Question 1

True or false: Age of Empires IV was developed by a different studio than the original trilogy, Relic Entertainment.

Accepted Answer

True. Relic Entertainment developed Age of Empires IV, while the original Age of Empires, II, and III were created by Ensemble Studios. This makes the statement true.

Question 2

True or false: Age of Empires II: The Conquerors expansion added the Spanish civilization with the unique 'Conquistador' unit.

Accepted Answer

True. The Spanish were introduced in The Conquerors expansion (2000), not in the base Age of Empires II. Their unique mounted gunpowder unit is the Conquistador.

Question 3

True or false: The Persian civilization in Age of Empires II was originally designed to have a unique 'chariot' unit, but it was cut.

Accepted Answer

False. Persia's unique unit in Age of Empires II has always been the War Elephant; no chariot unit was ever planned or cut. This misconception likely arises from confusion with Age of Empires I, where some civilizations had chariots.

Question 4

True or false: In Age of Empires II, the 'Wololo' conversion sound was recorded by programmer Matt Pritchard shouting in an office hallway.

Accepted Answer

True. Programmer Matt Pritchard created the iconic chant by shouting 'Wololo' in the Ensemble Studios office hallway to serve as the priest's conversion sound.

Question 5

True or false: Age of Empires was the first game developed by Ensemble Studios.

Accepted Answer

True. Founded in 1995, Ensemble Studios released Age of Empires in 1997 as its debut title, establishing the real-time strategy franchise.

Question 6

True or false: The 'Big Daddy' cheat in Age of Empires spawns a giant, invincible version of the Hoplite unit.

Accepted Answer

False. There is no 'Big Daddy' cheat in any Age of Empires game. This is a fabricated myth mixing up other game cheat codes.

Question 7

True or false: The original Age of Empires used the same game engine as the real-time strategy game 'Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds'.

Accepted Answer

True. Galactic Battlegrounds was built on the Genie Engine, the same engine used for Age of Empires and Age of Empires II.

Question 8

True or false: Age of Empires III features a hidden cheat code that turns all units into giant pink elephants.

Accepted Answer

False. No such cheat exists. The 'tuck tuck tuck' code spawns a single Tommynator vehicle, not elephants, and does not transform all units.

Age of Empires Trivia Questions