Q 01/05

Which Finnish company developed the original Angry Birds game?

A) Rovio

B) Remedy

C) Housemarque

D) Supercell

Answer · why

A) Rovio

Rovio had made 51 games for other publishers before Angry Birds became its own hit franchise.

Q 02/05

What have the green pigs stolen from the birds in the original game?

A) Their slingshot

B) Their eggs

C) Their feathers

D) Their nests

Answer · why

B) Their eggs

The pigs hide inside structures of wood, glass and stone, and the birds are launched at them one at a time.

Q 03/05

What device do players use to launch the birds?

A) A cannon

B) A trebuchet

C) A catapult

D) A slingshot

Answer · why

D) A slingshot

Designers tried a swing first because the slingshot seemed too obvious, but testers understood it instantly.

Q 04/05

In which year was the original Angry Birds released for mobile devices?

A) 2009

B) 2012

C) 2010

D) 2011

Answer · why

A) 2009

It soft-launched in Finland on December 1 and went worldwide on iOS ten days later.

Q 05/05

Which 2009 Flash game inspired the physics-based gameplay of Angry Birds?

A) Boom Blox

B) Crush the Castle

C) Bloons

D) Fantastic Contraption

Answer · why

B) Crush the Castle

The visual concept came first, from a designer's sketch of angry-eyebrowed birds attacking colour-coded structures.