Q 01/05

In which US state is the town of Silent Hill set in the games?

A) Vermont

B) Oregon

C) Ohio

D) Maine

Answer · why

D) Maine

Maine. The official guidebook's history of the town carries the entry "Maine becomes a state", and the films later moved Silent Hill to another state.

Q 02/05

Which company published the original Silent Hill games?

A) Capcom

B) Konami

C) Sega

D) Square

Answer · why

B) Konami

Konami. Its in-house Team Silent built the first four games, and the next four, from 2007, went to outside studios in America and Europe.

Q 03/05

Why did the makers of the first Silent Hill wrap the town in thick fog and darkness?

A) To pass the censors

B) To cut loading times

C) To hide hardware limits

D) To copy a rival game

Answer · why

C) To hide hardware limits

To hide hardware limits. The console could not draw far into a town rendered in real-time 3D, so fog and darkness masked the cut-off, and the workarou...

Q 04/05

Who is the protagonist of the first Silent Hill game (1999)?

A) Travis Grady

B) Henry Townshend

C) Harry Mason

D) James Sunderland

Answer · why

C) Harry Mason

Harry Mason. He is an ordinary writer with no combat training, a deliberate break from the trained fighters who led earlier survival horror games.

Q 05/05

What is the name of the hero's missing adopted daughter in the first Silent Hill game?

A) Laura

B) Alessa

C) Heather

D) Cheryl

Answer · why

D) Cheryl

Cheryl. The name comes from Twin Peaks actress Sheryl Lee; the team first wanted Dolores, after the girl in Nabokov's Lolita, but that met fierce oppo...