Q 01/05

In what year was the first edition of Warhammer 40,000 published?

A) 1987

B) 1983

C) 1991

D) 1979

Answer · why

A) 1987

It was subtitled Rogue Trader.

Q 02/05

Games Workshop, the maker of Warhammer 40,000, is headquartered in which English city?

A) London

B) Nottingham

C) Leeds

D) Manchester

Answer · why

B) Nottingham

All UK operations moved to the Lenton headquarters in 1997.

Q 03/05

40k was conceived as the sci-fi counterpart to which earlier Games Workshop game?

A) Blood Bowl

B) Talisman: The Magical Quest

C) Warhammer Fantasy Battle

D) Advanced HeroQuest

Answer · why

C) Warhammer Fantasy Battle

The fantasy game came out in 1983.

Q 04/05

Which word for a subgenre of speculative fiction derives from the game's tagline?

A) Cyberpunk

B) Dieselpunk

C) Splatterpunk

D) Grimdark

Answer · why

D) Grimdark

The line is 'In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war'.

Q 05/05

Which Games Workshop division publishes the setting's novels?

A) Black Library

B) Forge World

C) Citadel

D) White Dwarf

Answer · why

A) Black Library

It began in 1997 with the short-story magazine Inferno! and moved to novels in 1999.