Grab your Pip-Boy and a few spare bottle caps, because the Wasteland has more history than any terminal can hold.
These Fallout trivia questions keep game lore, gameplay systems, and the television adaptation clearly labeled across eight rounds, from California vaults to postwar Appalachia today.
Vaults, Wastelands, and the Great War
- In what year does the Great War begin and end?
Answer: 2077 - How long does the Great War last?
Answer: About two hours - Which company builds the famous underground shelters?
Answer: Vault-Tec - What is Vault-Tec's cheerful mascot called?
Answer: Vault Boy - What retrofuturistic era most strongly shapes Fallout's visual style?
Answer: An imagined atomic-age future rooted in the 1950s - What is the irradiated postwar landscape commonly called?
Answer: The Wasteland - What bottle cap brand becomes common currency in much of the series?
Answer: Nuka-Cola - What does a Pip-Boy do?
Answer: It functions as a wearable computer and status device. - What does V.A.T.S. stand for?
Answer: Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System - What radiation-mutated humans are called?
Answer: Ghouls - What is a ghoul who has lost higher reasoning often called?
Answer: A feral ghoul - What enormous mutated reptiles are called?
Answer: Deathclaws - What prewar drink is Fallout's signature soda?
Answer: Nuka-Cola - Which two superpowers fight in the Great War?
Answer: The United States and China - What technology powers many robots, weapons, and settlements in Fallout?
Answer: Nuclear or atomic power
Fallout and Fallout 2
Fans of Walking Dead trivia will feel right at home here, but the details get delightfully specific. Watch the exact names and timelines, since this round rewards careful readers and viewers.
- What is the first game's player character called?
Answer: The Vault Dweller - From which vault does the Vault Dweller emerge?
Answer: Vault 13 - What device must the Vault Dweller initially find?
Answer: A water chip - Where is the first Fallout primarily set?
Answer: Southern California - Who is the first game's mutant antagonist?
Answer: The Master - What organization uses Forced Evolutionary Virus to create super mutants?
Answer: The Master's Unity - What does FEV stand for?
Answer: Forced Evolutionary Virus - What is the first town most players encounter after leaving Vault 13?
Answer: Shady Sands - What is the Fallout 2 protagonist called?
Answer: The Chosen One - How is the Chosen One related to the Vault Dweller?
Answer: The Chosen One is the Vault Dweller's descendant. - What village does the Chosen One seek to save?
Answer: Arroyo - What device is the Chosen One sent to find?
Answer: A Garden of Eden Creation Kit - What does G.E.C.K. stand for?
Answer: Garden of Eden Creation Kit - Which faction is the principal enemy in Fallout 2?
Answer: The Enclave - What oil-rig base serves as Fallout 2's finale location?
Answer: Control Station Enclave
Fallout 3 and the Capital Wasteland
- What is Fallout 3's player character called?
Answer: The Lone Wanderer - In which vault does Fallout 3 begin?
Answer: Vault 101 - What city provides Fallout 3's main setting?
Answer: Washington, D.C. - What is the region called in Fallout 3?
Answer: The Capital Wasteland - Who is the Lone Wanderer's father?
Answer: James - Which actor voices James?
Answer: Liam Neeson - What water-purification project drives Fallout 3's main plot?
Answer: Project Purity - What settlement is built around an undetonated bomb?
Answer: Megaton - Which radio host calls himself Three Dog?
Answer: The host of Galaxy News Radio - What slogan does Three Dog use?
Answer: “Bringing you the truth, no matter how bad it hurts.” - Which faction occupies the Citadel?
Answer: The Brotherhood of Steel - Who commands the Brotherhood in Fallout 3?
Answer: Elder Owyn Lyons - What giant prewar robot fights with the Brotherhood?
Answer: Liberty Prime - What virtual-reality sequence recreates an Alaska battle?
Answer: Operation: Anchorage - Which Fallout 3 expansion raises the level cap and extends the ending?
Answer: Broken Steel
Fallout: New Vegas
For another screen-ready challenge, try our Stranger Things trivia after this round. For now, settle in and see how many of these middle-round curveballs you can catch.
- Who is the player character in New Vegas?
Answer: The Courier - What happens to the Courier in the opening scene?
Answer: Benny shoots the Courier and leaves them for dead. - Who rescues the Courier near Goodsprings?
Answer: Victor - Which doctor treats the Courier?
Answer: Doc Mitchell - What casino chip is central to the plot?
Answer: The Platinum Chip - Who rules New Vegas from the Lucky 38?
Answer: Mr. House - Which faction models itself on the Roman Empire?
Answer: Caesar's Legion - Which republic contests Hoover Dam?
Answer: The New California Republic - What does NCR stand for?
Answer: New California Republic - Which dam is the focus of the final conflict?
Answer: Hoover Dam - What is Benny's signature handgun called?
Answer: Maria - Which casino does Benny lead?
Answer: The Tops - What securitron can support an independent Vegas ending?
Answer: Yes Man - Which DLC traps the Courier in the Sierra Madre?
Answer: Dead Money - Which DLC brings the Courier to Zion Canyon?
Answer: Honest Hearts
Fallout 4 and the Commonwealth
- What title is given to Fallout 4's protagonist?
Answer: The Sole Survivor - Which vault preserves the protagonist through cryogenic suspension?
Answer: Vault 111 - What city anchors Fallout 4's setting?
Answer: Boston - What is the surrounding region called?
Answer: The Commonwealth - What is the Sole Survivor's missing child called?
Answer: Shaun - What German shepherd becomes an early companion?
Answer: Dogmeat - Which settlement is built in a former baseball stadium?
Answer: Diamond City - Who serves as Diamond City's detective?
Answer: Nick Valentine - What kind of being is Nick Valentine?
Answer: A synth - Which secretive organization creates synths?
Answer: The Institute - Which faction seeks freedom for synths?
Answer: The Railroad - Which Brotherhood airship arrives over the Commonwealth?
Answer: The Prydwen - Who leads the Minutemen rebuilding effort?
Answer: Preston Garvey - What construction system lets the player build settlements?
Answer: Workshop mode - Which Fallout 4 expansion takes place on an island off Maine?
Answer: Far Harbor
Fallout 76 and Appalachia
Keep the marathon rolling with TV show trivia when you are done. The finish line is getting closer, but the deeper details are still waiting.
- In which U.S. state is Fallout 76 set?
Answer: West Virginia - Which vault opens on Reclamation Day?
Answer: Vault 76 - How many years after the bombs does Fallout 76 originally begin?
Answer: 25 years - What cryptid serves as a prominent West Virginia icon in the game?
Answer: The Mothman - What disease devastated Appalachia before the player emerged?
Answer: The Scorched Plague - Which mutated bats spread the Scorched condition?
Answer: Scorchbeasts - What does C.A.M.P. stand for?
Answer: Construction and Assembly Mobile Platform - Which update added human NPCs and dialogue trees?
Answer: Wastelanders - Who leads the settlers at Foundation?
Answer: Paige - Which raider settlement is located at the Crater?
Answer: The Crater - What underground facility houses Appalachia's gold reserves?
Answer: Vault 79 - What event involves fighting the Scorchbeast Queen?
Answer: Scorched Earth - What prewar theme park appears in Fallout 76?
Answer: Camden Park - What faction operates from the Whitespring bunker?
Answer: The Enclave - What automated president runs that bunker?
Answer: MODUS
Factions, Creatures, and Gear
- Which faction hoards and studies advanced technology?
Answer: The Brotherhood of Steel - What symbol is associated with the Brotherhood of Steel?
Answer: A winged sword and gears - Which prewar government remnant calls itself the Enclave?
Answer: The Enclave - What California faction grows from Shady Sands?
Answer: The New California Republic - What heavy protective suit is a hallmark of the series?
Answer: Power armor - Which model appears prominently on Fallout 4's cover?
Answer: T-60 power armor - What handheld healing drug restores hit points?
Answer: A Stimpak - What medicine reduces radiation?
Answer: RadAway - What drug temporarily raises strength and endurance in many games?
Answer: Buffout - What drug improves action-point regeneration in several entries?
Answer: Jet - What mutated cattle are called?
Answer: Brahmin - What mutated giant ants are usually called?
Answer: Giant ants - What creatures descend from mole rats?
Answer: Mole rats - What are the crablike coastal mutants in Fallout 3 and 4 called?
Answer: Mirelurks - What traveling merchants often use as pack animals?
Answer: Brahmin
Television Series and Franchise Facts
- On which streaming service did the Fallout television series premiere?
Answer: Prime Video - In what year did the Fallout television series premiere?
Answer: 2024 - Who plays Lucy MacLean?
Answer: Ella Purnell - From which vault does Lucy come?
Answer: Vault 33 - Who plays Maximus?
Answer: Aaron Moten - Which faction trains Maximus?
Answer: The Brotherhood of Steel - Who plays the Ghoul, Cooper Howard?
Answer: Walton Goggins - What was Cooper Howard's profession before the bombs?
Answer: Actor - Who is Lucy's father?
Answer: Hank MacLean - Who plays Hank MacLean?
Answer: Kyle MacLachlan - Where is the television series primarily set?
Answer: The Los Angeles area - Which company created the original Fallout game?
Answer: Interplay Productions - Which studio developed the original Fallout?
Answer: Interplay's internal team - Which company acquired the Fallout intellectual property and later developed Fallout 3?
Answer: Bethesda Softworks - Which studio developed Fallout: New Vegas?
Answer: Obsidian Entertainment
Sources and Further Reading
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