Mortal Kombat X
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50 free Mortal Kombat X trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Mortal Kombat X pushed the series a generation forward. Its story jumps decades ahead, hands the fight to the children of familiar heroes, and pairs them with some of the strangest newcomers the franchise has produced. This quiz covers the game from every side: the plot of the story mode, the fighters who debuted and the veterans who came back, the finishing moves and modes that were new, the horror and sci-fi guests sold as downloadable content, the voice cast, and the way the game was announced, marketed and received. It is written for players who finished the story and want to see how much stuck, and for MKX fans who know the roster inside out. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which horror-film killer was the first guest fighter announced for Mortal Kombat X's downloadable Kombat Pack?
Jason Voorhees
Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th was announced a month before launch, and Michael Myers of Halloween was considered for a slot but never made the roster.
Q 02Which finishing move, new in Mortal Kombat X, instantly kills the fighter of a player who disconnects mid-match?
Quitality
Quitality punishes deserters by killing their fighter on the spot, one of two finisher types the game added alongside Faction Kills.
Q 03Cassie Cage, the hero of Mortal Kombat X's story mode, is the daughter of Johnny Cage and which fighter?
Sonya
Sonya Blade marries Johnny Cage after the first war of the story, and the two later divorce while their daughter grows up to lead a new team of young fighters.
Q 04Cassie Cage's critically praised signature Fatality in Mortal Kombat X is named after which smartphone habit?
Taking a selfie
Taking a selfie is one of the character's trademark mannerisms, along with blowing bubble gum, and critics ranked the Fatality among the best in the game.
Q 05Which country got Mortal Kombat X months late because the game at first had no age rating there?
Germany
Germany's official release was held back because the game at first had no USK age rating; it went on sale there months after the worldwide launch, uncut.
Q 06Which metal band supplied a 2001 hit for Mortal Kombat X's launch trailer, directed by one of its own members?
System of a Down
System of a Down member Shavo Odadjian directed the live-action commercial himself. It was set to the band's track Chop Suey!
Q 07How is the X in the title Mortal Kombat X officially pronounced, according to the game's own director?
As the letter X
As the letter X, not the Roman numeral, a point the director had to clear up because the game really is the tenth main entry in the series.
Q 08Which four-armed Shokan veteran was offered as the pre-order bonus fighter for Mortal Kombat X?
Goro
Goro, the sub-boss of the original game, was later sold separately and bundled into Kombat Pack 2 for players who had missed the pre-order.
Q 09Which Aztec-inspired newcomer rules Outworld as its emperor during the story of Mortal Kombat X?
Kotal Kahn
Kotal Kahn overthrew the previous empress and is voiced by Phil LaMarr; his people, the Osh-Tekk, draw their powers from the sun.
Q 10The name of Mortal Kombat X's swarm-commanding newcomer D'Vorah is derived from the Hebrew word for which creature?
Bee
Bee suits a Kytinn, a humanoid race with insect and arachnid traits; in the story she serves Outworld's emperor while secretly working for his enemies.
Q 11Ninjutsu, Hellfire and Inferno are the three selectable fighting styles of which Mortal Kombat X cover character?
Scorpion
Scorpion fronts the North American box art, and his Inferno style lets him summon hellspawn minions while Ninjutsu arms him with dual swords.
Q 12What name does Mortal Kombat X give to the three selectable move sets available for each fighter?
Variations
Variations change a fighter's special moves, so picking a character became a two-step choice: one set might add weapons while another summons helpers.
Q 13Which returning ninja becomes Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei clan in the story of Mortal Kombat X?
Sub-Zero
Sub-Zero takes over the clan after killing the cyborg Sektor, then uses data from Sektor's memory banks to end his long feud with a rival clan's leader.
Q 21Which finisher from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 returned in Mortal Kombat X as a special move landed as the final blow?
Brutality
Brutality once meant a long combo that made the loser explode; here it is an ordinary move that turns lethal when it wins the last round under set conditions.
Q 22Which Mortal Kombat X mode has players explore areas in first-person view to unlock in-game items?
The Krypt
The Krypt swaps the side-on fighting view for a first-person walk through areas full of unlockables, one of several modes beside the story and the towers.
Q 23Which two-section meter, added under the health bar in Mortal Kombat X, is spent on runs and back dashes?
Stamina
Q 14Which deposed empress wages a civil war against Outworld's new emperor in the story of Mortal Kombat X?
Mileena
Mileena lost the throne when it emerged she was not the old emperor's biological daughter, and her rebellion ends with her capture and execution.
Q 15Which sorcerer commands the undead revenants in Mortal Kombat X until he is beheaded in the story mode?
Quan Chi
Quan Chi finishes the spell that frees Shinnok moments before losing his head, so killing him comes too late to stop the villain's return.
Q 16At the start of Mortal Kombat X's story, the fallen Elder God Shinnok is imprisoned inside which object?
His own amulet
His own amulet becomes the prize of the whole plot, passing through many hands over twenty-five years before a spell finally lets him out.
Q 17Which protector of Earthrealm ends Mortal Kombat X's story corrupted after purifying the realm's life force?
Raiden
Raiden is darkened by the cleansing and closes the game by delivering a villain's severed, still-living head as a warning to the Netherrealm's new rulers.
Q 18What name does Mortal Kombat X give the source of Earthrealm's life force that Shinnok corrupts?
The Jinsei
The Jinsei is kept in a chamber at the Sky Temple, and entering it turns the villain into a powerful demon who serves as the final boss.
Q 19Which two revenants are ruling the Netherrealm when the story of Mortal Kombat X comes to an end?
Liu Kang and Kitana
Liu Kang and Kitana, fallen heroes raised as undead, hold the throne of the underworld and receive a grim warning in the final scene.
Q 20Takeda, a whip-wielding newcomer in Mortal Kombat X raised by another clan, is the son of which returning fighter?
Kenshi
Kenshi handed the boy over for training after the murder of the child's mother, wanting him properly prepared to avenge her.
Stamina Meter sections are also consumed by combo breakers and stage interactions, which makes constant running a trade-off against escape options.
Q 24Which type of special attack in Mortal Kombat X costs all three sections of a full energy meter?
X-Ray move
X-Ray move attacks came in with the energy meter in the 2011 game; one section instead buys an enhanced special and two buy a combo breaker.
Q 25Mortal Kombat X's usable stage objects were carried over from which 2013 superhero fighting game by the same studio?
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Injustice: Gods Among Us let fighters use parts of the scenery, and the idea returned here for repositioning and for grabbing improvised weapons.
Q 26Which of these is one of the five factions players can join in Mortal Kombat X's online Faction Wars?
White Lotus
White Lotus sits alongside the Black Dragon, Brotherhood of Shadow, Lin Kuei and Special Forces, and the week's winning side unlocks its own finishing move.
Q 27Which classic stage was added to Mortal Kombat X in a free update released alongside Kombat Pack 2?
The Pit
The Pit arrived with balance changes and rollback netcode, and stage Fatalities, missing at launch, came back on three of the arenas.
Q 28Which horror-film icon joined Mortal Kombat X as a guest fighter in Kombat Pack 2?
Leatherface
Leatherface of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was one of two film guests in the second pack, following two others in the first.
Q 29The creature from which sci-fi horror film series joined Mortal Kombat X as a Kombat Pack 2 guest?
Alien
Alien supplied its Xenomorph as a playable fighter; the Terminator was also considered as a guest at one point but was left out.
Q 30Which Kombat Pack 2 fighter in Mortal Kombat X can play as Sektor, Cyrax or Smoke depending on the style chosen?
Triborg
Triborg is a new machine built from the minds of several Lin Kuei cyborgs, though he plays no part in the game's story.