Q 01/05

Hearts of Iron IV launched on 6 June 2016, the 72nd anniversary of which Second World War event?

A) Normandy landings

B) Pearl Harbor attack

C) Battle of Stalingrad

D) Battle of the Bulge

Answer · why

A) Normandy landings

The Normandy landings began on 6 June 1944, and the game arrived exactly 72 years later after slipping from its planned 2015 release.

Q 02/05

Which Hearts of Iron IV mod imagines a world where the Central Powers won the First World War?

A) Road to 56

B) Kaiserreich

C) Millennium Dawn

D) BlackICE

Answer · why

B) Kaiserreich

Kaiserreich is widely considered the largest and most in-depth mod for the game, and it reached the Steam Workshop within six months of launch.

Q 03/05

Which Swedish metal band has teamed up with Hearts of Iron IV for several downloadable music packs?

A) Nightwish

B) Powerwolf

C) Sabaton

D) HammerFall

Answer · why

C) Sabaton

Sabaton's collaborations sit among the cosmetic and music packs sold as add-ons, separate from the expansions that bring focus trees.

Q 04/05

Which ideology completes the set of four in Hearts of Iron IV, alongside democratic, communist and fascist?

A) Monarchist

B) Nationalist

C) Authoritarian

D) Non-aligned

Answer · why

D) Non-aligned

Non-aligned is the catch-all ideology, covering monarchies, dictatorships and even the anarchists who can win the Spanish Civil War.

Q 05/05

Which nation, the historic Graveyard of Empires, lends that nickname to a Hearts of Iron IV country pack?

A) British Raj

B) Afghanistan

C) Saudi Arabia

D) Mongolia

Answer · why

B) Afghanistan

Afghanistan anchors the Graveyard of Empires pack, and its focus tree offers a choice between historical isolation and rapid industrialisation.