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50 free Gears of War trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Gears of War started life as Unreal Warfare, an Epic Games multiplayer experiment, before Cliff Bleszinski rebuilt it around cover, chainsaw bayonets and a melancholy TV spot set to Gary Jules' "Mad World". The 2006 original became the fastest-selling Xbox 360 game, knocked Halo 2 off the top of Xbox Live, and gave Microsoft a second pillar franchise beside Master Chief. Microsoft bought the series outright in 2014 and handed it to a Vancouver studio that renamed itself The Coalition. These 50 questions cover the whole saga: the planet Sera, Emergence Day, Imulsion and the Pendulum Wars; Marcus, Dom, Cole Train and Baird; Queen Myrrah, RAAM and the Lambent; Horde and Beast modes; Judgment, Tactics and Gears Pop!; Kait Diaz's family secret in Gears 5; the PlayStation debut of Gears of War: Reloaded; and the upcoming prequel Gears of War: E-Day. Easy questions stick to Delta Squad and the Lancer; the expert tier asks about composers, the Carmine vote and the lawsuit over Cole Train's voice. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Which studio created the original Gears of War trilogy?
Epic Games
Epic sold the franchise outright to Microsoft in January 2014.
Q 02On which fictional planet is Gears of War set?
Sera
Sera's energy crisis was solved by Imulsion, a liquid mined from the underground caverns called the Hollow.
Q 03Who is the protagonist of the original Gears of War trilogy?
Marcus Fenix
Marcus is the playable lead in all three games and returns as an older supporting character in Gears of War 4 and Gears 5.
Q 04What are the subterranean enemies of the original trilogy called?
The Locust Horde
Their mutated, Imulsion-infected counterparts are the Lambent; the Swarm only appear in Gears of War 4.
Q 05On which console did the first Gears of War launch in November 2006?
Xbox 360
A Windows port followed in June 2007 with five extra chapters that were later folded into Ultimate Edition.
Q 06Who was lead designer on the first three Gears of War games?
Cliff Bleszinski
Bleszinski drew on Resident Evil 4, Kill Switch and Bionic Commando for the gameplay.
Q 07What is the name of Gears of War's chainsaw-bayonet assault rifle?
Lancer
The Gnasher shotgun is the other signature gun and the most divisive weapon in multiplayer.
Q 08What is the name of the timing mini-game that speeds up reloading?
Active Reload
Nail the sweet spot and you get a damage boost; miss it and the gun jams.
Q 09What does COG stand for in the Gears of War universe?
Coalition of Ordered Governments
The COG fought the Union of Independent Republics for 79 years in the Pendulum Wars before the Locust arrived.
Q 10What is the day the Locust first emerged on the surface called?
Emergence Day
The Locust wiped out a quarter of Sera's population in the first 26 hours.
Q 11How long was Marcus sentenced to prison for his unauthorised rescue mission?
40 years
He served four years in the Slab before being reinstated when the COG ran out of soldiers.
Q 12What is the liquid energy source mined from Sera's underground called?
Imulsion
Vaporised Imulsion later causes the lung disease Rustlung and turns Locust into the Lambent.
Q 13What is the name of the orbital laser satellite system in Gears of War?
Hammer of Dawn
Adam Fenix completed it, and the COG turned it on their own cities to slow the Locust.
Q 21Gears of War: Judgment is a prequel centred on which Delta Squad member?
Damon Baird
Baird leads Kilo Squad, with Cole, Sofia Hendrick and ex-UIR soldier Garron Paduk, on trial before Ezra Loomis.
Q 22Which Polish studio co-developed Gears of War: Judgment with Epic?
People Can Fly
Epic brought them in after the two worked together on Bulletstorm; they are also co-developing E-Day.
Q 23Which studio has developed the Gears games since Microsoft bought the franchise?
The Coalition
The Vancouver studio was called Black Tusk until June 2015, when it renamed itself after the COG.
Q 14Who is the queen of the Locust?
Myrrah
Gears 5 reveals she was genetically immune to Imulsion and is Kait Diaz's grandmother.
Q 15What is the name of the COG's last safe city, which is deliberately sunk in Gears of War 2?
Jacinto
Sinking it flooded the Hollow and drowned the Locust civilisation.
Q 16What is the Locust capital beneath Mount Kadar called?
Nexus
The New Hope research facility's scientists fled to Mount Kadar to continue their experiments.
Q 17What is the name of the secret island facility where Adam Fenix is held in Gears of War 3?
Azura
Adam's Imulsion countermeasure, released there, vaporises the Lambent and crystallises the Locust.
Q 18Which co-op mode, pitting players against waves of Locust, debuted in Gears of War 2?
Horde
It became a series staple; Gears of War 3 added Beast, which flips it so you play as the Locust.
Q 19Gears of War 2 was released worldwide on which date?
November 7, 2008
Exactly two years after the original's North American launch; it sold two million copies that weekend.
Q 20On which TV show was Gears of War 3 first unveiled in April 2010?
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
The April 2010 reveal came with a teaser trailer titled "Ashes to Ashes".
Q 24In which Canadian city is the studio behind Gears 5 based?
Vancouver
The studio began life in 2010 as Zipline Studios, maker of the Facebook game Relic Rescue.
Q 25In which year did Microsoft buy the Gears of War rights outright?
2014
By then the series had sold over 22 million units and earned more than a billion dollars.
Q 26Gears of War 4 is set how many years after Gears of War 3?
25
It follows Marcus's son JD, plus Del Walker and Kait Diaz, against the Swarm.
Q 27What is the name of Marcus's son, introduced in Gears of War 4?
JD
His full name is James Dominic Fenix; his mother Anya Stroud died from complications in pregnancy.
Q 28Which character is the main protagonist of Gears 5?
Kait Diaz
Laura Bailey voices Kait, who learns she is next in line to be Locust queen.
Q 29Which Locust leader turns out to be Kait's grandmother in Gears 5?
Queen Myrrah
Myrrah possesses Reyna's reanimated body and becomes the Swarm's new queen.
Q 30What is the name of the robot that accompanies Kait in Gears 5?
Jack
Upgrading Jack unlocks scanning, cloaking, stuns and an energy shield.