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50 free Tomb Raider trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Lara Croft walked out of a small British studio in 1996 and became one of the most recognizable characters in video games. Since then Tomb Raider has grown into a long line of games, three live-action films, comics and an animated series, and it is still sending her into places nobody else would go. This quiz covers the whole run: the classic games with their artifacts, villains and far-flung levels; the people and studios who made them; the reboot trilogy that retold Lara's origin; and the actresses who have played or voiced her on screen. It is written for anyone who has ever pushed a block, lined up a running jump or watched the movies. Most questions are fair game for casual fans, and a handful of deep cuts are there for players who know the series inside out.
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Q 01Tomb Raider's first design starred a male hero, dropped for being too similar to which film adventurer?
Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones loomed over the first sketches, a man with a whip and a hat, until Core Design's co-founder asked for more originality. The switch to a woman followed.
Q 02Which actress played Lara Croft in the 2001 Tomb Raider film and its sequel, The Cradle of Life?
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie acted opposite her real father, Jon Voight, who played Lord Croft, and the two wrote their scenes together.
Q 03Which butler can players trap inside the walk-in freezer at Croft Manor in Tomb Raider II?
Winston
Winston follows Lara around the house so slowly that players lead him into the freezer and shut the door. The remaster even awards an achievement for it.
Q 04Tomb Raider II opens with Lara Croft hunting the Dagger of Xian beneath which famous landmark?
The Great Wall
The Great Wall hides the Dagger's chamber, and Lara's escape at the end of the game blows part of it apart.
Q 05Which secretive US site does Lara Croft infiltrate to recover the artifact Element 115 in Tomb Raider III?
Area 51
Area 51 holds the artifact inside an alien spacecraft guarded by the US government, reached after Lara crosses a Nevada desert canyon.
Q 06Which legendary sword does Lara Croft race her former friend Amanda Evert to find in Tomb Raider: Legend?
Excalibur
Excalibur turns out to be one of many ancient swords, broken into pieces and scattered across the world by King Arthur's knights.
Q 07Which mythical weapon, the key to Helheim, does Lara Croft seek in Tomb Raider: Underworld?
Thor's hammer
Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, kills most enemies instantly once Lara finally wields it in the last two levels.
Q 08Scenes for the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider were shot at the Ta Prohm temple in which country?
Cambodia
Cambodia had not hosted a major film shoot since Lord Jim in 1964, before the years of Khmer Rouge rule.
Q 09Which British actor played American treasure hunter Alex West in the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider?
Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig took the part five years before his debut as James Bond in Casino Royale.
Q 10Which mythical object, said to hold a deadly plague, does Lara Croft hunt in the film The Cradle of Life?
Pandora's box
Pandora's box floats in a pool of black acid when Lara finds it, a nod to one of the myths about it. MI6 tips her off to the hunt.
Q 11Which console received the original Tomb Raider first in 1996, shortly before it reached the PlayStation?
Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn owners in Europe played it first under a timed exclusivity deal, which forced the developers to finish that version six weeks early.
Q 12In which English city did Core Design create Lara Croft and the first six Tomb Raider games?
Derby
Derby now has a road named Lara Croft Way and gives the character a place on its walk of fame.
Q 13Which artist created Lara Croft, left Core Design in 1997 and returned for Tomb Raider: Legend?
Toby Gard
Toby Gard went through about five designs before settling on Lara's final look, and co-wrote the story of Legend on his return.
Q 21The 1996 Tomb Raider begins with Lara Croft seeking the tomb of Qualopec in which country's mountains?
Peru
Peru is the first of the game's four zones, followed by Greece, Egypt and the lost island of Atlantis.
Q 22The first Tomb Raider sends Lara Croft after three pieces of which artifact from Atlantis?
The Scion
The Scion was split between three rulers, and the businesswoman who hires Lara to find it turns out to be the one who betrayed the other two.
Q 23Which businesswoman hires Lara Croft in the first Tomb Raider, then proves to be the game's villain?
Jacqueline Natla
Jacqueline Natla returns as an enemy in Underworld, more than a decade after Lara first sent her tumbling into a crevasse.
Q 14What was Lara Croft called during early development, when she was written as a South American adventurer?
Laura Cruz
Laura Cruz became Lara after a look through a baby-names book, and her new surname was picked out of a local phone book.
Q 15Which British publisher released the first Tomb Raider in 1996 and owned its developer, Core Design?
Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive later licensed Lara out to television adverts selling Visa cards and SEAT cars.
Q 16Which Japanese company took ownership of Tomb Raider in 2009 by buying Lara Croft's British publisher?
Square Enix
Square Enix oversaw the 2013 reboot and its two sequels, then sold the series to Embracer Group in 2022.
Q 17Which American studio, makers of Legacy of Kain, took over the Tomb Raider games from Core Design?
Crystal Dynamics
Crystal Dynamics started work in 2004 in California, and its first effort, Legend, arrived two years later.
Q 18Which Tomb Raider game's troubled 2003 release cost Core Design control of the series it had created?
Angel of Darkness
Angel of Darkness arrived after a production beset by problems, and its planned sequels were scrapped. The next game went to an American studio.
Q 19Which 2007 Tomb Raider game is a full remake of Lara Croft's original 1996 adventure?
Anniversary
Anniversary began as a Core Design project to mark the first game's tenth birthday, but that version was cancelled and the series' new studio built the remake instead.
Q 20Which Tomb Raider game came with a level editor on PC, letting fans build tombs of their own?
Chronicles
Chronicles was the last game built on that generation of technology, so Core Design put its level-building tools on a second disc.
Q 24In which Italian city does Lara Croft race a speedboat to an abandoned opera house in Tomb Raider II?
Venice
Venice gave the game's composer one of his favorite pieces, written to sound like Baroque music in the style of Vivaldi.
Q 25Which vehicle does Lara Croft ride through the foothills of Tibet in Tomb Raider II?
A snowmobile
A snowmobile was one of the vehicles newly added for the sequel; the original game had kept Lara on foot.
Q 26In Tomb Raider II, anyone who plunges the Dagger of Xian into their own heart becomes which creature?
A dragon
A dragon is what cult leader Marco Bartoli becomes for the final battle, which Lara ends by pulling the Dagger back out of his heart.
Q 27On which continent, the site of an ancient meteorite crater, does Tomb Raider III reach its finale?
Antarctica
Antarctica closes the game with water so cold that Lara can swim in it for only a few seconds.
Q 28Taking the Amulet of Horus frees which god in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation?
Set
Set, the god of chaos, breaks loose from his tomb, and Lara spends the rest of the game trying to summon his rival to lock him away again.
Q 29Which mentor of the teenage Lara Croft turns against her in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation?
Werner Von Croy
Werner Von Croy's haste sets off a trap in the opening flashback, forcing Lara to escape without him. Years later he pays her guide to betray her.
Q 30In the classic Tomb Raider backstory, Lara Croft survives a plane crash at 21 in which mountain range?
The Himalayas
The Himalayas left her stranded for two weeks, an ordeal that turned her away from her old life and toward adventure.