Q 01/05

Which Nordic country is home to Paradox Development Studio, the developer of the space strategy game Stellaris?

A) Norway

B) Denmark

C) Sweden

D) Finland

Answer · why

C) Sweden

Sweden's Paradox Development Studio, founded in 1995, is also behind the Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron and Crusader Kings series.

Q 02/05

Stellaris is a 4X strategy game, a label that stands for explore, expand, exploit and which fourth verb?

A) Exterminate

B) Excavate

C) Exchange

D) Expropriate

Answer · why

A) Exterminate

Exterminate rounds out the 4X formula, yet Stellaris is won on overall score, which counts economy and technology as well as fleets.

Q 03/05

In Stellaris, ships normally cross between star systems along which fixed web of faster-than-light routes?

A) Slipstreams

B) Hyperlanes

C) Warp corridors

D) Jump tunnels

Answer · why

B) Hyperlanes

Hyperlanes force fleets through chokepoints worth fortifying, and every campaign opens on January 1, 2200, the day your empire discovers the network.

Q 04/05

Stellaris's 2.1 update, released with Distant Stars, honours which author of the novel Ringworld?

A) Isaac Asimov

B) Frank Herbert

C) Arthur C. Clarke

D) Larry Niven

Answer · why

D) Larry Niven

Larry Niven's Ringworld won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, and Stellaris players can build a ring-shaped megastructure of their own around a star.

Q 05/05

Which Stellaris megastructure is built around a star to capture its energy output?

A) Dyson Sphere

B) Matter Decompressor

C) Ring World

D) Mega Shipyard

Answer · why

A) Dyson Sphere

Dyson Sphere megastructures take their name from Freeman Dyson's 1960 paper, although novelist Olaf Stapledon had imagined the same star-wrapping shel...