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50 free Gundam trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Gundam began in 1979 as a television anime that struggled in the ratings, then grew into one of Japan's biggest entertainment franchises. Its giant piloted machines, the mobile suits, are treated as military hardware instead of superheroes, and its stories are as much about politics and loss as about battles in space. This quiz covers the whole saga. There are questions on the first series and its Universal Century sequels, including Zeta Gundam, Haman Karn and Char's Counterattack, and on the alternate timelines: the Shuffle Alliance of G Gundam, the young pilots of Gundam Wing, Gundam SEED, Gundam 00 and its Cherudim Gundam, Iron-Blooded Orphans and more. You will also meet the designers, the model kits and the giant statues. The questions mix gentle openers with tougher ones, so they suit newcomers who know the classic shows as well as long-time fans who can tell one mobile suit from another at a glance. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which teenage civilian mechanic becomes the pilot of the RX-78-2 in the original 1979 series Mobile Suit Gundam?
Amuro Ray
Amuro Ray first climbs in only to protect himself when enemy forces invade his space colony. His battle record later earns him the enemy nickname White Devil.
Q 02Which American designer, famous for his Blade Runner concept art, designed the title mobile suit of Turn A Gundam?
Syd Mead
Syd Mead made the Turn A the first Gundam mecha designed entirely by a foreigner. He coined the job title "visual futurist" for his own Blade Runner screen credit.
Q 03Which Japanese toy company launched Gunpla, the plastic model kits of Gundam mobile suits, in 1980?
Bandai
Bandai sold over 100 million of the kits between 1980 and 1984 alone. Their success, together with reruns, rescued a series that had been cancelled for low ratings.
Q 04By which nickname is masked Zeon ace Char Aznable known, earned by flying his custom mobile suit at breakneck speed?
Red Comet
Red Comet is the title Char earned at the Battle of Loum, where he destroyed five Federation battleships single-handed in a mobile suit painted in his signature colour.
Q 05Which Japanese city hosted an 18-metre Gundam that actually moved, at a harbourside attraction opened in 2020?
Yokohama
Yokohama's Yamashita Pier was home to the moving giant from December 2020. Due to close in 2022, the attraction was extended twice and finally shut in March 2024.
Q 06Which Cartoon Network programming block made Gundam Wing a mainstream hit with North American viewers in 2000?
Toonami
Toonami premiered the series in March 2000, and for a time it was the highest-rated show on the whole channel. An uncut version aired after midnight.
Q 07Which mass-produced mobile suit is the basic unit of the Zeon forces at the start of Mobile Suit Gundam?
Zaku II
The Zaku II proved so popular with model builders that designers kept inventing new variants, including one for underwater combat. Commanders fly a faster custom version.
Q 08Which ball-shaped talking companion, built as a hobby by the first Gundam pilot, became the franchise's mascot?
Haro
Haro is basketball-sized and can even detect its owner's brain waves. Its popularity has led to a whole series of robotic toys.
Q 09Mobile Suit Gundam is credited with pioneering which mecha subgenre, where machines run low on energy and break down?
Real robot
Real robot stories treat the machines as military hardware with realistic mechanics rather than invincible heroes. The 1979 series set itself apart from the fantastical shows before it.
Q 10Which director, who once drew storyboards for Astro Boy, created Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979?
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Yoshiyuki Tomino picked up the fan nickname "Kill 'Em All Tomino" for the number of characters who die in his shows. He started out at Osamu Tezuka's studio in 1964.
Q 11Which animation studio, founded by former staff of Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production, has made Gundam anime since 1979?
Sunrise
Sunrise credits its original stories to Hajime Yatate, a collective pen name for its rotating staff rather than an actual person. The studio also made Code Geass and Inuyasha.
Q 12Which Earth Federation assault carrier, nicknamed the Trojan Horse, is the heroes' mothership in Mobile Suit Gundam?
White Base
White Base was ranked by a Japanese magazine as the sixth most recognisable fictional spaceship, just behind the likes of the Millennium Falcon and the Enterprise.
Q 13By what name is the war of independence that Zeon launches against the Earth Federation in Mobile Suit Gundam known?
One Year War
Q 21Which elite Earth Federation task force, formed to hunt down Zeon remnants, becomes the corrupt enemy in Zeta Gundam?
Titans
The Titans are opposed by a rebel movement, the Anti-Earth Union Group, which is secretly funded by the weapons maker Anaheim Electronics.
Q 22Under which alias does Char Aznable return as a pilot for the AEUG rebels in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam?
Quattro Bajeena
Quattro Bajeena is literally his fourth name, since quattro is Italian for four. In this guise he mentors the show's young hero against the Federation's oppressors.
Q 23Which asteroid, once home to Haman Karn's Zeon remnants, does Char Aznable try to drop on Earth in Char's Counterattack?
Axis
The One Year War begins in the year 0079 of the Universal Century, when a cluster of space colonies declares independence. Later side stories such as The 08th MS Team are set during it.
Q 14Which mechanical designer proposed the samurai-inspired machine that became the original Gundam in the 1979 series?
Kunio Okawara
Kunio Okawara's first sketch was refined by the animation director, who covered its mouth with a mask and changed its colours. He was left free to design the enemy machines.
Q 15Which character designer of the 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam later retold its story in the long-running manga The Origin?
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko serialised The Origin for ten years, from 2001 to 2011. He had dreamed of becoming a manga artist before he ever worked as an animator.
Q 16Which Federation medical student turned pilot is secretly Artesia Som Deikun, the younger sister of Char Aznable?
Sayla Mass
Sayla Mass is the daughter of Zeon Zum Deikun, the founder whose name the enemy nation carries. She starts the war as a communications officer before flying in combat.
Q 17Which family takes over Zeon after the death of founder Zeon Zum Deikun and turns it into a principality?
Zabi
Zabi patriarch Degwin was once one of Deikun's trusted allies but apparently masterminded his death. He in turn loses power to his own son Gihren, who has him killed.
Q 18Which studio, best known for the Rebuild of Evangelion films, co-produced the 2025 series Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX?
Khara
Khara had lent a hand before, on the last episode of Gundam Unicorn, but this was its first co-production. Its creative leads once worked at Gainax on shows such as FLCL.
Q 19Which young ensign takes command of the Federation mothership in Mobile Suit Gundam when its officers are incapacitated?
Bright Noa
Bright Noa takes over from the wounded captain simply because he has the highest seniority left on the ship. His helmswoman Mirai becomes his trusted deputy.
Q 20Which troubled teenager, the estranged son of two mobile suit developers, is the protagonist of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam?
Kamille Bidan
Kamille Bidan strikes the officer who mocks his name, setting off events that end with him stealing a prototype mobile suit. He later designs the Zeta Gundam himself.
Axis began as a mining asteroid before Haman's faction took its name. In the 1988 film Char wins control of it through a sham peace treaty, then sets its course for the planet.
Q 24Which personal mobile suit of Haman Karn in Zeta Gundam attacks with remote weapons known as funnels?
Qubeley
The Qubeley's funnels are a simplified version of the mind-controlled "bits" seen in the original series. Flying it, Haman defeats Char in the final battle of the war.
Q 25Which teenage junk collector, the hero of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, finally defeats Haman Karn in a duel?
Judau Ashta
Judau Ashta starts out as a scrap dealer who is incredibly poor at combat in his first battle. He ends the series beating the Neo Zeon leader in the Double Zeta.
Q 26Which mobile suit does Char Aznable pilot against his old rival in the 1988 film Char's Counterattack?
Sazabi
The Sazabi is beaten in the final duel, and its pilot's escape pod is taken captive. A novel version of the story replaces it with a machine called the Nightingale.
Q 27Which masked Neo Zeon leader in Gundam Unicorn, pilot of the red Sinanju, is described as the second coming of Char?
Full Frontal
Full Frontal looks exactly like Char once the mask comes off, apart from a large scar. Even the story's young hero has to ask whether the two are the same man.
Q 28Which Gundam OVA, the first not directed by the franchise's creator, follows a young boy living on a neutral colony?
War in the Pocket
War in the Pocket was made to mark the franchise's tenth anniversary. As its subtitle suggests, it is a small, personal story about a child learning the true meaning of war.
Q 29Which Zeon ace steals a nuclear-armed Gundam prototype from a Federation facility in the OVA Stardust Memory?
Anavel Gato
Anavel Gato was already known as the Nightmare of Solomon for his exploits in the previous conflict. He later fires the stolen nuclear bazooka at a Federation naval review, devastating the assembled fleet.
Q 30Which playing-card crest marks Domon Kasshu as a member of the Shuffle Alliance in the series G Gundam?
King of Hearts
King of Hearts is a crest Domon inherits from the teacher who trained him for ten years. The other four members carry a queen, a jack, an ace and a black joker.