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Battle Royale and Shooter Trivia

PUBG, Overwatch, and Borderlands trivia about inspirations, heroes, competitive systems, and the game moments that shaped online play.

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was directly inspired by which 2000 Japanese film?

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About this battle royale game trivia quiz

Battle royale game trivia brings together 13 multiple-choice questions about battle royale and shooter trivia. This easy-difficulty set belongs to the gaming collection and is designed for a quick, replayable way to test what you know while discovering a few unexpected facts.

The set includes prompts such as “PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was directly inspired by which 2000 Japanese film?”, “Brendan Greene originally wanted PUBG's shrinking safe zones to be square, but they ended up circular because of what?” and “PUBG's match-winning phrase "winner winner chicken dinner" has origins dating back to which era?”. Read each question carefully, choose an answer, and use the explanation after each round to learn the context behind the correct choice. You can also challenge a friend to the same topic when you are ready for a head-to-head trivia duel.

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  • PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was directly inspired by which 2000 Japanese film?
  • Brendan Greene originally wanted PUBG's shrinking safe zones to be square, but they ended up circular because of what?
  • PUBG's match-winning phrase "winner winner chicken dinner" has origins dating back to which era?
  • Which horror game was initially planned as part of the PUBG universe before the connection was removed prior to release?
  • Battlegrounds Mobile India was created after PUBG Mobile was banned in India in 2020 as part of restrictions on what?
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  1. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was directly inspired by which 2000 Japanese film?
  2. Brendan Greene originally wanted PUBG's shrinking safe zones to be square, but they ended up circular because of what?
  3. PUBG's match-winning phrase "winner winner chicken dinner" has origins dating back to which era?
  4. Which horror game was initially planned as part of the PUBG universe before the connection was removed prior to release?
  5. Battlegrounds Mobile India was created after PUBG Mobile was banned in India in 2020 as part of restrictions on what?
  6. By 2021, PUBG Mobile had surpassed how many accumulated downloads outside China?
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  1. Overwatch was created in the aftermath of the 2013 cancellation of which long-running Blizzard massively multiplayer online game?
  2. Who led Overwatch's development team as game director until his departure from Blizzard in April 2021?
  3. Which muscular Russian bodybuilder hero was revealed in March 2015 in response to criticism over the lack of body-type diversity among Overwatch's female characters?
  4. In 2018, sales of Overwatch's special pink 'Pink Mercy' skin raised over $12.7 million for which organization?
  5. What happened to the original Overwatch on October 3, 2022, one day before the early-access release of Overwatch 2?
  6. Which studio developed Borderlands 2?
  7. Months before Borderlands 2 shipped, a Gearbox designer caused controversy by describing which character class's skill tree as "the girlfriend skill tree"?

Questions are from the Steam Games Trivia Question Bank, with the current set reviewed on 2026-08-09.

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