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50 free Kingdom Hearts trivia questions with answers. Kingdom Hearts began as a hallway pitch between a Square producer and a Disney executive, and grew into a crossover saga that has shipped tens of millions of copies. This quiz covers the whole series so far: the 2002 original, the handheld chapters, Kingdom Hearts III and the upcoming Kingdom Hearts IV. Expect questions on Sora, Riku and Kairi, the Heartless and Nobodies, Organization XIII, Roxas and Xion, the Final Fantasy cameos, the score and theme songs, and the English voice cast behind the heroes and villains. Easy questions suit anyone who has finished one game; the expert tier is for fans who know the lore of Birth by Sleep and Union Cross. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the games and characters, so the trivia here matches the games rather than fan rumour.
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Q 01On which console did the original Kingdom Hearts launch in 2002?
PlayStation 2
Square developed and published it itself; the Square Enix merger came a year later, in 2003.
Q 02Which longtime Square character designer directed the first Kingdom Hearts as his directorial debut?
Tetsuya Nomura
He also designed the game's original characters, having first earned wide recognition as lead character designer on Final Fantasy VII.
Q 03Which two Disney characters make up Sora's main travelling party?
Donald Duck and Goofy
In-universe they are Disney Castle's court wizard and captain of the royal guard, sent out to find the Keyblade wielder.
Q 04Which Japanese singer wrote and performed the main theme songs of the numbered Kingdom Hearts games?
Hikaru Utada
Each song was recorded in both Japanese and English, with the English version used for Western releases.
Q 05The first game's theme is "Simple and Clean" in English; what is the Japanese original called?
Hikari
The title means "light", and the single sold more than 860,000 copies in Japan within five months of release.
Q 06Who composed the score for the Kingdom Hearts series?
Yoko Shimomura
IGN once ranked her opening piece "Dearly Beloved" the fourth-best RPG title track of all time.
Q 07When a strong-hearted person is turned into a Heartless, what is the body left behind called?
Nobody
These beings can eventually grow hearts of their own, and their insignia is an upside-down, incomplete heart.
Q 08Who leads Organization XIII and serves as the final boss of Kingdom Hearts II?
Xemnas
His name is an anagram of "Ansem" with an X added, since he took the name of the mentor his original self betrayed.
Q 09What are Kingdom Hearts II's enemy-specific triangle-button attacks called?
Reaction Commands
They range from flashy finishers to dodges, and the PS2 remake of Chain of Memories borrowed them for its card battles.
Q 10Which actor has voiced Sora in English since 2002?
Haley Joel Osment
He was already an Oscar nominee for The Sixth Sense when Square announced the English cast in May 2002.
Q 11In what year was Kingdom Hearts III finally released?
2019
It had been announced at E3 back in 2013, and its director later admitted the reveal came early for where development stood.
Q 12Kingdom Hearts III was the first game in the series to feature worlds from which studio?
Pixar
The director said he considered not making the game at all if he could not secure the rights to a Toy Story world.
Q 13What are the vessels used to travel between worlds called?
Gummi Ships
They are built from fragments of the invisible walls that normally keep each world sealed off from the others.
Q 21The red-robed DiZ of Kingdom Hearts II is revealed to be whom?
Ansem the Wise
The bandaged sage first appeared in Chain of Memories, and his device to drain Kingdom Hearts explodes at the game's climax.
Q 22Which Final Fantasy VIII character appears in the series under the name Leon?
Squall Leonhart
David Boreanaz of Buffy and Angel voiced him in the first game.
Q 23In the first game, Cloud Strife and Sephiroth can be fought in tournaments in which world?
Olympus Coliseum
A similar optional fight against Tifa Lockhart was planned but cut for time.
Q 14In the first game, which hub world does Sora wash up in, where he first meets Donald and Goofy?
Traverse Town
It shelters refugees whose worlds were destroyed, which is why Final Fantasy characters like Leon, Yuffie and Aerith are living there.
Q 15Sora, Riku and Kairi grow up together on which world?
Destiny Islands
The trio were building a raft to sail to other worlds when the darkness attacked and scattered them.
Q 16Sora's weapon was originally designed to resemble what, before Disney rejected it?
A chainsaw
The design was reworked into the Keyblade; Sora also lost early lion-like features that looked too much like Zidane from Final Fantasy IX.
Q 17Which enemies of Birth by Sleep are described as Vanitas's emotions given form?
Unversed
The director described them as "those who are not well-versed in their own existences", and they feed on negativity.
Q 18In Dream Drop Distance, the friendly Dream Eaters that fight alongside Sora and Riku are called what?
Spirits
Players craft them by combining Dream Fragments with items or spells, and can pit teams of three against each other in Flick Rush.
Q 19Roxas, Axel and Xion routinely shared what treat on a clock tower after missions?
Sea-salt ice cream
The ritual returns at the end of Kingdom Hearts III, when the restored trio eat together again with Isa, Hayner, Pence and Olette.
Q 20What does Xion turn out to be in 358/2 Days?
A replica made from Sora's memories
She had been unknowingly absorbing Sora's memories, which is why his restoration kept stalling while he slept.
Q 24David Gallagher of 7th Heaven provides the English voice of which character?
Riku
In Japanese the role belongs to Mamoru Miyano, who reprised it for Riku's replica in Kingdom Hearts III.
Q 25Hayden Panettiere voiced which character in the first two numbered games?
Kairi
Alyson Stoner took over the role for Re:Chain of Memories, 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts III.
Q 26Chain of Memories, the 2004 follow-up to the original, was released on which handheld?
Game Boy Advance
It sold more than 100,000 copies in Japan within 48 hours, a record for the system at the time.
Q 27358/2 Days was dedicated to Wayne Allwine, the longtime English voice of which character?
Mickey Mouse
Allwine died twelve days before the game's Japanese release, and his archived performances were reused in later remasters.
Q 28Birth by Sleep is set how many years before the first Kingdom Hearts?
10
It follows three Keyblade apprentices whose fates were only hinted at in the secret ending of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix.
Q 29Terra and Aqua train alongside which third apprentice in Birth by Sleep?
Ventus
His heart is what Xehanort wants to fuse with Vanitas to forge the all-powerful χ-blade.
Q 30Kingdom Hearts II opens with the player controlling Roxas inside a virtual copy of which place?
Twilight Town
DiZ built the simulation to hide Roxas from Organization XIII until Sora could wake up.