Terrifying trivia with Nintendo ghosts
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Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Browser
Genre	Quiz
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Mode	Single player
Input	Pointing device

Terrifying trivia with Nintendo ghosts is askill quiz released prior toHalloween 2023 on thePlay Nintendo website.^[1] The quiz centers on ghostly characters found inNintendo Switch games.

Overview[edit]

The player is given a total of five questions to answer. Each question provides four answers to choose from, with only one of them being the correct answer. The player has to press "Check answer" to see if the answer they selected is correct. If they selected the correct answer, their answer will be highlighted green. If the player answered incorrectly, the answer that they chose will be highlighted red, and the correct answer will be highlighted green. At the end of the quiz, a message will pop up saying how many questions the player got out of five. The player then can choose to retake the quiz or to take a different quiz on the website.

Questions[edit]

Correct answers are marked with a green border. Messages displayed for correct and incorrect answers are also shown here.

1 of 5 Where can you findKing Boo in theMario Party Superstars game? Horror Land Yoshi's Tropical Island Woody Woods Peach's Birthday Cake Boo-tiful! There are an awful lot of ghosts hanging around on the Horror Land board, including a King Boo statue. The correct answer is Horror Land There are an awful lot of ghosts hanging around on the Horror Land board, including a King Boo statue.

2 of 5 What happens when you talk toWisp in theAnimal Crossing: New Horizons game? He breaks into pieces He sings a song He does a dance He tells a joke High-five to you! Wisp is a ghost, but he’s the one who is scared…of you! If you speak to Wisp, he’ll get so frightened that his spirit will split intofive pieces. If you can recover all five, Wisp will give you in an-game reward. The correct answer is He breaks into pieces Wisp is a ghost, but he’s the one who is scared…of you! If you speak to Wisp, he’ll get so frightened that his spirit will split into five pieces. If you can recover all five, Wisp will give you in an-game reward.

3 of 5 What color isPolterpup’s collar in theLuigi’s Mansion 3 game? Green White Red Black Doggone great! Polterpup is a ghostly doggie who helpsLuigi in the Luigi’s Mansion 3 game. Good boy, Polterpup! The correct answer is Red Polterpup is a ghostly doggie who helps Luigi in the Luigi’s Mansion 3 game. Good boy, Polterpup!

4 of 5 Which adorable dead bug did this character just step on? Ant Cockroach Flea Wharf roach Ew! You’re right! When you visit yourisland after a long time away, you might find that cockroaches have taken over yourhouse. One way to get rid of them is to—ugh—step on them. The correct answer is Cockroach When you visit your island after a long time away, you might find that cockroaches have taken over your house. One way to get rid of them is to—ugh—step on them.

5 of 5 Which ghost can you race against in theMario Kart 8 Deluxe game? Bowser's ghost Mario's ghost Lakitu's ghost Your ownghost Yup, it’s you! A player’s “ghost” is a recording of their driving performance inTime Trial mode in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game, which means you can actually race against your own ghost! The correct answer is Your own ghost A player’s “ghost” is a recording of their driving performance in Time Trial mode in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game, which means you can actually race against your own ghost!

Once an answer is chosen for a question, the current image changes to show the subject in the answer. On most questions, it switches to another static image (such as a screenshot or a piece of promotional artwork), while on the fourth question, it switches to a brief gameplay clip ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizons showing aplayer stepping on a cockroach.

Results[edit]

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• 0/5–2/5:
  You got NOT-SO-SCARY NEWBIE
  Ghosts may not be your cup of tea, but you can still check out some of the games from this ghoulish trivia quiz. Each game is available exclusively for the Nintendo Switch family of systems:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,Mario Party Superstars,Animal Crossing: New Horizons, andLuigi’s Mansion 3. Happy Halloween!
• 3/5–5/5:
  You got SCARY SMARTY-PANTS
  Are you some kind of amateur ghost hunter? Because you did an impressive job on this ghoulish trivia quiz! All of the games in this trivia quiz are available exclusively for the Nintendo Switch family of systems:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,Mario Party Superstars,Animal Crossing: New Horizons, andLuigi’s Mansion 3. Happy Halloween!

Official descriptions[edit]

Terrifying trivia with Nintendo ghosts
How much do you know about these ghostly ghouls from Nintendo video games for the Nintendo Switch family of systems? You can take this free online Halloween trivia quiz to find out!

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[Edit] Mario Kart 8 /Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
Feather			Baby Mario •Baby Luigi •Baby Peach •Baby Daisy •Baby Rosalina •Lemmy •Dry Bones
Light			Toad •Koopa Troopa •Shy Guy (Light-bluea ·Blacka ·Greena ·Yellowa ·Whitea ·Bluea ·Pinka ·Orangea) •Lakitu •Toadette •Larry •Wendy •Cat Peacha •Villager (Female)a •Isabellea •Bowser Jr. •Inkling Girl •Diddy Kongc
Medium			Peach •Daisy •Yoshi (Light-bluea ·Blacka ·Reda ·Yellowa ·Whitea ·Bluea ·Pinka ·Orangea) •Mario •Luigi •Iggy •Ludwig •Tanooki Marioa •Villager (Male)a •Inkling Boy •Birdoc (Light-bluec · Blackc · Redc · Yellowc · Whitec · Bluec · Greenc · Orangec) •Kamekc •Peachettec
Cruiser			Rosalina •Donkey Kong •Waluigi •Roy •Linka •King Boo •Wigglerc •Paulinec
Heavy			Metal Mario (Gold) •Pink Gold Peach •Bowser •Wario •Morton •Dry Bowsera •Petey Piranhac •Funky Kongc
Any			Mii
Vehicle parts
Bodies		Karts	Standard Kart •Pipe Frame •Mach 8 •Steel Driver •Cat Cruiser •Circuit Special •Tri-Speeder •Badwagon •Prancer •Biddybuggy •Landship •Sneeker •Sports Coupe •Gold Standard •GLAa •W 25 Silver Arrowa •300 SL Roadstera •Blue Falcona •Tanooki Karta •B Dashera •Streetlea •P-Winga •Koopa Clown
		Standard bikes	Standard Bike •The Duke •Flame Rider •Varmint •Mr. Scooty •City Trippera •Master Cycle Zerob
		Sport bikes	Comet •Sport Bike •Jet Bike •Yoshi Bike •Master Cyclea
		ATVs	Standard ATV •Wild Wiggler •Teddy Buggy •Bone Rattlera •Splat Buggy •Inkstriker
Tires			Standard •Monster •Roller •Slim •Slick •Metal •Button •Off-Road •Sponge •Wood •Cushion •Blue Standard •Hot Monster •Azure Roller •Crimson Slim •Cyber Slick •Retro Off-Road •Gold Tires •GLA Tiresa •Triforce Tiresa •Leaf Tiresa •Ancient Tiresb
Gliders			Super Glider •Cloud Glider •Wario Wing •Waddle Wing •Peach Parasol •Parachute •Parafoil •Flower Glider •Bowser Kite •Plane Glider •MKTV Parafoil •Gold Glider •Hylian Kitea •Paper Glidera •Paragliderb
Courses
New courses		Mushroom Cup	Mario Kart Stadium •Water Park •Sweet Sweet Canyon •Thwomp Ruins
		Flower Cup	Mario Circuit •Toad Harbor •Twisted Mansion •Shy Guy Falls
		Star Cup	Sunshine Airport •Dolphin Shoals •Electrodrome •Mount Wario
		Special Cup	Cloudtop Cruise •Bone-Dry Dunes •Bowser's Castle •Rainbow Road
Classic courses		Shell Cup	Wii Moo Moo Meadows •GBA Mario Circuit •DS Cheep Cheep Beach •N64 Toad's Turnpike
		Banana Cup	GCN Dry Dry Desert •SNES Donut Plains 3 •N64 Royal Raceway •3DS DK Jungle
		Leaf Cup	DS Wario Stadium •GCN Sherbet Land •3DS Music Park •N64 Yoshi Valley
		Lightning Cup	DS Tick-Tock Clock •3DS Piranha Plant Slide •Wii Grumble Volcano •N64 Rainbow Road
DLC coursesa		Egg Cup	GCN Yoshi Circuit •Excitebike Arena •Dragon Driftway •Mute City
		Triforce Cup	Wii Wario's Gold Mine •SNES Rainbow Road •Ice Ice Outpost •Hyrule Circuit
		Crossing Cup	GCN Baby Park •GBA Cheese Land •Wild Woods •Animal Crossing
		Bell Cup	3DS Neo Bowser City •GBA Ribbon Road •Super Bell Subway •Big Blue
Booster coursesc		Golden Dash Cup	Tour Paris Promenade •3DS Toad Circuit •N64 Choco Mountain •Wii Coconut Mall
		Lucky Cat Cup	Tour Tokyo Blur •DS Shroom Ridge •GBA Sky Garden •Ninja Hideaway
		Turnip Cup	Tour New York Minute •SNES Mario Circuit 3 •N64 Kalimari Desert •DS Waluigi Pinball
		Propeller Cup	Tour Sydney Sprint •GBA Snow Land •Wii Mushroom Gorge •Sky-High Sundae
		Rock Cup	Tour London Loop •GBA Boo Lake •3DS Rock Rock Mountain •Wii Maple Treeway
		Moon Cup	Tour Berlin Byways •DS Peach Gardens •Merry Mountain •3DS Rainbow Road
		Fruit Cup	Tour Amsterdam Drift •GBA Riverside Park •Wii DK Summit •Yoshi's Island
		Boomerang Cup	Tour Bangkok Rush •DS Mario Circuit •GCN Waluigi Stadium •Tour Singapore Speedway
		Feather Cup	Tour Athens Dash •GCN Daisy Cruiser •Wii Moonview Highway •Squeaky Clean Sprint
		Cherry Cup	Tour Los Angeles Laps •GBA Sunset Wilds •Wii Koopa Cape •Tour Vancouver Velocity
		Acorn Cup	Tour Rome Avanti •GCN DK Mountain •Wii Daisy Circuit •Piranha Plant Cove
		Spiny Cup	Tour Madrid Drive •3DS Rosalina's Ice World •SNES Bowser Castle 3 •Wii Rainbow Road
Battle courses	Wii U	New courses	Mario Circuit •Toad Harbor
		Classic courses	Wii Moo Moo Meadows •GCN Dry Dry Desert •SNES Donut Plains 3 •N64 Toad's Turnpike •GCN Sherbet Land •N64 Yoshi Valley
	Switch	New courses	Battle Stadium •Sweet Sweet Kingdom •Dragon Palace •Lunar Colony •Urchin Underpass
		Classic courses	3DS Wuhu Town •GCN Luigi's Mansion •SNES Battle Course 1
Other
Items			Banana •Blooper •Boo •Boomerang Flower •Bullet Bill •Coin •Crazy Eight •Feather •Fire Flower •Golden Mushroom •Green Shell •Lightning •Mushroom •Piranha Plant •Red Shell •Spiny Shell •Super Horn •Triple Bananas •Triple Green Shells •Triple Mushrooms •Triple Red Shells
Course objects			Antigravity Panel •Arrow fieldc •Barrel •Bath Bombc •Beach Ballc •Bella •Board •Bob-omb Carc •Boulder •Bowser Statue •Bus •Bumperc •Cannon •Car •Cargo truck •Cash •Ceiling Needlec •Clock hand •Coin •Crate •Current •Dash Panel •Dash panel ramp truck •Drain pipe •Falling Pillar •Fire •Fire Bar •Fire Chain •Flipperc •Glide Ramp •Goal Ringc •Hoopc •Hot-air balloon •Half-pipec •Ice •Iciclec •Item Box •Lava Geyser •Leaf pilea •Master Sworda •Mecha Piranha Plantc •Metal ballc •Mine Carta •Mushroom Platformc •Mushroom Trampolinec •Oil slick •Pickup truck •Pita •Ring •Roller •Rupeea •Snowboya •Snowman •Spin Boost Pillar •Spinner •Spinning tubec •Submarine •Tablec •Tire stack •Toy Duckc •Toy Goombac •Traffic cone •Traina •Volcanic debris •Water Geyserc •Winged Cloudc
Enemies and species			Big Wigglerc •Bone Piranha Plant •Boo •Bouncing Note •Bulberc •Chain Chomp •Cheep Cheep •Clampyc •Deku Babaa •Dolphin •Dry Bones •Exploring Shy Guyc •Fire Piranha Plantc •Fire Snake •Fish Bone •Freezie •Frogoon •Fuzzyc •Goomba •Goomba Tower •Gooniec •Hammer Knight •Huffin Puffinc •Incoming Chompc •Innertube Goombac •Jellybeam •Keesea •Lava Bowser •Manta •Mecha Cheep •Mechakoopa •Mini Toada •Monty Mole •Moo Moo •Mr. Resettia •Nep-Enutc •Noki •Penguinc •Petal Guyc •Pianta •Piranha Plant •Pokey •Ptooiec •Raving Piranha Plant •Rocky Wrenchc •Screaming Pillar •Shoec •Sidestepper •Skating Shy Guy •Small bird •Snowboarding Shy Guyc •Star Thwompa •Stilt Guyc •Swoop •Thwomp •Tiki Goon •Toad •Unagi •Whompc •Yoshi
Techniques			Anti-gravity •Drift •Hop •Mini-Turbo •Rocket Start •Slipstream •Spin Boost •Spin Turn •Jump Boost •U-turn •Underwater driving
Notable areas, landmarks, and sightings			Amsterdam (Canal)c •Athens (Hadrian's Arch ·Parthenon)c •Bangkokc •Berlin (Berlin Wall ·Brandenburg Gate ·Charlottenburg Palace)c •Bowser's Castle •Daisy Cruisera •DK's Tree House •Hammer Bros. Sphinx •London (Big Ben ·Tower Bridge ·Tower of London)c •Luigi's Mansion •Madrid (Prado Museum ·Ventas Bullring)c •New York (Empire State Building ·Statue of Liberty ·Rockefeller Center)c •Paris (Arc de Triomphe ·Cathedral of Notre Dame ·Eiffel Tower ·Louvre)c •Rome (Colosseum ·Spanish Steps ·Trevi Fountain)c •Peach's Castle •Sydneyc •Tokyoc •Vancouverc
Battle modes			Balloon Battle •Renegade Roundup •Bob-omb Blast •Coin Runners •Shine Thief
Music			"Battle Stadium" • "Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dolphin Shoals" • "Dragon Driftway" • "Electrodrome" • "Ice Ice Outpost" • "Lunar Colony" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Rainbow Road" • "Sky-High Sundae"c • "Squeaky Clean Sprint"c • "Super Bell Subway"a • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Water Park" • "Wild Woods"a
Official tournaments	Mario Kart 8		Mario Kart 8 promotion tour •Mario Kart 8 Champions of San Diego •Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014
	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Worldwide	My Nintendo Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Community Challenge
		North America	NOA 150cc Tournament and NOA Battlethon •Mario Kart North American Open •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Holiday Fun Run •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022 •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2022 •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2023 •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2023 •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 Qualifier •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023
		Australia and New Zealand	2017 online tournaments •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Saturdays •Mario Kart AU/NZ My Nintendo Cup •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Championship 2024
		China	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Summit Invitational Tournament •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Tournaments (2021 Tencent series) •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe National Battle Team Open Tournament
		Europe	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023
		Hong Kong	Nintendo HK 2021 Cup
		Japan	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge Final Stage
		Spain	TorneoMK8D
		UK and Ireland	Nintendo UK VS Cup •Nintendo VS UK Cup
Miscellaneous			Andrew Trego •Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8a • "Blue Shell Blues" •Cheesea •Emblem •Finish line •Gallery (Deluxe) •Ghost •Glitches •Gravity •Heartc •Highlight Reel •Hyrule Castlea •In-game statistics (Deluxe) •Item probability distributions •Lakitu •The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8a •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Passc •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Review Roundup •Mario Kart 8 From the Pit •Mario Kart Band •Mario Kart Cube Puzzle 9-koma •Mario Kart TV •Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8a •Miiverse •Nintendo Music (soundtrack) •Poochyc •Pre-release and unused content •Soundtrack •Sponsors • Staff (Mario Kart 8 ·Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ·Booster Course Pass) •Stamp (list) •Update history
RelatedPlay Nintendo activities			Mario Kart 8 Party Starter •Take a spin in one of these beauties! •Gaming gardens trivia quiz •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Kart Customizer Game •Leaf it to me •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Memory Match-Up •One cup, four tracks… •Racing through this poll
Indicates exclusivity toMario Kart 8 a Indicates downloadable content inMario Kart 8 Indicates exclusivity toMario Kart 8 Deluxe b Indicates content available in version 1.6.0 and later ofMario Kart 8 Deluxe c Indicates content available in theMario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass

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