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40 free Mario Kart Tour trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Mario Kart Tour put Nintendo's kart racer on phones in 2019 and kept adding to it for years, with themed tours that rotated every two weeks. By the time its servers closed in 2026 it had gathered the biggest cast the series has ever seen: well over two hundred drivers once every costume variant is counted. This quiz is built around that cast. It covers the newcomers who had never raced before, the old faces who came back after decades away, the special items tied to particular drivers, and the outfits that filled out the roster. A few questions step back to the game itself: its real-world city tracks, its paid extras and how it was received. It is written for anyone who played on the commute and wants to see how much of the roster they remember, with easier questions first and a handful of deep cuts for collectors who chased every High-End driver.
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Q 01Which famous character could not be unlocked in Mario Kart Tour at launch, despite driving in its trailers and tutorial?
Luigi
Luigi drove in the trailers, the tutorial and the beta, yet players had to wait about a month, until the 2019 Halloween Tour, to unlock him. Critics counted his absence among the launch's letdowns.
Q 02Which mayor of New Donk City made her Mario Kart debut as a High-End driver in Mario Kart Tour?
Pauline
Pauline was officially confirmed only a day before release, though her name had slipped out on the game's App Store page almost a month earlier.
Q 03Which broom-riding villain, cut from Mario Kart 64 before release, at last became playable in Mario Kart Tour?
Kamek
Kamek sat on an early Mario Kart 64 character-select screen before being swapped out, then waited until 2021 to race, in a tour named after him.
Q 04Which racer from the 1992 original returned in Mario Kart Tour as a flat 2D sprite, his first series drive since?
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong Jr. came back in his 16-bit look for the Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary, racing as a pixel sprite among fully 3D rivals.
Q 05In Mario Kart Tour, holding three identical items at once triggers which invincible state of unlimited item use?
Frenzy
Frenzy lets a driver fire the same item again and again while invincible for a few seconds. A single race allows at most three of them.
Q 06Which city gave its name to Mario Kart Tour's first tour and to a launch course subtitled Minute?
New York
New York hosted the opening tour in September 2019. Its city course later grew to four routes, a joint record for the game.
Q 07Which High-End launch driver in Mario Kart Tour is really Toadette transformed by the Super Crown power-up?
Peachette
Peachette made her Mario Kart debut here as a character separate from Toadette, so the two can line up on the same starting grid.
Q 08Which gems, swapped in for the beta test's emeralds, served as Mario Kart Tour's premium currency?
Rubies
Rubies could be bought with real money or earned from daily logins and level-ups. In the beta, when they were green, they could not be purchased at all.
Q 09Which newcomers joined Mario Kart Tour in March 2022, each of their racing suits carrying its own special skill?
Miis
Miis arrived with a tour of their own and a free red racing suit for every player. Sixty-five suits were released in all.
Q 10Which feature did a July 2020 update add to Mario Kart Tour, ten months after launch?
Landscape mode
Landscape mode arrived on July 21, 2020, with a new control layout. Until then the game could only be played with the phone held upright.
Q 11Which Super Mario 64 boss, the first one fought, made his first playable appearance anywhere in Mario Kart Tour?
King Bob-omb
King Bob-omb became playable in the 2020 Pirate Tour, and his special item suits him: a giant bomb that bounces three times before it blows.
Q 12Which bow-wearing, egg-firing character returned in Mario Kart Tour for her first playable drive since Mario Kart Wii?
Birdo
Birdo came back in the 2019 Holiday Tour and went on to race in nine colors, from light blue to black and white.
Q 13Which classic Mario Kart feature reached Mario Kart Tour in October 2022, alongside the removal of its gacha?
Battle Mode
Battle Mode came in the same update that scrapped the random-draw gacha for a regular shop, and it let players customize the balloons on their karts.
Q 21Which plant boss from Super Mario Sunshine returned in Mario Kart Tour, his first playable drive since the GameCube era?
Petey Piranha
Petey Piranha arrived in 2022 as a Large High-End driver with a tour themed around his species, and a gold version of him followed that Halloween.
Q 22Which feline form of Bowser, the final boss of Super Mario 3D World, races as a High-End Mario Kart Tour driver?
Meowser
Meowser debuted in the New Year's 2022 Tour beside a cat-suited Rosalina, and he keeps the standard Bowser insignia on his karts.
Q 23Which bag-carrying thief from New Super Mario Bros. U made his playable Mario Kart debut in Mario Kart Tour?
Nabbit
Nabbit raced from the 2020 Wild West Tour, and his first spotlight paired him with a Carrot Kart, a nod to his rabbit looks.
Q 14Which engine class in Mario Kart Tour could only be raced by players paying for the monthly Gold Pass?
200cc
200cc, which the game itself labels too fast, stayed behind the Gold Pass subscription until Nintendo opened the perks to everyone in the game's final weeks.
Q 15Which spotted dog from the Yoshi games became a High-End driver in Mario Kart Tour's 2023 Yoshi Tour?
Poochy
Poochy joined as a Large-class driver in April 2023, among the last brand-new characters added before new content stopped that October.
Q 16Before a 2022 overhaul, Mario Kart Tour's random drivers, karts and gliders were fired out of which object?
A pipe
A pipe usually came up green, but a golden one meant a High-End prize was about to launch. Each draw cost premium gems until a shop replaced the system.
Q 17Which masked Mario character races in Mario Kart Tour in Pastry Chef, Gold and Explorer outfits?
Shy Guy
Shy Guy has six High-End variants in all, on top of a rainbow of plain recolors. The basic red one was a launch driver.
Q 18Which European capital hosts the Mario Kart Tour city course named Promenade, known for its compact, overlapping routes?
Paris
Paris has an unusually small city course that starts on the Champs-Élysées facing the Arc de Triomphe, then glides racers under the Eiffel Tower.
Q 19Which Mario Kart referee, who fishes fallen racers back onto the track, is himself a playable Mario Kart Tour driver?
Lakitu
Lakitu became playable in the game's second tour, and his festive referee outfit later raced as a High-End variant called Party Time.
Q 20Which paid bonus round in Mario Kart Tour puts every player in the seat of magnet-like Gold Mario?
Coin Rush
Coin Rush cost premium gems to enter, and until 2023 it was the only place Gold Mario could be driven at all.
Q 24Which power-up is the special item of Mario Kart Tour's cat-suited drivers, knocking nearby karts and items away?
Super Bell
Super Bell is the Super Mario 3D World item that turns Mario and friends into cats. In a race it chimes three times in a row, spinning out rivals around Cat Peach and Cat Toad.
Q 25Which special item, new in Mario Kart Tour, do the doctor versions of Mario, Peach and Bowser throw at rivals?
Capsule
Capsule puts three colorful pills around the kart that bounce toward opponents when thrown, a nod to the puzzle game where Dr. Mario drops them on viruses.
Q 26Which special item surrounds King Boo's kart in Mario Kart Tour with a whole set of different items, all used at once?
Lucky Seven
Lucky Seven first appeared in Mario Kart 7. Mario Kart 8 answered it with the Crazy Eight, which adds one more item to the set.
Q 27Which city's Mario Kart Tour course, subtitled Blur, starts its standard layout on the Rainbow Bridge?
Tokyo
Tokyo was the game's second city, arriving two weeks after launch, and its course eventually offered four different routes.
Q 28Mario Kart Tour's city tracks reached the Nintendo Switch in 2022 through which paid add-on for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?
Booster Course Pass
Booster Course Pass added 48 tracks in six waves through 2023, and all fourteen of the mobile game's real-world city courses made the jump to the console.
Q 29Which unlockable Mario Kart 7 racer, left out of Mario Kart 8's original roster, returned in Mario Kart Tour in 2023?
Wiggler
Wiggler came back as a High-End driver whose in-game model has three body segments, one fewer than the official artwork shows.
Q 30Which of Bowser's Koopalings shares the protective Heart special item with Peach and Daisy in Mario Kart Tour?
Wendy
Wendy carries the Heart, a shield that soaks up a hit, and Mario Kart Tour is also where the logo of her car-interiors company first appears.