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50 free Red Dead Redemption 2 trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Red Dead Redemption 2 took Rockstar eight years and around 2,000 people to build, and it paid back the $370-plus million budget with a $725 million opening weekend, the biggest in entertainment history after Grand Theft Auto V. Set in 1899, it follows Arthur Morgan as Dutch van der Linde's gang unravels across five fictional states, from the bayous of Lemoyne to the mountains of Ambarino. These 50 questions range over the whole thing: Arthur, Dutch, Hosea, Micah and John, the Pinkertons and Leviticus Cornwall, the Grays and Braithwaites, Guarma, Saint Denis and Valentine, Dead Eye, Honor, cores and five finger filet, the high- and low-honor endings, the 1907 epilogue, Woody Jackson's three-tier score, Daniel Lanois's vocal tracks, the 100-hour-week controversy, Red Dead Online, the Stadia launch, the Trusted Reviews leak and the Pinkerton trademark fight. Easy questions stick to characters and mechanics; the hard tier asks about dates, budgets and lawsuits. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation that adds one more fact. Play it solo or print it for a gaming quiz night.
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Q 01In what year is Red Dead Redemption 2 set?
1899
The epilogue jumps forward eight years to 1907.
Q 02Who is the main playable character for most of the game?
Arthur Morgan
John Marston, the original game's hero, takes over in the epilogue.
Q 03Which outlaw band does Arthur ride with?
The Van der Linde gang
The game tells the story of the gang's breakdown, often alluded to in the first game.
Q 04Who voices the main protagonist?
Roger Clark
He won Best Performance at The Game Awards 2018.
Q 05Who voices Dutch van der Linde?
Benjamin Byron Davis
Dutch is described as a charismatic anarchist who decries modern civilization.
Q 06Who is Dutch's best friend and co-leader of the gang?
Hosea Matthews
He is killed by Pinkertons during the Saint Denis bank robbery.
Q 07Which gang member turns out to be the Pinkerton informant?
Micah Bell
Agent Milton names him before Abigail kills Milton.
Q 08What disease is Arthur diagnosed with?
Tuberculosis
Polygon praised the game's unfiltered depiction of the illness.
Q 09Which wealthy oil magnate hires the Pinkertons to hunt the gang?
Leviticus Cornwall
The gang's train robbery sets him against them; Dutch later murders him.
Q 10Which two Pinkerton agents lead the hunt?
Andrew Milton and Edgar Ross
Ross's pursuit of John foreshadows the first Red Dead Redemption.
Q 11Which two feuding families does the gang play against each other in Lemoyne?
The Grays and Braithwaites
Both families double-cross the gang, and both are destroyed.
Q 12What is the name of the Caribbean island the gang washes up on?
Guarma
They had been sailing for Cuba after the Saint Denis bank job.
Q 13Which city in the game is analogous to New Orleans?
Saint Denis
It is a former French colony in the bayou state of Lemoyne.
Q 14Which of the five states is the sparsely populated mountain wilderness?
Q 21What system measures how the player's moral choices are perceived?
Honor
High levels unlock special outfits and store discounts; low levels yield more loot.
Q 22Which of the two protagonists cannot swim?
John
Arthur can swim; John's inability is a nod to the original game.
Q 23What do 'cores' govern in the game?
Health and stamina regen
Freezing or overheating drains them unless the player dresses for the weather.
Q 24Which game of skill with a knife can the player take part in?
Ambarino
Its only settlement is the Wapiti Indian Reservation.
Q 15Which livestock town sits in New Hanover?
Valentine
A shootout with Cornwall's men there forces the gang to move on.
Q 16Why is Armadillo a ghost town in 1899?
A cholera outbreak
Both Armadillo and Tumbleweed were redesigned to reflect the earlier era.
Q 17Which mountain resort town expanded West Elizabeth northward?
Strawberry
Blackwater, the port town, is still under development in 1899.
Q 18Which actor plays Native American leader Rains Fall?
Graham Greene
His son Eagle Flies is played by Jeremiah Bitsui.
Q 19What does Dutch do to Angelo Bronte after the Mafia boss double-crosses the gang?
Feeds him to an alligator
The act disturbs Arthur and John and marks Dutch's decline.
Q 20What is the name of the game's slow-motion targeting mechanic?
Dead Eye
It upgrades progressively and can eventually target fatal points.
Five finger filet
Poker, blackjack and dominoes are also available.
Q 25Who are sent after the player once they commit enough crimes?
The U.S. Marshals
Before that, local lawmen and then bounty hunters track the player down.
Q 26What happens if the player has high honor at the end of Arthur's story?
He dies watching the sunrise
With low honor, Micah executes him instead.
Q 27How many years pass before the epilogue?
Eight
John and his family are trying to live honestly in 1907.
Q 28Who shoots Micah during the final standoff?
Dutch
He then leaves in silence, letting John finish Micah off.
Q 29Roughly how many people worked on the game in total?
About 2,000
Rockstar merged all its studios into one team of around 1,600 core staff.
Q 30What was the estimated combined development and marketing budget range?
$370–540 million
It made RDR2 one of the most expensive games ever developed.