Q 01/05

Under what name was Peach introduced in the West in the 1985 Super Mario Bros.?

A) Princess Toadstool

B) Princess Daisy

C) Princess Pauline

D) Princess Lina

Answer · why

A) Princess Toadstool

In Japan she was always Peach; the Toadstool name came from the English-language manual.

Q 02/05

Who created Princess Peach?

A) Yoshiaki Koizumi

B) Shigeru Miyamoto

C) Gunpei Yokoi

D) Takashi Tezuka

Answer · why

B) Shigeru Miyamoto

Miyamoto drew her first, then had Yoichi Kotabe redraw her with cat-like eyes, stubborn but a little cute.

Q 03/05

Who voices Peach in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)?

A) Jessica DiCicco

B) Samantha Kelly

C) Anya Taylor-Joy

D) Jennifer Lawrence

Answer · why

C) Anya Taylor-Joy

Jessica DiCicco voiced Baby Peach in the same film; Taylor-Joy returned for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

Q 04/05

Which character was Mario's love interest before Peach, in 1981's Donkey Kong?

A) Daisy

B) Rosalina

C) Toadette

D) Pauline

Answer · why

D) Pauline

Miyamoto had wanted Olive Oyl but could not get the Popeye licence, so Pauline was created instead.

Q 05/05

Which 1993 game was the first Western release to use the name Peach?

A) Yoshi's Safari

B) Super Mario 64

C) Mario Kart 64

D) Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Answer · why

A) Yoshi's Safari

Wario Land still called her Toadstool a year later; Mario Kart 64 made Peach standard in the West from 1996.