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Hardest Zelda Quiz: 20 Questions Most Fans Miss

Link stands in a green field beside the Master Sword in Zelda Breath of the Wild art

This is the hardest Zelda quiz we could write: 20 questions, and only the first few are friendly. After that it digs into cancelled add-ons, satellite broadcasts, and the odd corners of the series’ history. Pick an answer and you see right away whether you got it, along with the reason. Your score and rank come at the end, and you can share both.

  1. Young Link grips the Master Sword at its pedestal in the Ocarina of Time remake

    Which game was the first to feature the Master Sword?

    1. The Legend of Zelda
    2. The Adventure of Link
    3. A Link to the Past
    4. Ocarina of Time
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    A Link to the Past, in 1991 on the Super Famicom in Japan and 1992 on the Super NES in North America. Our list of every Zelda game in order shows where it fits.

  2. Marin finds Link washed up on a beach in Link's Awakening art

    What is the island in Link’s Awakening called?

    1. Labrynna
    2. Koholint
    3. Holodrum
    4. Termina
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    Koholint Island, where the Wind Fish sleeps. Labrynna and Holodrum belong to the Oracle games, and Termina to Majora’s Mask.

  3. A Lynel towers over Link in Zelda Breath of the Wild art

    How many Korok seeds are there in Breath of the Wild?

    1. 120
    2. 441
    3. 1,000
    4. 900
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    900, though you only need 441 to max out your pouches, as our inventory guide explains.

  4. A misty pool between carved stone pillars in the Ocarina of Time remake

    Which boss waits at the end of the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time?

    1. Bongo Bongo
    2. Morpha
    3. Volvagia
    4. Twinrova
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    Morpha, a living pool of water you beat by pulling its nucleus out with the Longshot. Our list of every Ocarina of Time boss has the rest.

  5. Link in the talking green hat with his sword raised in The Minish Cap art

    What is the talking hat in The Minish Cap called?

    1. Tatl
    2. Ciela
    3. Ezlo
    4. Fi
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    Ezlo, a Minish sage turned into a hat by Vaati. Tatl is the fairy from Majora’s Mask, Ciela the fairy from Phantom Hourglass, and Fi the spirit of the sword in Skyward Sword.

  6. Link looks out at Hyrule Castle and its upside-down reflection in A Link Between Worlds art

    What is the parallel kingdom in A Link Between Worlds called?

    1. Termina
    2. Subrosia
    3. The Twilight Realm
    4. Lorule
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    Lorule, Hyrule’s dark twin, with Princess Hilda on its throne.

  7. Link on horseback among masked figures under a yellow moon in Majora's Mask art

    How many masks can Link collect in Majora’s Mask?

    1. 20
    2. 24
    3. 28
    4. 32
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    24, and our guide to all of them explains what the 20 ordinary masks get you.

  8. Link walks through a garden in The Minish Cap on Game Boy Advance

    Which company developed The Minish Cap?

    1. Capcom
    2. Nintendo EAD
    3. Grezzo
    4. Retro Studios
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    Capcom, working with Flagship, a studio it helped set up, which also developed the two Oracle games.

  9. Link, Tetra, and the rest of the cast in official art for The Wind Waker

    Who is the King of Red Lions in The Wind Waker?

    1. The Great Deku Tree
    2. Ganondorf
    3. King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule
    4. Tetra's father
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    King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, the last king of old Hyrule, speaking through the boat.

  10. Ghirahim, Zelda, and Link in Skyward Sword art

    Which villain in Skyward Sword lays the curse that follows Link and Zelda through the series?

    1. Ghirahim
    2. Vaati
    3. Majora
    4. Demise
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    Demise, whose last words promise that his hatred will follow the two of them forever. Ghirahim is the sword spirit who serves him.

  11. Link on the Game Boy Advance box of The Minish Cap

    Which game introduced Vaati?

    1. The Minish Cap
    2. Four Swords
    3. Four Swords Adventures
    4. Oracle of Seasons
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    Four Swords, the multiplayer game that came with A Link to the Past on Game Boy Advance. The Minish Cap came later and tells his origin.

  12. A blue dungeon room in the original NES game

    Which name do you enter on the original NES game’s file screen to jump straight to the second quest?

    1. LINK
    2. TRIFORCE
    3. ZELDA
    4. GANON
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    ZELDA. Otherwise, the second quest opens only after you beat the first.

  13. Link crouches on a crumbling edge with his sword out in Twilight Princess art

    What did the Wii version of Twilight Princess mirror compared with the GameCube original?

    1. Only Hyrule Field
    2. The whole game world, left to right
    3. Only the dungeons
    4. Nothing, they match
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    The whole game world, left to right. Link is left-handed on GameCube, and flipping everything made him right-handed to match a Wii Remote swing.

  14. Young Link and Princess Zelda sit on stone steps in the Ocarina of Time remake

    Which company put out The Faces of Evil and The Wand of Gamelon in 1993?

    1. Sega
    2. Sony
    3. Atari
    4. Philips
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    Philips, on its CD-i. It had a license to use a few Nintendo characters, including Link and Zelda, after the Super NES CD add-on the two companies planned fell through.

  15. Princess Zelda and her companion in Zelda Echoes of Wisdom art

    Who is Princess Zelda named after?

    1. Zelda Rubinstein
    2. Zelda Fitzgerald
    3. Shigeru Miyamoto's daughter
    4. A Disney character
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    Zelda Fitzgerald, the American writer and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Shigeru Miyamoto has said he liked the sound of her name.

  16. A village with a windmill below a mountain in the Ocarina of Time remake

    Which Zelda game has a villager who says “I am Error”?

    1. A Link to the Past
    2. Link's Awakening
    3. The Adventure of Link
    4. Oracle of Ages
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    The Adventure of Link, in the town of Ruto. Error is really his name, not a glitch.

  17. Link among the waves in Link's Awakening on Game Boy

    Which TV show inspired the odd townsfolk of Link’s Awakening?

    1. The X-Files
    2. Northern Exposure
    3. The Twilight Zone
    4. Twin Peaks
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    Twin Peaks. Director Takashi Tezuka has said the show’s small town of strange characters was on his mind when they made the game.

  18. Link in a purple dungeon on the Super NES

    BS The Legend of Zelda went out over which Super Famicom add-on?

    1. Sufami Turbo
    2. Satellaview
    3. 64DD
    4. Disk System
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    Satellaview. The Satellaview, a satellite modem sold only in Japan. It broadcast the game in timed episodes in 1995.

  19. Young Link plays an ocarina in art for the Zelda 40th anniversary concert

    Which piece of classical music almost played on the original game’s title screen?

    1. Bolero
    2. Ride of the Valkyries
    3. Moonlight Sonata
    4. In the Hall of the Mountain King
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    Bolero, by Ravel. The team learned late that it was still under copyright, so Koji Kondo stayed up all night arranging the game’s own music into a new opening.

  20. Young Link plays the ocarina in Ocarina of Time on Nintendo 64

    Ura Zelda, the cancelled 64DD add-on for Ocarina of Time, ended up as what?

    1. Majora's Mask
    2. Four Swords
    3. Master Quest
    4. The Wind Waker
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    Master Quest, the rearranged dungeons on the GameCube bonus disc. Our Ocarina of Time guides on the Zelda hub cover the standard dungeons.

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