Quiz on Resident Evil

Which corporation secretly created the deadly T-virus?

• Umbrella ✓ (Correct answer)
• Tricell
• Wesker Industries
• TerraSave

Source: Umbrella's friendly pharmaceutical facade hid the labs that cooked up the T-virus and doomed Raccoon City.

Which rookie police officer is a main character in Resident Evil 2?

• Chris Redfield
• Carlos Oliveira
• Leon Kennedy ✓ (Correct answer)
• Billy Coen

Source: Leon S. Kennedy's very first day on the job as a Raccoon City cop turned into a zombie apocalypse.

Which doomed city is the setting of the early Resident Evil games?

• Silent Hill
• Raccoon City ✓ (Correct answer)
• Arklay City
• Spencer City

Source: Raccoon City was ultimately wiped off the map by a missile strike to contain the outbreak.

Which actress starred as the heroine Alice in the Resident Evil films?

• Michelle Rodriguez
• Sienna Guillory
• Ali Larter
• Milla Jovovich ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Alice was invented for the films and never appears in the games; Milla Jovovich even married director Paul W.S. Anderson.

Which zombie dogs famously leap through windows in the first game?

• Hunters
• Chimeras
• Cerberus ✓ (Correct answer)
• Lickers

Source: The Cerberus dogs crashing through the hallway windows is one of gaming's most legendary jump scares.

What is the weapons vendor in Resident Evil 4 commonly known as?

• The Merchant ✓ (Correct answer)
• The Duke
• The Peddler
• The Broker

Source: His raspy 'What are ya buyin'?' made the Merchant such a fan favorite he keeps reappearing across the series.

Which Resident Evil game is set in a remote Spanish village?

• Resident Evil 5
• Resident Evil 7
• Resident Evil 4 ✓ (Correct answer)
• Resident Evil 6

Source: RE4 traded mansions for a Spanish village and a parasite cult, reinventing the whole series.

Which sunglasses-wearing villain is Chris Redfield's arch-enemy?

• Lord Saddler
• Jack Krauser
• Derek Simmons
• Albert Wesker ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Albert Wesker's shades and superhuman moves made him the franchise's ultimate recurring big bad.

Which relentless monster hunts Jill throughout Resident Evil 3?

• Nemesis ✓ (Correct answer)
• Mr. X
• William Birkin
• Ramon Salazar

Source: Nemesis stalks Jill while groaning a single word, 'S.T.A.R.S.', making it one of gaming's scariest pursuers.

In which U.S. state is Resident Evil 7 set?

• Texas
• Louisiana ✓ (Correct answer)
• Florida
• Georgia

Source: RE7 moved to a rotting Louisiana plantation and a first-person view to reboot the horror.

Which family are the main antagonists of Resident Evil 7?

• The Bakers ✓ (Correct answer)
• The Ashfords
• The Wongs
• The Birkins

Source: The Baker family's deranged 'dinner' scene set the tone for RE7's home-invasion nightmare.

What infects and controls the villagers in Resident Evil 4?

• The T-virus
• Uroboros
• The G-virus
• Las Plagas ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Las Plagas are mind-controlling parasites, not a virus, a big shift away from Umbrella's bioweapons.

In which region does Resident Evil 5 mainly take place?

• Eastern Europe
• Southeast Asia
• South America
• West Africa ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: RE5 sent Chris to a fictional West African region, a setting that sparked plenty of debate.

Which towering villainess became a viral hit in Resident Evil Village?

• Mother Miranda
• Lady Dimitrescu ✓ (Correct answer)
• Donna Beneviento
• Karl Heisenberg

Source: Lady Dimitrescu's nearly nine-foot height made her an internet obsession before Village even launched.

What is the Resident Evil series called in Japan?

• Dino Crisis
• Sweet Home
• Biohazard ✓ (Correct answer)
• Bio Crisis

Source: In Japan it's 'Biohazard'; the US renamed it because a band and a DOS game already held the trademark.

Which mysterious spy is a recurring ally and rival to Leon?

• Sheva Alomar
• Ada Wong ✓ (Correct answer)
• Rebecca Chambers
• Sherry Birkin

Source: Ada Wong's shifting allegiances have kept players guessing about her true loyalties since Resident Evil 2.

What is Umbrella's secret laboratory beneath Raccoon City called?

• The Hive
• The Nucleus
• Sector 7
• NEST ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: NEST is the hidden Umbrella lab buried beneath Raccoon City's sewers and police station.

Who founded the Umbrella Corporation?

• Ozwell E. Spencer ✓ (Correct answer)
• James Marcus
• Brandon Bailey
• Morgan Lansdale

Source: Ozwell E. Spencer founded Umbrella, dreaming of using viruses to engineer a superior master race.

What kind of backgrounds did the original 1996 game use for its scenery?

• Real-time 3D
• Pre-rendered images ✓ (Correct answer)
• Hand-drawn cels
• Stop-motion

Source: The mansion's eerie pre-rendered 2D backdrops are exactly what forced those iconic fixed camera angles.

Who created Resident Evil and directed Resident Evil 4?

• Hideki Kamiya
• Hideo Kojima
• Shinji Mikami ✓ (Correct answer)
• Hironobu Sakaguchi

Source: Shinji Mikami created the series, and his RE4 over-the-shoulder camera reshaped action games forever.