Spelunky 2
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40 free Spelunky 2 trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Spelunky 2 sends Ana Spelunky to the Moon in search of her missing parents, and fills the caves beneath its surface with a memorable cast: 20 playable spelunkers, a small army of shopkeepers and quest-givers, and bosses borrowed from mythologies around the world. This quiz covers the characters first: who each spelunker is, where they are hiding and how they are unlocked, plus the merchants, thieves and royalty met along the way. It also digs into the journal, the in-game book that logs every place, person, creature, item and trap a player comes across. It is written for players who have already lost a few hundred runs, but the early questions are friendly to newcomers. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so there is a tip or two here for the next descent.
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Q 01How is Ana, the heroine of Spelunky 2, related to the explorer who starred in the first Spelunky?
His daughter
His daughter Ana Spelunky travels to the Moon after both of her parents go missing in a vast cave beneath its surface.
Q 02Which designer created the original Spelunky and returned to lead its sequel, Spelunky 2?
Derek Yu
Derek Yu also drew the sequel's art, and brought in a partner studio for the programming because the game's scope had grown so much.
Q 03Most unlockable Spelunky 2 characters are found trapped inside which objects hidden around the caves?
Coffins
Coffins hide most of the game's 20 playable characters, and in co-op the same boxes bring a fallen teammate back into the run.
Q 04Every shopkeeper in Spelunky 2 carries which weapon, ready to use on anyone who steals from the shop?
Shotgun
Shotgun blasts await any thief, and once one shopkeeper is angered another waits by the exit door of the standard levels that follow.
Q 05What unkillable enemy arrives after three minutes in a Spelunky 2 level and kills players at a touch?
The Ghost
The Ghost drifts straight through walls and cannot be damaged, though the flash of a camera will freeze it in place for a moment.
Q 06Which genre name fits Spelunky 2, where death is permanent and every cave is freshly generated?
Roguelike
Roguelike games reset on death, so a fallen spelunker loses every item and starts again from the top with only bombs and ropes.
Q 07Which Spelunky 2 character is Ana's mother, known for defeating King Yama with an eggplant?
Tina Flan
Tina Flan married Guy Spelunky after the first game, and in the sequel she waits in a coffin just below the surface of Abzu's flooded trench.
Q 08Which wealthy Spelunky 2 character runs a Dice House in the Tide Pool and a palace in Neo Babylon?
Madame Tusk
Madame Tusk is a walrus flanked by armed bodyguards, and a big enough win at her dice table earns an invitation to the palace.
Q 09After the tutorial in Spelunky 2, what does Ana find tucked into the last page of the journal?
A key
A key slips out of the journal and unlocks the big door to the Dwelling, the first area of the caves.
Q 10After the Dwelling in Spelunky 2, players pick between the Jungle and which area new to the sequel?
Volcana
Volcana is a lava-themed world, and its depths hide the castle of Vlad, the dark lord of the vampires.
Q 11Which Spelunky 2 character is named after a real game developer friend of the series' creator?
Colin Northward
Colin Northward is based on Colin Northway of Northway Games, and in the story he is an artist and engineer obsessed with Olmec.
Q 12Which of these Spelunky 2 characters is playable from the very start, without being unlocked in the caves?
Roffy D. Sloth
Roffy D. Sloth is one of four starters, while the other sixteen of the 20 spelunkers must be found in the caves or earned by beating the game.
Q 13Pilot, an unlockable character in Spelunky 2, is borrowed from which other game by the studio Mossmouth?
UFO 50
UFO 50 features Pilot in several of its games, and in the caves the little spaceman mutters about his own ship, the Campanella.
Q 21Which crossbow-carrying prisoner in Spelunky 2, once freed, later shoots Vlad dead at the top of his castle?
Van Horsing
Van Horsing is a veteran of the first adventure, and his metal arrow kills the vampire lord instantly, leaving a crown and cape for the taking.
Q 22Which Spelunky 2 merchant, host of the Moon Challenge, has a name that reverses an Egyptian sky goddess?
Tun
Tun spells Nut backwards, and her brother Beg seems to mirror Geb, the Egyptian earth god who was Nut's brother.
Q 23Parsley and Parsnip are two of the three rescuable sisters in Spelunky 2; what is the eldest sister called?
Parmesan
Parmesan is the shy, nurturing eldest of the trio, and she turns up again in the Yeti cave of the Ice Caves.
Q 14Demi Von Diamonds, a playable heiress in Spelunky 2, filled which role in the original Spelunky?
The Damsel
The Damsel of the first game returns as a playable heiress, and her talk at the base camp suggests she already knows Guy Spelunky.
Q 15Which Spelunky 2 character is found inside the stomach of a dead Goliath Frog in the Sunken City?
Dirk Yamaoka
Dirk Yamaoka waits in the frog's belly, and a thief met elsewhere in the caves greets him as her big brother.
Q 16Which Spelunky 2 character waits at the bottom of Dwelling 1-4, beside the doors to the next two areas?
Alto Singh
Alto Singh works in physical education, and he wants every explorer to look after their health and stay positive.
Q 17Who digs the shortcuts in Spelunky 2, taking over the family business from her husband Manfred?
Terra Tunnel
Terra Tunnel, known as Mama, can dig up to three shortcuts if players bring what she asks for, while Manfred has gone spelunking himself.
Q 18Yang, the youngest of twelve identically named brothers in Spelunky 2, asks players to pen which animals?
Cave turkeys
Cave turkeys are rideable mounts with a double jump, and penning two of them opens Yang's treasure room.
Q 19Which Spelunky 2 thief appears in a later level after the player steals an item from a shop and escapes?
Sparrow
Sparrow defied her prominent ninja family to become a thief, and she tosses a successful shoplifter a pile of rope before issuing a bigger dare.
Q 20Which Spelunky 2 character stores items and carries them deeper into the caves for free?
Waddler
Waddler turns up in Olmec's Lair, the Ice Caves and the Sunken City, and customers complain that their items come back sticky.
Q 24Placing an eggplant on an Ice Caves altar in Spelunky 2 opens which statue to reveal the Eggplant Child?
Moai
The Moai holds the sleeping Eggplant Child, and the game's creator has called the long escort that follows a metaphor for parenthood.
Q 25A player must be in which condition to enter the Ghist Shopkeeper's hidden shop in Spelunky 2?
Cursed
Cursed players can step inside, where the Ghist sells mystery presents packed with high-tier items for $20,000 apiece.
Q 26Which rolling mini-boss always appears in his own arena at the bottom of Dwelling 1-4 in Spelunky 2?
Quillback
Quillback curls into a roll that destroys every tile in front of him and instantly kills anything in the way.
Q 27Which giant turtle boss of Abzu in Spelunky 2 has a shell that only explosions or Excalibur can crack?
Kingu
Kingu crawls along the walls spawning enemies from her shell, and defeating her drops the Tablet of Destiny.
Q 28Which Egyptian god rules the hidden area Duat in Spelunky 2 and attacks by slamming his giant fists?
Osiris
Osiris bursts into emeralds when beaten, leaving behind the Tablet of Destiny and a portal on to the Ice Caves.
Q 29Defeating which queen on her throne in level 6-4 of Spelunky 2 unlocks Guy Spelunky as a playable character?
Tiamat
Tiamat summons monsters with her staff, and beating her adds $100,000 to the final score before a rocket ride back to the surface.
Q 30Which final boss of Spelunky 2, hatching bird and snake heads from its shell, unlocks Classic Guy when beaten?
Hundun
Hundun rises through its lair on a bed of spikes, and beating the game this harder way adds $200,000 to the final score.