Q 01/05

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

A) Vermont

B) Oregon

C) Ohio

D) Maine

Answer · why

D) Maine

The foggy lakeside town sits in Maine, a nod to Stephen King country; Cushing, Maine was one of two real towns that shaped its design.

Q 02/05

Which company published the original Silent Hill games?

A) Capcom

B) Konami

C) Sega

D) Square

Answer · why

B) Konami

The series was created by an internal Konami group; the first four games came out of Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo.

Q 03/05

The in-house group that developed the first four games was known as what?

A) Team Silent

B) Studio Fog

C) Project Ash

D) Unit Nine

Answer · why

A) Team Silent

Team Silent worked on the series from 1999 to 2004; after The Room the games passed to Western studios.

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 is a writer and an everyman, in contrast to the combat-trained leads of earlier survival horror games.

Q 05/05

What is the name of Harry's missing adopted daughter in the first game?

A) Laura

B) Alessa

C) Heather

D) Cheryl

Answer · why

D) Cheryl

Cheryl's first name was based on Twin Peaks actress Sheryl Lee; early drafts called her Dolores after Nabokov's Lolita.