Outer Wilds Trivia
Outer Wilds trivia explores the standout details behind Mobius Digital’s 2019 action-adventure game, published by Annapurna Interactive. Set in a planetary system trapped in a 22-minute loop that ends in a supernova, the game has earned praise for its inventive structure, exploration, and sense of discovery.
Easy Outer Wilds Trivia
13 questions
These easy Outer Wilds trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
In what year was Outer Wilds released?
- A.2019
- B.2017
- C.2018
- D.2020
Answer: 2019
Outer Wilds was released in 2019.
Question 2
Which studio developed Outer Wilds?
Answer: Mobius Digital
Mobius Digital is the developer of Outer Wilds.
Question 3
Who published Outer Wilds?
- A.Mobius Digital
- B.Devolver Digital
- C.Private Division
- D.Annapurna Interactive
Answer: Annapurna Interactive
Annapurna Interactive published Outer Wilds.
Question 4
How long does the main time loop last in Outer Wilds?
- A.30 minutes
- B.60 minutes
- C.22 minutes
- D.12 minutes
Answer: 22 minutes
The game's central loop lasts 22 minutes.
Question 5
What event ends each loop in Outer Wilds?
- A.The moon crashes
- B.supernova
- C.A black hole opens
- D.The ship explodes
Answer: The sun goes supernova
Each loop ends when the sun goes supernova.
Question 6
What species is the player character?
- A.Nomai
- B.Human
- C.Owlk
- D.Hearthian
Answer: A Hearthian
The player character is a Hearthian.
Question 7
On which planet does the adventure begin?
- A.Dark Bramble
- B.Timber Hearth
- C.Brittle Hollow
- D.Giant's Deep
Answer: Timber Hearth
The adventure begins on Timber Hearth.
Question 8
What is the name of the ancient alien race at the heart of the story?
- A.The Hearthians
- B.The Strangers
- C.The Travelers
- D.Nomai
Answer: The Nomai
The ancient alien race central to the story is called the Nomai.
Question 9
As a new recruit, the player explores space for which organization?
Answer: Outer Wilds Ventures
The player explores the system is a new member of Outer Wilds Ventures.
Question 10
Who hands over the launch codes near the start of the game?
Answer: Hornfels
Hornfels gives the player the launch codes.
Question 11
Which tool lets you tune in to signals while exploring?
- A.Scout Launcher
- B.Nomai translator
- C.Ship log
- D.Signalscope
Answer: The Signalscope
One core tool in the game is the Signalscope.
Question 12
What tool is used to read Nomai writing?
- A.Scout launcher
- B.Nomai translator
- C.Signalscope
- D.Launch codes
Answer: The Nomai translator
Another key tool is the Nomai translator.
Question 13
What records your discoveries automatically as you explore?
- A.ship log
- B.Signalscope
- C.Launch panel
- D.Star chart
Answer: The ship log
The player's ship log automatically records discoveries.
Outer Wilds Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Outer Wilds trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
What is the name of the moon that circles Timber Hearth?
Answer: Attlerock
Timber Hearth’s moon is called the Attlerock.
Question 2
Which planet is known for being fragile and having a black hole at its center?
- A.Ember Twin
- B.Giant's Deep
- C.Brittle Hollow
- D.Dark Bramble
Answer: Brittle Hollow
The planet with a black hole in the middle is Brittle Hollow.
Question 3
What is the name of Brittle Hollow’s volcanic moon?
Answer: Hollow's Lantern
The volcanic moon orbiting Brittle Hollow is Hollow’s Lantern.
Question 4
If you wanted to visit the stormy water world, where would you go?
- A.Brittle Hollow
- B.Ember Twin
- C.Giant's Deep
- D.Dark Bramble
Answer: Giant's Deep
Giant’s Deep is the stormy water world in the system.
Question 5
Which planet is described as maze-like and filled with seeds?
Answer: Dark Bramble
Dark Bramble is the seed-filled, maze-like planet.
Question 6
One of the Hourglass Twins has this name: Ember Twin or Hollow Twin?
- A.Lantern Twin
- B.Giant Twin
- C.Ember Twin
- D.Hollow Twin
Answer: Ember Twin
Ember Twin is one of the two Hourglass Twins.
Question 7
What is the name of the other Hourglass Twin besides Ember Twin?
Answer: Ash Twin
The pair is Ember Twin and Ash Twin.
Question 8
Which Hearthian traveler is camped on Brittle Hollow?
Answer: Riebeck
Riebeck is the traveler you find on Brittle Hollow.
Question 9
Who is the traveler found on Giant's Deep?
Answer: Gabbro
Gabbro is located on Giant’s Deep.
Question 10
Which traveler is stationed on Ember Twin?
Answer: Chert
Chert is the traveler on Ember Twin.
Question 11
Who set up camp on the Attlerock?
Answer: Esker
Esker is the traveler camped on the Attlerock.
Question 12
Which missing explorer is located in Dark Bramble?
Answer: Feldspar
Feldspar is the missing explorer found in Dark Bramble.
Fun Outer Wilds Trivia
13 questions
These fun Outer Wilds trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
Which handy gadget can snap pictures that reveal hidden hazards and objects?
- A.little scout
- B.Signalscope
- C.Translator tool
- D.Launch codes
Answer: The little scout.
The little scout can take photos that reveal hidden hazards and objects.
Question 2
True or false: Ghost matter is invisible to the eye but can show up in scout photographs.?
Answer: True
Ghost matter becomes visible in scout photographs.
Question 3
What kind of objects love playing cosmic hide-and-seek by changing position when nobody is watching?
- A.quantum objects
- B.Nomai statues
- C.Anglerfish eggs
- D.Gravity crystals
Answer: Quantum objects.
Quantum objects change position when they are not being observed.
Question 4
What simple trick can keep a quantum object from wandering off?
Answer: Taking or using a photo of it.
A photo can keep a quantum object fixed in place.
Question 5
Which mysterious moon refuses to commit to just one planet and can orbit different worlds?
- A.Hollow's Lantern
- B.The Interloper
- C.Quantum Moon
- D.Attlerock
Answer: The Quantum Moon.
The Quantum Moon can orbit different planets.
Question 6
At the start of every loop, what enormous device immediately sends something flying into space?
Answer: The Orbital Probe Cannon fires a probe.
The Orbital Probe Cannon fires a probe at the start of every loop.
Question 7
Which project is responsible for storing memories between loops?
- A.Eye Signal Locator
- B.Ash Twin Project
- C.Southern Observatory
- D.Orbital Probe Cannon
Answer: The Ash Twin Project.
The Ash Twin Project stores memories between loops.
Question 8
If Brittle Hollow's black hole rudely spits you out somewhere else, where do you end up nearby?
Answer: Near White Hole Station.
The black hole inside Brittle Hollow ejects travelers near White Hole Station.
Question 9
Over the course of a loop, what happens between Ash Twin and Ember Twin?
Answer: Sand drains from Ash Twin onto Ember Twin.
Sand drains from Ash Twin onto Ember Twin over the course of a loop.
Question 10
What creature doubles as a surprisingly squishy key for getting through Giant's Deep's electric barrier?
- A.Owlk
- B.Scout launcher
- C.jellyfish
- D.Anglerfish
Answer: Jellyfish.
Jellyfish can be used to pass through Giant's Deep's electric barrier.
Question 11
In Dark Bramble, what sense do anglerfish rely on if they can't see you?
Answer: Sound.
Anglerfish in Dark Bramble are blind and react to sound.
Question 12
What is the name of the crashed Nomai ship hidden in Dark Bramble?
Answer: The Vessel.
The Vessel is a crashed Nomai ship hidden in Dark Bramble.
Question 13
To use the Vessel properly, what crucial information do you need?
Answer: The Eye of the Universe's coordinates.
The Eye of the Universe's coordinates are needed to use the Vessel.
Funny Outer Wilds Trivia
13 questions
These funny Outer Wilds trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
Which Hearthian is basically your pre-launch pit crew, helping with your ship and suit?
- A.Marl
- B.Porphy
- C.Slate
- D.Hal
Answer: Slate
Slate is the Hearthian engineer who helps with the player's ship and suit.
Question 2
At the start of the game, who’s on museum duty while everyone else seems dangerously relaxed about space travel?
Answer: Hal
Hal is the Hearthian working in the museum at the start of the game.
Question 3
Which villager is hanging out near the geysers, apparently trusting nature a little too much?
- A.Slate
- B.Hal
- C.Marl
- D.Porphy
Answer: Marl
Marl is the Hearthian standing near the village geysers.
Question 4
Name one Hearthian you can find around the Timber Hearth village whose name sounds more mineral than mammal.?
- A.Porphy
- B.Marl
- C.Hal
- D.Gabbro
Answer: Porphy
Porphy is one of the Hearthians found in the Timber Hearth village.
Question 5
Which Hearthian child is near the model ship area, ready to normalize tiny spacecraft chaos?
- A.Tephra
- B.Galena
- C.Porphy
- D.Hal
Answer: Tephra
Tephra is the Hearthian child who appears near the model ship area.
Question 6
Which other village child in Outer Wilds is Galena, not to be confused with a geology quiz answer?
Answer: Galena
Galena is another Hearthian child in the village.
Question 7
Before blasting off for real, what miniature disaster-generator can you practice flying?
- A.A toy shuttle elevator
- B.A museum rocket diagram
- C.A scout beacon
- D.model ship
Answer: A miniature model ship
The player can practice flying with a miniature model ship before launch.
Question 8
True or false: Timber Hearth includes a zero-g cave for astronaut training, because apparently gravity is optional homework.?
Answer: True
Timber Hearth has a zero-g cave used for astronaut training.
Question 9
What ship feature says, 'This flight is going great, time to become a separate problem'?
- A.The autopilot switch
- B.The landing camera
- C.The distress beacon
- D.eject button
Answer: The emergency eject button
The ship includes an emergency eject button.
Question 10
Which tool helps you sort the universe’s noise by isolating different kinds of signal frequencies?
- A.Signalscope
- B.The scout launcher
- C.The translator
- D.The launch codes
Answer: The Signalscope
The Signalscope can isolate frequencies from different signal types.
Question 11
What gadget lets you slap a camera beacon onto a surface like the galaxy owes you surveillance footage?
- A.The launch tower elevator
- B.scout launcher
- C.The Signalscope
- D.The spacesuit
Answer: The scout launcher
The scout launcher can stick a camera beacon onto surfaces.
Question 12
Campfires in Outer Wilds aren’t just cozy. What snack can you roast there?
- A.Fish
- B.Chestnuts
- C.marshmallows
- D.Mushrooms
Answer: Marshmallows
Campfires let the player roast marshmallows.
Question 13
When time feels inconveniently linear, what can you do at a campfire to fast-forward it?
- A.Roast a marshmallow
- B.Use the scout launcher
- C.Ride the elevator
- D.sleeping
Answer: Sleep
Sleeping at a campfire can fast-forward time.
Hard Outer Wilds Trivia
14 questions
These hard Outer Wilds trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
On what exact date did Outer Wilds first launch on Windows and Xbox One?
- A.December 7, 2023
- B.May 28, 2019
- C.October 15, 2019
- D.June 18, 2020
Answer: May 28, 2019
Outer Wilds first launched on Windows and Xbox One on May 28, 2019.
Question 2
If you were waiting to buy Outer Wilds on Steam, what date finally mattered?
- A.June 18, 2020
- B.May 28, 2019
- C.October 15, 2019
- D.December 7, 2023
Answer: June 18, 2020
The Steam version of Outer Wilds released on June 18, 2020.
Question 3
What is the exact release date of the Nintendo Switch version of Outer Wilds?
- A.June 18, 2020
- B.October 15, 2019
- C.May 28, 2019
- D.December 7, 2023
Answer: December 7, 2023
The Nintendo Switch version released on December 7, 2023.
Question 4
What is the name of Outer Wilds' expansion?
- A.Signals from the Eye
- B.Echoes of the Eye
- C.Into the Bramble
- D.Ash Twin Protocol
Answer: Echoes of the Eye
Echoes of the Eye is Outer Wilds' expansion.
Question 5
In what year did Echoes of the Eye release?
- A.2023
- B.2021
- C.2019
- D.2020
Answer: 2021
Echoes of the Eye released in 2021.
Question 6
Who composed the music for Outer Wilds?
- A.Alex Beachum
- B.Andrew Prairie
- C.Andrew Prahlow
Answer: Andrew Prahlow
Andrew Prahlow composed Outer Wilds' music.
Question 7
Which creator is the creative lead most associated with Outer Wilds?
- A.Andrew Prahlow
- B.Prahlow Beachum
- C.Alex Beachum
Answer: Alex Beachum
Alex Beachum is the creative lead most associated with Outer Wilds.
Question 8
What technology sends the protagonist's memories back in time?
- A.The Advanced Warp Core
- B.The Vessel
- C.The Quantum Moon
- D.Nomai statue technology
Answer: Nomai statue technology
The protagonist's memories are sent back in time by Nomai statue technology.
Question 9
Name the comet in the Outer Wilds system.?
- A.Dark Bramble
- B.The Vessel
- C.Ash Twin
- D.Interloper
Answer: The Interloper
The Interloper is the comet in the Outer Wilds system.
Question 10
What inside the Interloper is identified as the thing that killed the Nomai in the system?
- A.ghost matter core
- B.An Advanced Warp Core
- C.A Nomai statue
- D.Quantum shards
Answer: A core of ghost matter
A core of ghost matter inside the Interloper killed the Nomai in the system.
Question 11
Which Nomai escape pod ended up in Dark Bramble?
- A.The Vessel
- B.Escape Pod
- C.Escape Pod 1
- D.Escape Pod 2
Answer: Escape Pod 3
Escape Pod 3 is the Nomai pod that ended up in Dark Bramble.
Question 12
Which Nomai is encountered in connection with the Quantum Moon?
- A.Andrew Prahlow
- B.The Interloper
- C.Solanum
- D.Alex Beachum
Answer: Solanum
Solanum is the Nomai encountered in connection with the Quantum Moon.
Question 13
What is the special designation of the Quantum Moon's location that is tied to the Eye of the Universe?
- A.The first location
- B.The hidden orbit
- C.The final warp
- D.sixth location
Answer: The sixth location
The sixth location of the Quantum Moon is tied to the Eye of the Universe.
Question 14
Near the endgame, what key item is removed from the Ash Twin Project?
- A.The Vessel
- B.The ghost matter core
- C.Advanced Warp Core
- D.Nomai statue technology
Answer: The Advanced Warp Core
The Advanced Warp Core is removed from the Ash Twin Project near the endgame.
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