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This Zelda trivia quiz has 183 free questions with answers and runs the length of the series, from the 1986 NES original through Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, The Wind Waker, the Oracle games, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword and A Link Between Worlds to Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. It asks about Link, Zelda and Ganon, the Triforce and the Golden Goddesses, Hyrule's races and regions, the items, dungeons and enemies, and how the games were made. The last dozen questions are TotK trivia for players who finished Tears of the Kingdom: the Depths and gloom, Ultrahand, Fuse, Ascend and Autobuild, Rauru and the Zonai, the Imprisoning War, the Light Dragon, the new sages and the game's record-breaking launch. Easy questions suit anyone who has played a Zelda game; the hard ones will test lifelong fans. Every answer has been checked against a reference source, and the citation appears under each question once you have answered.
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Q 01The original Legend of Zelda grew out of its lead designer's boyhood adventures in which Japanese region's countryside?
Kyoto
Kyoto's countryside is where the future designer, as a boy, found a cave and later came back to go inside.
Q 02Which Zelda II villager's odd self-introduction became a famous gaming meme?
Error
Error's line 'I am Error' became a meme, and he likely forms a two-part joke with Bagu, a character whose name translates as 'bug'.
Q 03Which village does Link call home at the start of Twilight Princess?
Ordon Village
Ordon Village is where Link works as a ranch hand until Twilight engulfs Hyrule and drags him into the fight to lift it.
Q 04Link has been playable in every entry of which fighting game series?
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. began as a prototype with original fighters, until its director swapped them for Nintendo's own famous characters.
Q 05Which 2011 book finally revealed the official timeline of the Zelda series after years of fan speculation?
Hyrule Historia
Hyrule Historia arrived for the series' 25th anniversary, and preorders for its English edition pushed Fifty Shades of Grey off the top of Amazon's US chart.
Q 06Which little sister of Link does a giant bird carry off from Outset Island?
Aryll
Aryll's kidnapping by the monstrous Helmaroc King sends Link out to sea, where a crew of pirates agrees to help him rescue her.
Q 07What item allows Link to traverse large gaps by grappling onto distant targets?
Hookshot
The Hookshot is a classic Zelda item that fires a chain with a hook, enabling Link to reach otherwise inaccessible areas and solve puzzles.
Q 08Which rock-eating race greets friends as 'Brother' in the Zelda series?
Gorons
Gorons can roll at high speed like boulders, and in Ocarina of Time their leader Darunia befriends Link.
Q 09Who composed most of the iconic music for The Legend of Zelda series?
Koji Kondo
Koji Kondo is a legendary Nintendo composer responsible for many of the most recognizable themes in video game history, including those from The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario.
Q 10Which fairy does the Great Deku Tree instruct to act as Link's guide?
Navi
Navi shouts 'Hey!' and 'Listen!' whenever she has advice for Link.
Q 11Which princess rules the ruined parallel kingdom that mirrors Hyrule?
Hilda
Hilda's ancestors destroyed their kingdom's own sacred relic to end a civil war, and the land decayed without it.
Q 12Which N64 button gave Ocarina of Time's lock-on targeting its name?
The Z button
Z-targeting, named for the Z button, keeps the camera centred on an enemy so Link can circle it and strike precisely.
Q 13Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were both remade for which handheld console?
Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS remakes added hint videos to Ocarina of Time 3D and gave Majora's Mask 3D a far more thorough quest log.
Q 21Which of the three Golden Goddesses is said to embody courage?
Farore
Farore created the land's races and living things, while her fellow goddesses shaped its geography and its laws.
Q 22Which game introduced switching between the Light World and Dark World?
A Link to the Past
A Link to the Past's Dark World is a dilapidated counterpart of Hyrule, and Link crosses into it through portals.
Q 23Which of the four Champions was a princess of the water-dwelling race?
Mipha
Her gift, Mipha's Grace, revives Link once when he falls, then recharges over time.
Which mischievous imp rides on Link's back and gives him cryptic advice in Twilight Princess?
Q 14What magical artifact, split into three pieces, is said to grant wishes to whoever touches it?
Triforce
The Triforce grants any wish, but if someone with an unbalanced heart touches it, it splits into three pieces that pass to three different people.
Q 15Which elder, once a servant of the royal family, guides Link after he awakens in Breath of the Wild?
Impa
Impa has guarded Zelda's family across the series, and in the original game's story she is the nursemaid Zelda sends to find a hero.
Q 16In the Zelda series, which childlike forest people each have a guardian fairy?
Kokiri
The Kokiri live in a forest guarded by the Great Deku Tree and are said to die if they ever leave it.
Q 17Which travelling merchant, first seen running a floating shop boat, keeps turning up across the Zelda series to sell Link items?
Beedle
Beedle kept his shop on the water at first, but in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom he travels Hyrule on foot under a huge backpack.
Q 18Link smashes pots and cuts grass to collect which colour-coded currency of Hyrule throughout the Zelda series?
Rupees
Rupees share a name with India's currency; they come in colours that signal value and turn up in grass, pots and chests.
Q 19Who is one of the co-creators and producers of The Legend of Zelda series?
Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto said finding a lake while hiking as a boy taught him how an adventure feels, and he built that feeling into the first game.
Q 20Which handheld stone tablet lets Link mark waypoints and photograph creatures?
Sheikah Slate
The Sheikah Slate's runes let Link move metal objects, raise ice blocks from water and briefly freeze things in time.
Midna
Midna is really the rightful ruler of the Twilight Realm, cursed into her imp form by the king who stole her throne.
Q 25Whose orchestral work was planned as the original Legend of Zelda's title theme until a copyright problem?
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel's Boléro was still under copyright in Japan, so it was swapped for other music shortly before release.
Q 26Where can Link have his health restored completely by a magical being?
A Great Fairy Fountain
A Great Fairy Fountain refills every heart, and in many games its Great Fairy also enchants Link's gear into more powerful versions.
Q 27Which of Link's abilities in Tears of the Kingdom rewinds an object's movement?
Recall
Recall can send an enemy's projectile back the way it came, straight into the attacker.
Q 28What is the name of the avian race that lives on Dragon Roost Island?
Rito
The Rito serve as postal carriers across the great sea, and each member earns their wings from the dragon above their island.
Q 29What is the name of the whale-like deity that guards Koholint Island?
The Wind Fish
Waking the Wind Fish makes Koholint Island and everyone on it fade away, because the whole island is the Wind Fish's dream.
Q 30In Breath of the Wild, the old man Link meets on the Great Plateau turns out to be whose spirit?
King Rhoam
King Rhoam was Hyrule's last king, and he was Princess Zelda's father.