Q 01/05

In what year did RuneScape first go live as a public beta?

A) 2001

B) 2003

C) 2004

D) 2006

Answer · why

A) 2001

It launched on 4 January, and by the end of that year the Gower brothers had set up a company to run the business side of the game.

Q 02/05

The earliest RuneScape servers ran out of the Gower family home in which English city?

A) Leeds

B) Nottingham

C) Southampton

D) Bristol

Answer · why

B) Nottingham

The game only later moved to a proper office; the company is now headquartered on a science park in a different city entirely.

Q 03/05

What is the name of the fantasy world in which RuneScape is set?

A) Azeroth

B) Gielinor

C) Tamriel

D) Sanctuary

Answer · why

B) Gielinor

The world has been explored well beyond the game itself, in tie-in novels such as Betrayal at Falador and Return to Canifis.

Q 04/05

Which businessman joined Andrew and Paul Gower as the third founder of Jagex and served as its first CEO?

A) Mark Gerhard

B) Geoffrey Iddison

C) Rod Cousens

D) Constant Tedder

Answer · why

D) Constant Tedder

He was later replaced by a former European CEO of PayPal, and all three founders left the board of directors in December 2010.

Q 05/05

Andrew Gower's earlier game, the direct predecessor of RuneScape, was called what?

A) DungeonScape

B) DeviousMUD

C) MageQuest

D) RuneWorld

Answer · why

B) DeviousMUD

It was a Java game with 2D isometric graphics, and its second version was briefly released as a public beta before the rewrite that became RuneScape.