Question 1

True or false: The player can harvest or rescue Little Sisters, and rescuing all of them unlocks a good ending.

Accepted Answer

True. Rescuing all Little Sisters leads to a peaceful ending where they grow up and remember Jack fondly.

Question 2

True or false: The character Sander Cohen is a mute artist who communicates only through written notes.

Accepted Answer

False. Sander Cohen is highly vocal and theatrical, delivering dramatic monologues and even singing in Fort Frolic.

Question 3

True or false: BioShock was originally conceived as a spiritual successor to the game System Shock 2.

Accepted Answer

True. Irrational Games directly intended BioShock as a thematic and mechanical follow-up, sharing many design philosophies.

Question 4

True or false: The phrase 'Would you kindly' is used over 100 times in the original BioShock.

Accepted Answer

True. It's actually spoken only about 20 times, but its repeated use as a trigger phrase makes it feel more frequent.

Question 5

True or false: BioShock's underwater city Rapture was originally designed by a fictional architect named Andrew Ryan.

Accepted Answer

False. Andrew Ryan was the city's founder and ideologue, not its architect. The architect is never named in the game.

Question 6

True or false: BioShock's iconic Big Daddy suit was inspired by deep-sea diving suits from the 19th century.

Accepted Answer

False. The design was actually inspired by a mix of deep-sea diving helmets and World War II-era diving gear, not specifically 19th-century.

Question 7

True or false: The game's audio diaries were recorded by a single voice actor using different accents.

Accepted Answer

True. Actress Armin Shimerman voiced Andrew Ryan, but the diaries were performed by many different actors for authenticity.

Question 8

True or false: The plasmid 'Incinerate!' was originally planned to have a freezing counterpart called 'Hypothermia'.

Accepted Answer

False. The freezing plasmid was always called 'Winter Blast' in the final game; 'Hypothermia' was never used.

BioShock Trivia Questions