Control Trivia

Control trivia explores the standout characters, powers, setting, and story behind Remedy Entertainment’s 2019 action-adventure game. Following Jesse Faden as she becomes Director of the Federal Bureau of Control, the game blends supernatural mystery with shifting architecture and earned acclaim for its distinctive world and style.

Easy Control Trivia

12 questions

These easy Control trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.

Question 1
In what year was Control originally released?
1. A.2017
2. B.2018
3. C.2020
4. D.2019
Answer: 2019
Control was released in 2019.
Question 2
Which studio developed Control?
1. A.20th Television
2. B.Lionsgate Television
3. C.Remedy Entertainment
Answer: Remedy Entertainment
Remedy Entertainment developed Control.
Question 3
What kind of game is Control?
1. A.Racing
2. B.Sports simulation
3. C.Action-adventure
4. D.Turn-based strategy
Answer: Action-adventure
Control is an action-adventure game.
Question 4
Who is the main playable character in Control?
1. A.Jesse Faden
2. B.Dylan Faden
3. C.Courtney Hope
Answer: Jesse Faden
The main playable character is Jesse Faden.
Question 5
What position does Jesse become during the story?
1. A.Commander
2. B.Agent
3. C.Chairperson
4. D.Director
Answer: Director
Jesse becomes Director of the Federal Bureau of Control.
Question 6
What is the name of the secret agency in Control?
1. A.Bureau of Paranormal Research
2. B.Department of Control
3. C.The Federal Bureau of Control
4. D.Federal Bureau of Investigation
Answer: The Federal Bureau of Control
The secret agency is called the Federal Bureau of Control.
Question 7
Most of Control takes place inside what building?
1. A.Oldest House
2. B.The White House
3. C.Black Rock Tower
4. D.The Federal Hall
Answer: The Oldest House
Most of the game takes place inside the Oldest House.
Question 8
What is the name of the hostile force invading the building?
1. A.The Mold
2. B.The Taken
3. C.Hiss
4. D.The Fade
Answer: The Hiss
The invading hostile force is called the Hiss.
Question 9
From which camera perspective do you usually play Control?
1. A.Top-down
2. B.Side-scrolling
3. C.Third-person
4. D.First-person
Answer: Third-person
Control uses a third-person camera perspective.
Question 10
Control launched on which PlayStation console?
1. A.PlayStation 2
2. B.PlayStation 3
3. C.PlayStation 5
4. D.PlayStation 4
Answer: PlayStation 4
The game launched on PlayStation 4.
Question 11
Control was available at launch on which Xbox console?
1. A.Xbox 360
2. B.Xbox Series X
3. C.Original Xbox
4. D.Xbox One
Answer: Xbox One
The game launched on Xbox One.
Question 12
What is the name of Jesse's signature firearm?
1. A.Bureau Blaster
2. B.Control Pistol
3. C.Director's Gun
4. D.Service Weapon
Answer: The Service Weapon
Jesse's signature firearm is called the Service Weapon.

Control Family Trivia

12 questions

These family Control trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.

Question 1
Who plays Jesse Faden in Control?
Answer: Courtney Hope performs the role of Jesse Faden.
Courtney Hope is the performer for Jesse Faden.
Question 2
What short abbreviation is commonly used for the Federal Bureau of Control?
Answer: The Federal Bureau of Control is often shortened to FBC.
FBC is the standard shortened form of the organization’s name.
Question 3
Besides Objects of Power, what is another paranormal item category in Control?
Answer: A second paranormal item category is called Altered Items.
The second item category listed is Altered Items.
Question 4
Which red telephone connects Jesse to messages from the previous Director?
Answer: The Hotline is a red telephone linked to the previous Director.
The Hotline is the special red phone tied to the former Director.
Question 5
Who was the Director before Jesse Faden?
Answer: The previous Director of the FBC is Zachariah Trench.
Zachariah Trench is identified is the previous Director.
Question 6
What is Dr. Casper Darling’s job at the FBC?
Answer: Dr. Casper Darling serves as the FBC's Head of Research.
Casper Darling’s listed role is Head of Research.
Question 7
Which Bureau ally becomes one of Jesse’s key helpers inside the FBC?
Answer: Emily Pope is one of Jesse's key allies inside the Bureau.
Emily Pope is specifically named is one of Jesse’s key allies.
Question 8
Who is in charge of security at the FBC?
Answer: Simon Arish is the FBC's Head of Security.
Simon Arish holds the Head of Security role.
Question 9
Before the Hiss crisis gets worse, who leads the Operations sector?
Answer: Helen Marshall leads the Operations sector before the Hiss crisis worsens.
Helen Marshall is the Operations leader before the crisis worsens.
Question 10
Ahti gives Jesse an unusual workplace nickname. What does he call her?
1. A.assistant
2. B.director
3. C.janitor
4. D.intern
Answer: Ahti refers to Jesse as his assistant.
Ahti refers to Jesse is his assistant.
Question 11
Which power lets Jesse float through the air?
Answer: One of Jesse's movement powers is Levitate.
Levitate is Jesse’s movement power for floating in the air.
Question 12
What defensive ability forms a barrier from bits of debris?
Answer: One of Jesse's defensive powers creates a Shield from debris.
Shield is the defensive power made from debris.

Fun Control Trivia

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These fun Control trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.

Question 1
In Control, what unsettling sight often tips you off that the Hiss have arrived in the office?
Answer: Floating chanting office workers.
One of the Hiss's signature manifestations is office workers suspended in the air while chanting.
Question 2
The Oldest House is described as what kind of extraordinary location?
1. A.A haunted archive
2. B.A living machine
3. C.A classified city
4. D.Place of power
Answer: A place of power.
Control describes its shifting headquarters, the Oldest House, is a place of power.
Question 3
Which retro object is tied to Jesse unlocking the Evade ability?
1. A.Floppy disk
2. B.A cassette tape
3. C.A slide projector
4. D.A pager
Answer: A floppy disk.
Jesse gains Evade from an Object of Power connected to a floppy disk.
Question 4
What ability does Jesse gain by binding the TV-like altered item known as the benicoff?
Answer: Seize.
The benicoff TV-like altered item grants Jesse the Seize ability.
Question 5
If a flying chunk of debris suddenly becomes your portable cover, which Object of Power was tied to that Shield ability?
1. A.A briefcase
2. B.A projector
3. C.A hotline phone
4. D.Safe
Answer: A safe.
Jesse gains Shield from an Object of Power associated with a safe.
Question 6
What wonderfully odd object is linked to Jesse learning how to Levitate?
1. A.A mannequin hand
2. B.A snow globe
3. C.Carousel horse
4. D.A toy train
Answer: A carousel horse.
Levitate comes from binding an Object of Power tied to a carousel horse.
Question 7
Which Darling presentation is a live-action video segment?
1. A.Ashtray Maze
2. B.AWE
3. C.Levitate
4. D.Dynamite
Answer: Dynamite
Dr. Casper Darling appears in the live-action “Dynamite” video, one of Control’s standout filmed segments.
Question 8
Who portrays Dr. Darling in the Bureau’s research videos?
Answer: Matthew Porretta.
Dr. Darling’s memorable research videos are performed by actor Matthew Porretta.
Question 9
Which mysterious group speaks in pyramid imagery and glitchy, distorted phrases?
Answer: The Board.
The Board is known for communicating through pyramid symbolism and warped language.
Question 10
What’s the name of the deeply strange in-universe puppet show hiding around the Bureau?
Answer: Threshold Kids.
Threshold Kids is the Bureau’s unsettling puppet-show educational program.
Question 11
One optional challenge area drops Jesse into what surreal realm?
Answer: The Astral Plane.
Control includes optional challenge content in the Astral Plane.
Question 12
Which trio names actual sectors on Control’s map?
1. A.Records, Engineering, and Medical
2. B.Command, Storage, and Housing
3. C.Executive, Research, and Maintenance
4. D.Archives, Security, and Transit
Answer: Executive, Research, and Maintenance.
The map is divided into sectors including Executive, Research, and Maintenance.

Funny Control Trivia

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These funny Control trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.

Question 1
In Control, what everyday category of workplace object can Jesse turn into ammunition with Launch?
Answer: Office furniture.
Jesse can weaponize office furniture by hurling it with Launch.
Question 2
What kind of ordinary office space fills the Bureau's secret headquarters, making the supernatural feel weirdly corporate?
Answer: Cubicles and filing rooms.
The Bureau's headquarters is full of mundane-looking cubicles and filing rooms.
Question 3
Threshold Kids delivers Bureau safety lessons using what delightfully cursed teaching aid?
Answer: Puppets.
Threshold Kids presents eerie Bureau safety lessons with puppets.
Question 4
The Ashtray Maze gets its name from what very normal object that became a reality-warping obstacle?
Answer: An ashtray.
The Ashtray Maze is named after an everyday ashtray turned reality-warping obstacle.
Question 5
Which runaway object stars in one of Control's more aggressively inconvenient side quests?
Answer: Altered traffic lights.
One memorable side quest involves chasing runaway altered traffic lights.
Question 6
What giant altered item in Control basically turns 'watch the fridge' into life-or-death employment?
Answer: A giant refrigerator.
The game includes a giant, unsettling refrigerator that must never be left unattended.
Question 7
What is the Bureau designation of the murderous refrigerator altered item?
Answer: AI52-KE.
The refrigerator altered item is designated AI52-KE.
Question 8
When the FBC wants to make paranormal terror sound like filing paperwork, which two labels does it use for objects?
Answer: AI and OOP.
The FBC gives paranormal objects dry bureaucratic labels like 'AI' and 'OOP.'.
Question 9
The Board tends to speak in what kind of odd style, as if every sentence is arguing with itself professionally?
Answer: Slash-heavy phrasing with near-synonyms.
The Board's messages often pair words in slash-heavy near-synonyms.
Question 10
Ahti reacts to looming reality collapse with the energy of what kind of normal job?
Answer: Routine maintenance.
Ahti's calm demeanor makes the end of reality feel like routine maintenance.
Question 11
Control turns what common piece of workplace writing into part of its horror atmosphere?
Answer: Office memos and workplace notices.
Control uses office memos and workplace notices is part of its horror style.
Question 12
When furniture isn't nearby, what can Jesse tear from the building itself and pitch like a fastball?
Answer: Chunks of concrete.
Jesse can rip chunks of concrete out of walls and throw them like fastballs.
Question 13
Which enemy type has the bad manners to rush Jesse and then burst into a red cloud?
Answer: An exploding Hiss enemy.
One enemy type explodes into a red cloud when it rushes Jesse.

Hard Control Trivia

12 questions

These hard Control trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.

Question 1
Which proprietary engine powers Control?
1. A.Frostbite
2. B.RE Engine
3. C.Unreal Engine 4
4. D.Northlight
Answer: Northlight
Control was built using Remedy's Northlight engine.
Question 2
Who served as the creative director of Control?
1. A.Sam Lake
2. B.Petri Alanko
3. C.Thomas Puha
4. D.Mikael Kasurinen
Answer: Mikael Kasurinen
Mikael Kasurinen is credited is the game's creative director.
Question 3
Name the writer credited for Control's story and script.?
1. A.Sam Lake
2. B.Mikael Kasurinen
3. C.Petri Alanko
4. D.Kyle Rowley
Answer: Sam Lake
Sam Lake wrote Control.
Question 4
Who composed the score for Control?
1. A.Martin Stig Andersen
2. B.Petri Alanko
3. C.Sam Lake
4. D.Mikael Kasurinen
Answer: Petri Alanko
The composer for Control is Petri Alanko.
Question 5
What edition name was released after the original base game version of Control?
1. A.Director's Cut
2. B.Complete Bureau Edition
3. C.Foundation Edition
4. D.Ultimate Edition
Answer: Ultimate Edition
Control: Ultimate Edition came after the base game release.
Question 6
What is the title of Control's second major expansion?
1. A.Threshold
2. B.Resonance
3. C.AWE
4. D.The Foundation
Answer: AWE
The second major expansion is titled AWE.
Question 7
Finish the recurring Hiss line: '_____ through time.'?
Answer: You are a worm through time
One of the most repeated Hiss phrases is 'You are a worm through time.'.
Question 8
What metal-album-style band name do Remedy games use for the in-fiction persona of the musicians associated with Control?
1. A.Old Gods of Asgard
2. B.Children of the Elder
3. C.Sons of Valhalla
4. D.Asgard's Prophets
Answer: Old Gods of Asgard
The fictional band name used in Remedy games is Old Gods of Asgard.
Question 9
Behind the in-universe identity Old Gods of Asgard, which real band performs the music?
1. A.Apocalyptica
2. B.The Rasmus
3. C.Poets of the Fall
4. D.Nightwish
Answer: Poets of the Fall
In-universe the band is Old Gods of Asgard, while the actual band behind it is Poets of the Fall.
Question 10
What is the name of the FBC containment cell block?
1. A.Central Executive
2. B.Panopticon
3. C.Firebreak
4. D.Research Wing
Answer: Panopticon
The Bureau's containment cell block is called the Panopticon.
Question 11
The quarry-like processing zone associated with Black Rock is found in which sector?
1. A.Maintenance sector
2. B.Research sector
3. C.Containment sector
4. D.Executive sector
Answer: Maintenance sector
The Black Rock processing area is located in Maintenance.
Question 12
What material does the Bureau use to help contain paranatural forces?
1. A.Hedron Crystal
2. B.Astral Glass
3. C.Threshold Alloy
4. D.Black Rock
Answer: Black Rock
Black Rock is used by the Bureau is a containment aid against paranatural forces.

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Easy Control Trivia

In what year was Control originally released?

Which studio developed Control?

What kind of game is Control?

Who is the main playable character in Control?

What position does Jesse become during the story?

What is the name of the secret agency in Control?

Most of Control takes place inside what building?

What is the name of the hostile force invading the building?

From which camera perspective do you usually play Control?

Control launched on which PlayStation console?

Control was available at launch on which Xbox console?

What is the name of Jesse's signature firearm?

Control Family Trivia

Who plays Jesse Faden in Control?

What short abbreviation is commonly used for the Federal Bureau of Control?

Besides Objects of Power, what is another paranormal item category in Control?

Which red telephone connects Jesse to messages from the previous Director?

Who was the Director before Jesse Faden?

What is Dr. Casper Darling’s job at the FBC?

Which Bureau ally becomes one of Jesse’s key helpers inside the FBC?

Who is in charge of security at the FBC?

Before the Hiss crisis gets worse, who leads the Operations sector?

Ahti gives Jesse an unusual workplace nickname. What does he call her?

Which power lets Jesse float through the air?

What defensive ability forms a barrier from bits of debris?

Fun Control Trivia

In Control, what unsettling sight often tips you off that the Hiss have arrived in the office?

The Oldest House is described as what kind of extraordinary location?

Which retro object is tied to Jesse unlocking the Evade ability?

What ability does Jesse gain by binding the TV-like altered item known as the benicoff?

If a flying chunk of debris suddenly becomes your portable cover, which Object of Power was tied to that Shield ability?

What wonderfully odd object is linked to Jesse learning how to Levitate?

Which Darling presentation is a live-action video segment?

Who portrays Dr. Darling in the Bureau’s research videos?

Which mysterious group speaks in pyramid imagery and glitchy, distorted phrases?

What’s the name of the deeply strange in-universe puppet show hiding around the Bureau?

One optional challenge area drops Jesse into what surreal realm?

Which trio names actual sectors on Control’s map?

Funny Control Trivia

In Control, what everyday category of workplace object can Jesse turn into ammunition with Launch?

What kind of ordinary office space fills the Bureau's secret headquarters, making the supernatural feel weirdly corporate?

Threshold Kids delivers Bureau safety lessons using what delightfully cursed teaching aid?

The Ashtray Maze gets its name from what very normal object that became a reality-warping obstacle?

Which runaway object stars in one of Control's more aggressively inconvenient side quests?

What giant altered item in Control basically turns 'watch the fridge' into life-or-death employment?

What is the Bureau designation of the murderous refrigerator altered item?

When the FBC wants to make paranormal terror sound like filing paperwork, which two labels does it use for objects?

The Board tends to speak in what kind of odd style, as if every sentence is arguing with itself professionally?

Ahti reacts to looming reality collapse with the energy of what kind of normal job?

Control turns what common piece of workplace writing into part of its horror atmosphere?

When furniture isn't nearby, what can Jesse tear from the building itself and pitch like a fastball?

Which enemy type has the bad manners to rush Jesse and then burst into a red cloud?

Hard Control Trivia

Which proprietary engine powers Control?

Who served as the creative director of Control?

Name the writer credited for Control's story and script.?

Who composed the score for Control?

What edition name was released after the original base game version of Control?

What is the title of Control's second major expansion?

Finish the recurring Hiss line: '_____ through time.'?

What metal-album-style band name do Remedy games use for the in-fiction persona of the musicians associated with Control?

Behind the in-universe identity Old Gods of Asgard, which real band performs the music?

What is the name of the FBC containment cell block?

The quarry-like processing zone associated with Black Rock is found in which sector?

What material does the Bureau use to help contain paranatural forces?

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