Q 01/05

Jason Jones couldn't bring himself to tell his mother Halo's code name 'Monkey Nuts', so it became what?

A) Kaboom!

B) Blam!

C) Gnop!

D) Pow!

Answer · why

B) Blam!

Blam! lasted until Bungie chose Halo in 1999, and when Microsoft's marketers later pushed to rename it, Bungie refused, so a Combat Evolved subtitle w...

Q 02/05

Halo was first announced in July 1999 at which event, before Microsoft bought its developer?

A) E3 in Los Angeles

B) Tokyo Game Show

C) Comdex Las Vegas

D) Macworld Expo

Answer · why

D) Macworld Expo

Macworld Expo is where Steve Jobs himself announced Halo in July 1999, billed then as a game for Mac and Windows computers.

Q 03/05

Bungie, Halo's original developer, was founded in 1991 in which city?

A) Seattle

B) Boston

C) Austin

D) Chicago

Answer · why

D) Chicago

Chicago stayed Bungie's home through its Mac games, until Microsoft bought the studio in 2000 and moved its team out of the city.

Q 04/05

Which Bungie Mac series, featuring the AI Durandal, was the studio's best-known shooter before Halo?

A) Myth II

B) Oni

C) Marathon

D) Minotaur

Answer · why

C) Marathon

Marathon was the seed of Halo: Bungie conceived the new game as an indirect successor, and it shaped Halo's story, look and gameplay.

Q 05/05

What is Master Chief's service designation?

A) John-117

B) John-104

C) Kelly-087

D) Frederic-104

Answer · why

A) John-117

John-117 was covertly taken from his home colony as a child and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program to be trained as a super-soldier.