History VideoGame / TheImpossibleQuiz

* AnnoyingPopUpAd: ''Book'''s Question 94 has browser windows show up every few seconds, promoting things like Frank emotes, power-ups, and dead animal photography. None of the answers are actually correct and most of the ads are too good to be true, so you have to click on the one with supposed X-rated pics to proceed.

** Most answers make sense at least in retrospect, so if you catch the author's train of thought you will answer it correctly. Except question 64 in the first quiz, which is [[WordOfGod confirmed by the author to be totally random]], and has no explanation for its answer whatsoever.

!!The ''The Impossible Quiz'' series provide examples of:

You can play the [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz first game here.]] Its sequel, ''The Impossible Quiz 2'', is [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz-2 here.]] The {{episodic|Game}} ''The Impossible Quiz Book'' can be found here: [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter1.php Chapter 1,]] [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter2.php Chapter 2,]] [[http://play.escapegames24.com/2012/01/impossible-quiz-book-chapter-3.html Chapter 3]]. ''The Impossible [[ChristmasEpisode Quizmas]]'' can be found [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizmas.php here.]] If the finished games are too hard, try [[http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/The-Impossible-Quiz-Demo-13162727 the prototype version here.]] Note that the games require Adobe Flash to run.

* GiantEnemyCrab: One appears (even called GiantEnemyCrab) in question 88 of the Quiz Book. It is bothering a city and spitting out water.

You can play the [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz first game here.]] Its sequel, ''The Impossible Quiz 2'', is [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz-2 here.]] The {{episodic|Game}} ''The Impossible Quiz Book'' can be found here: [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter1.php Chapter 1,]] [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter2.php Chapter 2,]] [[http://play.escapegames24.com/2012/01/impossible-quiz-book-chapter-3.html Chapter 3]]. ''The Impossible [[ChristmasEpisode Quizmas]]'' can be found [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizmas.php found here.]] If the finished games are too hard, try [[http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/The-Impossible-Quiz-Demo-13162727 the prototype version here.]] Note that the games require Adobe Flash to run.

* ArcWords: More like Arc Answer, but [[spoiler:"Blue, Red, Blue, Yellow"]]. Appears twice in TIQ, once in [=TIQ2=], as the antepenultimate question, [[spoiler:in a severely destroyed state]], in ''Book'' Chapter 3, and as the final question in ''Quizmas''.

* CuteKitten: Chris the Cat, albeit in a more UglyCute manner than most.

%%* CuteKitten: Chris the Cat.

* {{Pun}}: ''The Impossible Quiz Book Chapter 3'' has the subtitle "Spatula Future."[[note]]''Film/BackToTheFuture''[[/note]] [[LampshadeHanging The game calls it]] "an awesome pun!"

* VisualPun: Several questions show a picture, and the answer has something to do with the pronunciation of it [[spoiler:(i.e., A sick bird is "illegal", a bar graph and a pie chart in a boxing match is a "graphite")]].

* TakeThat: Question 63 of The Impossible Quiz asks "What are [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Chicken McNuggets]] made of?" [[spoiler:The answer is "Tasteless white filth".]]

* AprilFoolsDay

** Averted in the [=iOS=] version, where [[EasyModeMockery "Moron Marks"]] do appear.

* HalloweenEpisode: {{Invoked}} with Question 12 of ''Quizmas'', which asks if the player is down for a Halloween special game next. The question itself is Halloween-themed.

* VisualPun: Several questions show a picture, and the answer has something to do with the pronunciation of it [[spoiler:(i.e., A sick bird is "illegal", a bar graph and a pie chart in a boxing match is a "graphite")]]

* JustIgnoreIt: [[spoiler:Question 94 of the original features a bomb counting down and the words "Stop it!" and a "Detonate! button at the top above the bomb. How do you pass the question? Ignoring it. The bomb is a dud.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Question 81 of the first quiz has you basically [[ADateWithRosiePalms giving a lightning rod a handjob]] to the point where it spurts out white semen-like lightning.

* LateArrivalSpoiler:''The Impossible Quiz 2'' spoils the fact that, in its predecessor, [[spoiler:you can't use skips before the final question or else the game becomes UnwinnableByDesign]].

* LateArrivalspoiler:''The Impossible Quiz 2'' spoils the fact that, in its predecessor, [[spoiler:you can't use skips before the final question or else the game becomes UnwinnableByDesign]].

You can play the [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz first game here.]] Its sequel, ''The Impossible Quiz 2'', is [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz-2 here.]] The episodic ''The Impossible Quiz Book'' can be found here: [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter1.php Chapter 1,]] [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter2.php Chapter 2,]] [[http://play.escapegames24.com/2012/01/impossible-quiz-book-chapter-3.html Chapter 3]]. ''The Impossible [[ChristmasEpisode Quizmas]]'' can be found [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizmas.php found here.]] If the finished games are too hard, try [[http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/The-Impossible-Quiz-Demo-13162727 the prototype version here.]] Note that the games require Adobe Flash to run.

* NostalgiaLevel: A random question from the first quiz (e.g. the "What flavour is cardboard?" one) is reused in Question 43 of the second quiz, [[{{Retraux}} complete with the exact same button design]].

---> '''Q25:''' Why is the sand wet?\\

* SurrealHumour

* VisualPun: Several questions show a picture, and the answer has something to do with the pronunciation of it [[spoiler:(i.e: A sick bird is "illegal", a bar graph and a pie chart in a boxing match is a "graphite")]]

--> [[spoiler:"USE YOUR SKIPS!"]]

How to describe this game? Hrm... well, what ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'' is to platformers, the ''The Impossible Quiz'' series, made by old-timer Website/{{Newgrounds}} creator [[https://splapp-me-do.newgrounds.com/ Splapp-Me-Do]], is to puzzle games. Mainly composed of trick questions, with the answer occasionally not in the answer box, it has frustrated many LetsPlay hosts and amused many people. The games develop a storyline as they go on, and it's surprisingly engaging considering its roots as a silly flash game.

* ArcWords: More like Arc Answer, but [[spoiler: "Blue, Red, Blue, Yellow"]]. Appears twice in TIQ, once in [=TIQ2=], as the antepenultimate question, [[spoiler: in a severely destroyed state]], in ''Book'' Chapter 3, and as the final question in ''Quizmas''.

* FissionMailed: [[spoiler: Question 107 of the first quiz has a fake game over. You have to actually wait it out before moving on to the next question -- clicking "Try again?" will take you back to Question 1 again, and the game will chastise you for it.]]

* GainaxEnding[=/=]TheEndingChangesEverything: The ending of Quizbook Chapter 3. Lampshaded/parodied when [[spoiler: the game cuts to a (potentially fake) error screen due to the Impossible Quiz being erased from history.]]

* LateArrivalSpoiler: ''The Impossible Quiz 2'' spoils the fact that, in its predecessor, [[spoiler:you can't use skips before the final question or else the game becomes UnwinnableByDesign]].

** The two rivaling alien races Phlovomites and Spatulons first appear [[http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/Hmmmm-18697118 in]] [[http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/Phlovomites-VS-Spatulons-18910073 these]] [[http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/Spatulons-vs-Phlovomites-157500042 drawings]].
** Question 21 of ''Quizmas'' is a direct reference to Splapp's short animation, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5rita8a9_E "Organ Story"]].

** The Impossible Quiz Book: Chapter 1 features a question from one of the previous quizzes, and one of the possible answers is "Wait a minute... this question is familiar...". [[spoiler: It's so wrong, isn't it?]]

* OutsideTheBoxTactic: Quite a few questions require some lateral thinking skills. For example, one question is a simple math question, but none of the choices given are the correct answer. [[spoiler: However, the question number itself is.]]

* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: [[spoiler: In ''The Impossible Quiz Book Chapter 3'', one of the questions requires you to open a time portal in the "It's the End of the World!!!!!" question ([[CallBack previously seen]] in ''The Impossible Quiz 1'') to send a meteor through to the dinosaur age and wipe them out.]]

** "Press 'Yes' to Exit" from [[spoiler:Question 74 of the second quiz]], "Please don't press this" from [[spoiler:Question 26 of TIQB]], and "Shut Down" from [[spoiler:Question 94 of TIQB]]. [[spoiler: Choosing these answers will restart the Flash player.]]

* {{Pun}}: ''The Impossible Quiz Book Chapter 3'' has the subtitle "Spatula Future"[[note]]''Film/BackToTheFuture''[[/note]]. [[LampshadeHanging The game calls it]] "an awesome pun!"
* PunnyName: The name of Norman Mapping (the Spatulon) is a pun on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_mapping normal mapping]].

** [[spoiler: The skips. You need ''every single one of them'' to complete the game. The fact that you're given the option to use them for their supposed purpose is just meant to throw you off.]]
** [[spoiler: The ''Sorry, No Skipping!'' sign that occasionally blocks the skips. Again, you cannot use the skips at any point in order to complete the game. The sign is just there to reinforce the idea that the skips won't be necessary.]]

* RevengeOfTheSequel: One of several ''unofficial'' {{Fan Sequel}}s: Save the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]] from [[DoomedByCanon premature destruction]] in the [[http://superslinger2007.jimdo.com/revenge Revenge Against the Impossible Quiz]]. Set in 2007 [[NarniaTime and during the events of]] the 2007 ''Literature/DeathStar'' novel, but before ''Film/ANewHope''.

** LOL69 ([[spoiler:actually used as one of the possible last questions to ''The Impossible Quiz 2'']]) In Question 69 of Chapter 2 you literally click the question number 69 times.

** One question in ''The Impossible Quiz Book'' has an answer labeled "Please don't press this." [[spoiler: You'd better not, since doing so resets the game!]]
** From the original: "IF YOU PRESS THIS BUTTON, IT'S GAME OVER..." [[spoiler: "Alternatively, Click This Button to carry on"]]

* VisualPun: Several questions show a picture, and the answer has something to do with the pronunciation of it [[spoiler: (i.e: A sick bird is "illegal", a bar graph and a pie chart in a boxing match is a "graphite")]]

** In level 35 of the original game, the player must [[spoiler: wait five seconds for the game-over button to change]].
** In level 94 of the original game, the player must [[spoiler: allow the timer on the bomb to expire. It turns out to be a dud]].

You can play the first game [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz here]]. Its sequel, ''The Impossible Quiz 2'', is [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz-2 here]]. The episodic ''The Impossible Quiz Book'' can be found here: [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter1.php Chapter 1]], [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter2.php Chapter 2]], [[http://play.escapegames24.com/2012/01/impossible-quiz-book-chapter-3.html Chapter 3]]. ''The Impossible [[ChristmasEpisode Quizmas]]'' can be found [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizmas.php here]]. If the finished games are too hard, try the prototype version [[http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/The-Impossible-Quiz-Demo-13162727 here]]. Note that the games require Adobe Flash to run.

** ''[[http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/The-Impossible-Quack-81602025 The Impossible Quiz 3]]''. Try updating your Flash player.

** [[spoiler: The skips. You need ''every single one of them'' to complete the game. The fact that you're given the option to use them for their supposed purpose is just meant to through you off.]]

How to describe this game? Hrm... well, what ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'' is to platformers, the ''The Impossible Quiz'' series, made by old-timer ''Newgrounds'' creator [[https://splapp-me-do.newgrounds.com/ Splapp-Me-Do]], is to puzzle games. Mainly composed of trick questions, with the answer occasionally not in the answer box, it's frustrated many a LetsPlay host and amused many people. The games develop a storyline as they go on, and it's surprisingly engaging considering its roots as a silly flash game.

You can play the game [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz here]]. Its sequel, ''The Impossible Quiz 2'', is [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz-2 here]]. The episodic ''Impossible Quiz Book'' can be found here: [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter1.php Chapter 1]], [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter2.php Chapter 2]], [[http://play.escapegames24.com/2012/01/impossible-quiz-book-chapter-3.html Chapter 3]]. ''The Impossible [[ChristmasEpisode Quizmas]]'' can be found [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizmas.php here]]. If the finished games are too hard, try the prototype version [[http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/The-Impossible-Quiz-Demo-13162727 here]]. Note that the games require Adobe Flash to run.

!!These games provide examples of:

--> "'''CHEATER!''' Tabbing is for TWATS!" ''(TIQ 2)'' \\

** Pressing the tab key will instantly kill you, since it is the key used to highlight clickable objects in Flash and [[NoFairCheating the game has detected that you are trying to cheat your way through]].

* SelfDeprecation: In ''The Impossible Quiz Book Chapter 1'':
--> '''Q25:''' Why is the sand wet?\\

--> '''Q109:''' What does T.A.R.D.I.S. stand for?\\

* UnwinnableByDesign: [[spoiler:The final question of the first game requires you to use all your skips, so if you used even ''one'' the game becomes quite literally impossible to beat.]]

You can play the game [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz here]]. Its sequel, ''The Impossible Quiz 2'', is [[https://www.freegames66.com/the-impossible-quiz-2 here]]. The episodic ''Impossible Quiz Book'' can be found here: [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter1.php Chapter 1]], [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizbook-chapter2.php Chapter 2]], [[http://play.escapegames24.com/2012/01/impossible-quiz-book-chapter-3.html Chapter 3]]. ''The Impossible [[ChristmasEpisode Quizmas]]'' can be found [[http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequizmas.php here]]. If the finished games are too hard, try the prototype version [[http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/The-Impossible-Quiz-Demo-13162727 here]].

How to describe this game? Hrm... well, what ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'' is to platformers, the ''The Impossible Quiz'' series is to puzzle games. Mainly composed of trick questions, with the answer occasionally not in the answer box, it's frustrated many a LetsPlay host and amused many people. The games develop a storyline as they go on, and it's surprisingly engaging considering its roots as a silly flash game.