Q 01/05

Up to how many players parachute onto the map at the start of a standard PUBG match?

A) 100

B) 120

C) 150

D) 200

Answer · why

A) 100

Players can drop solo, in duos or in squads of up to four, and the last player or team alive wins.

Q 02/05

What phrase is shown to the last player or team standing at the end of a PUBG match?

A) Last one standing

B) Victory royale

C) Winner winner chicken dinner

D) You are the champion

Answer · why

C) Winner winner chicken dinner

Greene had used the idiom in his earlier mods; its origins go back at least to the Great Depression.

Q 03/05

What is the online handle of Brendan Greene, the game's creator?

A) DrDisrespect

B) PlayerUnknown

C) Summit1g

D) TimTheTatman

Answer · why

B) PlayerUnknown

The game was originally titled PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and quietly rebranded around July 2021.

Q 04/05

Greene's earliest mod efforts drew on which book series before he moved away to avoid copyright issues?

A) Lord of the Flies

B) The Maze Runner

C) Divergent

D) The Hunger Games

Answer · why

D) The Hunger Games

Players were to fight over a central weapons stockpile; he spread the loot around instead to give players a better chance of survival.

Q 05/05

What was the name of the first map, an island with Soviet-style brutalist buildings?

A) Miramar

B) Sanhok

C) Vikendi

D) Erangel

Answer · why

D) Erangel

Greene thought it felt disjointed despite meeting its gameplay goals; Game Informer still named it the best map of 2017.

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