Q 01/05

What was the publicly advertised purpose of the Vaults built across pre-War America?

A) To conduct social experiments on residents

B) To found off-world colonies after a catastrophe

C) To develop advanced weaponry in secret

D) To shelter citizens from nuclear war

Answer · why

D) To shelter citizens from nuclear war

Each Vault was sold as a shelter for up to a thousand people, but most were secretly built to run a different social experiment on the people inside.

Q 02/05

From which animal were Fallout's Deathclaws originally genetically engineered as a bioweapon before the Great War?

A) Komodo dragons

B) Gila monsters

C) Jackson's chameleons

D) Grizzly bears

Answer · why

C) Jackson's chameleons

Jackson's chameleons were the base stock: pre-War military scientists spliced the chameleon's DNA with other species to create Deathclaws as replaceme...

Q 03/05

Which casino boss ambushes the Courier and steals the Platinum Chip at the start of Fallout: New Vegas?

A) Swank

B) Benny

C) Caesar

D) Ulysses

Answer · why

B) Benny

Benny runs The Tops and wears a checkered suit; his tribe, the Boot-Riders, were renamed the Chairmen when they took over the casino.

Q 04/05

In Fallout 3, the player character begins their journey in which location?

A) Megaton

B) Vault 88

C) Vault 101

D) Rivet City

Answer · why

C) Vault 101

The player character is born and raised in Vault 101 beneath the Capital Wasteland, leaving at age 19 to search for their father James after he escape...

Q 05/05

What is the wrist-worn computer that manages quests, inventory and stats in every mainline Fallout game?

A) RobCo Terminal

B) Vault Boy

C) Pip-Boy

D) Mister Handy

Answer · why

C) Pip-Boy

The first two games feature the same physical unit, a Pip-Boy 2000 used by the Vault Dweller and later inherited by the Chosen One.

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