Mario Kart 7
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50 free Mario Kart 7 trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Mario Kart 7 took the series into the air and under the sea. Released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2011, it let players build a kart from separate parts for the first time, then sent them gliding off ramps and diving through flooded stretches of track. This quiz covers the whole game, starting with the question players still search for: how to unlock the gold kart, its matching tires and its glider. From there it moves through the new faces on the starting grid, the items that arrived and the ones that vanished, the courses built for the game and the classics brought back, and the hurried development that got it onto shelves for Christmas. It is written for anyone who wore out a Circle Pad chasing every trophy, with easy questions up front and a few deep cuts for players who know every kart body by name.
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Q 01Which series regular was left off the Mario Kart 7 roster even though his pinball course returns?
Waluigi
Waluigi had raced in every main entry since his debut, yet here he turns up only as a statue built into the returning pinball table.
Q 02What does a kart in Mario Kart 7 sprout from its rear when it drives underwater?
A propeller
A propeller unfolds behind the kart, and speed, handling and drifting all change below the surface. It was the first time the series let racers drive fully submerged.
Q 03Mario Kart 7's Rainbow Road crosses the cratered, low-gravity surface of what, dodging Chain Chomps?
The Moon
The Moon is one stop on a course that also runs along the rings of Saturn. It was the first Rainbow Road built as a single long lap in three parts.
Q 04Which of these items is one of the seven that Mario Kart 7's Lucky Seven sets circling the kart?
Blooper
Blooper joins a Banana, a Green Shell, a Red Shell, a Mushroom, a Star and a Bob-omb in the set. Only human players can draw the Lucky Seven in a normal race.
Q 05How many coins unlock the Gold Standard kart body in Mario Kart 7 without racing online?
20,000
20,000 coins buys the Gold Standard, which British versions simply call the Gold Kart. With a cap of ten coins a race, that means at least two thousand races.
Q 06With nearly 19 million copies sold, Mario Kart 7 holds which sales record?
Best-selling 3DS game
Best-selling 3DS game is a title it earned fast: more than two million copies went in Japan alone during its first two months on sale.
Q 07Wuhu Loop and Maka Wuhu in Mario Kart 7 take place on the holiday island of which Wii game?
Wii Sports Resort
Wii Sports Resort lent its title theme as well: both courses play an arrangement of it. Each one is a single long run split into three sections instead of laps.
Q 08Metal Mario first races in Mario Kart 7 in which weight class, despite driving a mid-size kart?
Heavy
Heavy puts him alongside Bowser and Wario at the top for speed and weight, while his mid-size kart makes him a smaller target than either of them.
Q 09In Mario Kart 7 Download Play, which driver must every guest without a game card race as?
Shy Guy
Shy Guy fills every guest seat, each in a different colour, as he did in Mario Kart DS. This was also the first game to offer him as a regular selectable driver.
Q 10Winning Grand Prix cups in Mario Kart 7 unlocks which extra class beyond 50cc, 100cc and 150cc?
Mirror
Mirror reruns the 150cc Grand Prix with every course flipped left to right, so each familiar turn and jump ends up on the opposite side.
Q 11Which Super Mario Bros. power-up first became a usable racing item in Mario Kart 7?
Fire Flower
Fire Flower holders can throw up to ten fireballs, forwards or backwards. Players already knew it as the emblem of the Flower Cup, a job it has had in every game.
Q 12Which new item in Mario Kart 7 gives the kart a striped tail to swat rivals and deflect shells?
Super Leaf
Super Leaf tails last ten seconds and sweep up nearby coins as they swing. The item was dropped again for Mario Kart 8.
Q 13Which feared item lost its wings in Mario Kart 7 and now skims the road toward first place?
Spiny Shell
Spiny Shell models here are larger than before and knock over anyone in their path. None can be drawn during the opening 30 seconds of a race.
Q 21Which new course in Mario Kart 7 is raced entirely in pouring rain that reduces the karts' traction?
Neo Bowser City
Neo Bowser City, called Koopa City in British versions, is a neon-lit metropolis and the first course themed on the villain that is not a version of his castle.
Q 22Which instruments work like trampolines on Music Park in Mario Kart 7, bouncing karts into the air?
Tambourines
Tambourines launch karts upward on a course built from instruments, where a giant piano and xylophone sound their notes as racers drive across the keys.
Q 23Which Mario Kart 7 course copies the underground levels of Super Mario Bros., blue Goombas included?
Piranha Plant Slide
Q 14Which trap, first seen in Mario Kart 64, was dropped from main entries starting with Mario Kart 7?
Fake Item Box
Fake Item Box traps, look-alikes of the real thing, had featured in four earlier games. Leftover data for one sits unused in Mario Kart 7's files.
Q 15Which Super Mario Galaxy character was shrunk to kart size for a playable debut in Mario Kart 7?
Honey Queen
Honey Queen races as a heavyweight and arrived with a signature kart body, the Bumble V, plus a battle arena of her own, Honeybee Hive.
Q 16Which first-time driver in Mario Kart 7 turns red with anger whenever its kart spins out?
Wiggler
Wiggler was trimmed to three body segments to fit in a kart, and its upper pair of arms fling wide whenever it gets a speed boost.
Q 17Which newcomer to the Mario Kart 7 roster usually works as the series referee, riding a cloud?
Lakitu
Lakitu the driver wears a red shell, which tells him apart from the green-shelled referee who is on duty in the very same races.
Q 18Which driver is unlocked in Mario Kart 7 by finishing every Grand Prix cup in any one engine class?
Mii
Mii racers are the only unlockable drivers not tied to winning a particular 150cc cup, and both Wuhu Island courses count as their home tracks.
Q 19The Gold Standard kart in Mario Kart 7 could also be earned by hitting 10,000 in which online score?
VS Rating
VS Rating, or VR, started every player at 1,000 and moved with each online finish. Since official online play ended in 2024, collecting coins is the only route left.
Q 20Mario Kart 7's Gold Glider unlocks with coins or after 100 encounters through which 3DS feature?
StreetPass
StreetPass lets consoles that pass each other trade data without their owners lifting a finger. Together with the Gold Standard body and the Gold Tires, the glider completes the all-gold kart.
Piranha Plant Slide opens with water slides that drop underground, echoing the entrance to World 1-2. British versions call it Piranha Plant Pipeway.
Q 24Which Mario Kart Wii course returns in Mario Kart 7's Banana Cup with its Piantas removed?
Coconut Mall
Coconut Mall lost its Piantas on the 3DS, so coloured arrows were added to show which escalators go up and which go down.
Q 25Which Mario Kart 64 course returns in Mario Kart 7 with a steam train that crosses the track?
Kalimari Desert
Kalimari Desert gained ramps that let karts glide right over the rails, while the railway tunnel that players once sneaked into was put out of bounds.
Q 26Which Mario Kart DS course returns in Mario Kart 7 with Banzai Bills in place of its Bullet Bills?
Airship Fortress
Airship Fortress fires its Banzai Bills at faster intervals than the original's Bullet Bills did, and its cannon still shoots racers into the fortress tower.
Q 27Which earlier game supplied only one classic course to Mario Kart 7, fewer than any other?
Super Circuit
Super Circuit is represented only by Bowser Castle 1, rebuilt in 3D with stone pillars rising from the lava and a glide ramp that appears partway through the race.
Q 28DK Jungle in Mario Kart 7, home to Tiki Goons and Screaming Pillars, is based on which platformer?
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Country Returns also supplied DK's Tree House and the Frogoons, and the course was built by that game's own developers.
Q 29Which opening course of Mario Kart 7 appears on the cover art and hosts the award ceremony?
Toad Circuit
Toad Circuit has giant inflatables of its namesake floating above the track, and it plays the same music as the game's Mario Circuit.
Q 30Which Mushroom Cup course gives Mario Kart 7 players their first taste of underwater racing?
Cheep Cheep Lagoon
Cheep Cheep Lagoon drops racers off a bridge into the water, where clam-like Clampys open to reveal coins and item boxes.