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

   How does the Vanish Cap help Mario pass through fences?

   Answer: Makes him intangible

   Why: The cap comes from blue blocks and lasts about 20 seconds, and its switch waits in the secret course under the castle moat.

3. 3 Hard

   How much extra damage does Mario take without his cap?

   Answer: 50% more damage

   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 enemy flattens into a coin when stomped?

   Answer: Goomba

   Why: A Goomba yields a single yellow coin whether Mario stomps, punches, or slide-kicks it.

5. 5 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 defeated, and its bite costs three of Mario's eight health wedges.

6. 6 Hard

   Which character does Mario chase through Peach's Castle basement?

   Answer: MIPS

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