Q 01/05

Which Age of Empires II cavalry civilization never needs to build houses to support its population?

A) Mongols

B) Huns

C) Magyars

D) Tatars

Answer · why

B) Huns

The Huns start every game with their population room already at the maximum, a bonus designed to make them feel like rampaging nomads. A test build th...

Q 02/05

Which classic sports car, firing bullets at its targets, appears when a cheat code is typed into Age of Empires II?

A) Ford Mustang

B) Dodge Viper

C) Aston Martin DB5

D) AC Cobra

Answer · why

D) AC Cobra

The AC Cobra behaves like a very fast-firing gunner on wheels, tough enough to mow down whole armies. Its shots also hurt friendly units that wander i...

Q 03/05

Which Age of Empires II siege weapon is built at the Castle and must be unpacked before it fires?

A) Mangonel

B) Bombard Cannon

C) Trebuchet

D) Battering Ram

Answer · why

C) Trebuchet

The Trebuchet has the highest attack of any unit in the game, so its main job is flattening enemy Castles from a safe distance. It is helpless against...

Q 04/05

Which French heroine leads an Age of Empires II campaign against the English in the Hundred Years' War?

A) Joanna of Flanders

B) Joan of Arc

C) Jeanne de Clisson

D) Christine de Pizan

Answer · why

B) Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc is one of only two heroes in the original campaigns whom the player controls as a unit on the map. In the others, orders come from guiding...

Q 05/05

Which film franchise borrowed the Age of Empires II engine for its 2001 strategy game Galactic Battlegrounds?

A) Star Trek

B) Stargate

C) Star Wars

D) Alien

Answer · why

C) Star Wars

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds was made by LucasArts and leaned heavily on the older game's mechanics as well as its engine. Empire Earth and Cossa...