comedy rock duo when he joined Game Grumps as co-host in 2013?
Ninja Sex Party
Ninja Sex Party formed in New York City in 2009, pairing Avidan with keyboardist Brian Wecht. Wecht later followed him onto the channel.
Q 03Brian Wecht gave up which academic career in 2015 to join Game Grumps and focus on music with Dan Avidan?
Physicist
Physicist Brian Wecht researched string theory and held posts at Harvard and MIT before retiring from academia in 2015.
Q 04Before it became a Let's Play video series, Game Grumps was first conceived by Arin Hanson as what?
A podcast
A podcast was Hanson's plan after a friend pointed out how grumpy he and Jon Jafari got with each other over video games. It launched as a video series instead.
Q 05Which fast-food chain did Ross O'Donovan call out in 2020 for using Twitch donation messages on his stream as adverts?
Burger King
Burger King and ad agency Ogilvy donated small sums on Twitch so that streams would broadcast unsolicited adverts. O'Donovan's criticism was reported by the BBC, Kotaku and PC Gamer.
Q 06Which Hollywood actress appeared as a Guest Grump on Game Grumps alongside her daughter, Ruby?
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis and Ruby joined a Guest Grumps roster that also features Steve-O, Finn Wolfhard and Weird Al Yankovic.
Q 07In which Nintendo title did Ross O'Donovan spend five years building custom levels for the Game Grumps hosts to play?
Super Mario Maker
Super Mario Maker made O'Donovan the channel's credited level producer from 2015 to 2020, the year he left on good terms to make his own content.
Q 08Arin Hanson fought Harley Morenstein of Epic Meal Time in which sport at the 2022 charity event Creator Clash?
Boxing
Boxing brought Hanson a second-round TKO loss to Morenstein in Tampa, but he returned in 2023 and stopped Jarvis Johnson in round two.
Q 09Animator Ross O'Donovan, born to Irish Catholic parents, grew up in which country before joining the Game Grumps crew?
Australia
Australia is home: O'Donovan was born in Perth and studied animation in Fremantle before making his name with web cartoons.
Q 10Dream Daddy, the dad dating simulator from Game Grumps, was originally planned to launch in time for which holiday?
Father's Day
Father's Day 2017 was the target after roughly nine months of work, but that proved too tight and the release slipped to July 20.
Q 11Under which online alias did Arin Hanson build a following as a Flash animator before co-founding Game Grumps?
Egoraptor
Egoraptor is the handle Hanson registered in 2001 as a teenager, and it remains the name of his personal channel.
Q 12Which Game Grumps spin-off, announced the day Jon Jafari left, was first hosted by Dan Avidan and Ross O'Donovan?
Steam Train
Steam Train took its name from the PC store Steam, and it lifted the channel's output to three videos a day.
Q 13In the charity miniseries Guild Grumps, the hosts raced from level 90 to 100 in which online role-playing title?
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft was the race track: each host staked $1,000 for a charity of their choice, to be paid if they reached level 100 within the five days.
Q 21What kind of animal is Jacques, the robot-voiced sidekick in the solo reviews of Game Grumps co-founder Jon Jafari?
A parakeet
A parakeet of the green-cheeked kind, Jacques talks in a robotic voice while his eyes glow red.
Q 22Dan Avidan and Brian Wecht made their live television debut as a band in 2018 on which late-night talk show?
Conan
Conan had the duo play a cleaned-up version of one of their songs on September 17, 2018, with their costumed backing band behind them.
Q 23What is the defining trait of the masked stage character that Brian Wecht plays in his comedy duo with Dan Avidan?
He never speaks
He never speaks: Wecht's character is non-verbal and homicidal, and he once sat through an entire hot-pepper review staring silently at the camera.
Q 14The esports comedy Good Game, starring Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan, premiered in 2017 on which subscription service?
YouTube Red
YouTube Red ordered the six-episode comedy, executive produced by Dan Harmon, then cancelled it after one season over low viewership.
Q 15Which gaming YouTuber guested on the Game Grumps show Grumpcade and has appeared in Starbomb music videos?
Markiplier
Markiplier played alongside the hosts on Grumpcade, and Arin Hanson later returned the favour as an alien in A Heist with Markiplier.
Q 16On which Flash animation portal did Arin Hanson post the video game parody cartoons that first made his name?
Newgrounds
Newgrounds signed Hanson up in 2001, and future colleagues Ross O'Donovan and Jon Jafari posted their own early animations there too.
Q 17Arin Hanson voiced a cyborg photographer in a wedding-themed episode of which Adult Swim animated series?
Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty cast him in The Wedding Squanchers, one of many voice credits that also include Dragon Age: Inquisition and Cyanide & Happiness.
Q 18In the parody trio Starbomb, Dan Avidan sings and Brian Wecht plays instruments, so what does Arin Hanson do?
Raps
Hanson raps and supplies the video game humour, while Avidan and Wecht bring the musical style of their own duo.
Q 19Which Nintendo character did Rachel Bloom voice in the music video for the Starbomb song Luigi's Ballad?
Princess Peach
Princess Peach got Bloom's voice in a video for the trio's self-titled 2013 debut, an album that topped Billboard's comedy chart.
Q 20Barry Kramer joined Game Grumps in September 2012, two months after launch, in which behind-the-scenes role?
Editor
Editor Barry Kramer went on to co-host spin-offs of his own before leaving in December 2017 to focus on his own pursuits.
Q 24An argument over whether Wolf was too similar to Fox in which fighting title sparked the idea for Game Grumps?
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl set Arin Hanson and Jon Jafari bickering over the two characters' fighting styles, the kind of grumpy squabble the channel was built on.
Q 25On which Game Grumps spin-off did hosts Barry Kramer and Suzy Berhow wear Victorian-era dress?
Table Flip
Table Flip was professionally produced by Polaris with seven cameras, and it ran from December 2013 until October 2016. The pair played board and card games in costume.
Q 26Which live-action Game Grumps series has Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan tackle toys, children's games and food challenges?
10 Minute Power Hour
10 Minute Power Hour usually springs its tasks on the pair without warning, and its food episodes tend to end with an uncomfortable amount eaten.
Q 27Matt Watson and Ryan Magee, who replaced Barry Kramer at Game Grumps, perform together as which comedy duo?
SuperMega
SuperMega's pair worked on the channel from 2016 to 2019 while building a following of their own.
Q 28Which costumed Canadian funk-rock band became the live backing band for Dan Avidan and Brian Wecht in 2015?
TWRP
TWRP perform in full costume with their real names kept secret, and they have opened for and backed the duo on stage and in the studio.
Q 29The first cartoon in Arin Hanson's Awesome series of video game parodies spoofed which stealth-action franchise?
Metal Gear
Metal Gear Awesome landed in February 2006 and caught the eye of television producers, who asked Hanson to animate shorts for a gaming programme.
Q 30Which Arin Hanson series of animated video essays covered Castlevania, Mega Man and The Legend of Zelda?
Sequelitis
Sequelitis mixes criticism with cartoon gags, and Hanson released its fourth and final episode in 2014. Each episode weighs a classic game against a sequel.