Q 01/05

The title We Happy Few comes from the St Crispin's Day speech in which Shakespeare play?

A) Richard III

B) Henry V

C) Macbeth

D) Julius Caesar

Answer · why

B) Henry V

Henry V delivers the speech to rally his outnumbered men before a fight. Laurence Olivier's 1944 film of the play used it to lift spirits during the S...

Q 02/05

In We Happy Few, the candy-filled piñata at Arthur Hastings's office party turns out to be what?

A) A pigeon

B) A hedgehog

C) A rat

D) A cat

Answer · why

C) A rat

A rat is what the Joy-addled staff are really eating, and seeing it marks Arthur out as a Downer. Two constables chase him from the building.

Q 03/05

The Very Bad Thing in We Happy Few saw the people of Wellington Wells hand over whom to the Germans?

A) Their children

B) Their soldiers

C) Their doctors

D) Their elderly parents

Answer · why

A) Their children

Their children, everyone under 13, were handed over in exchange for the town's freedom. The guilt that followed is the reason Joy was invented.

Q 04/05

The German tanks that cowed Wellington Wells in We Happy Few were secretly made of what?

A) Thin plywood

B) Inflatable rubber

C) Painted canvas

D) Papier-mâché

Answer · why

D) Papier-mâché

Papier-mâché dummies were all the Germans had, so the town could have resisted and gave in out of fear. General Byng knew the truth and kept quiet to ...

Q 05/05

Which country's ratings board refused to classify We Happy Few in May 2018 because of its Joy pills?

A) Germany

B) Australia

C) New Zealand

D) Singapore

Answer · why

B) Australia

Australia ruled that Joy made progress easier and so rewarded drug use. A review overturned the ban that July and passed the game with an R18+ rating.