Super Mario 64 quiz

More questions about Super Mario 64

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1. 1 Easy

   Why does Mario wear the Metal Cap to walk underwater?

   Answer: To become heavy

   Why: The metal weight sinks him straight to the bottom, where he needs no air at all, but the cap wears off after about 20 seconds.

2. 2 Medium

   What action does the Mad Piano take when Mario approaches it?

   Answer: Bites him

   Why: The Mad Piano guards a Red Coin in Big Boo's Haunt, cannot be beaten by any attack or cap, and its bite costs three of Mario's eight health wedges.

3. 3 Hard

   How much extra damage does Mario take without his cap?

   Answer: One additional health wedge

   Why: Without the cap the game adds half of each hit, rounded up: a one wedge hit costs two, and the Mad Piano's three wedge bite costs five.

4. 4 Easy

   What giant creature dwells inside the sunken ship in Jolly Roger Bay?

   Answer: Eel

   Why: Mario must entice the eel out of its resting place to retrieve the Power Star on its tail.

5. 5 Medium

   How does Mario free the Chain Chomp in Bob-omb Battlefield?

   Answer: Ground pounding its post

   Why: Three pounds sink the post, and the freed Chomp smashes the iron bars of mission six, Behind Chain Chomp's Gate, to uncover the Star.

6. 6 Hard

   What yellow rabbit does Mario chase through the basement corridors?

   Answer: MIPS

   Why: MIPS stands for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages, named after the N64's CPU hardware architecture.