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E308 Get Your Buzzers Ready, It's The Executive Pop Quiz!
Posted by Adam Barenblat at 8:00 AM on July 23, 2008
When it comes to asking the industry's bigwigs the big questions, we here at Kotaku aren't afraid to get our hands dirty. So, while we were at E3, we asked some of the top executives from each of the major companies questions on their own material. I mean think about it, when do you get to quiz your teachers? This was an opportunity we weren't going to miss. We present the Kotaku Executive Pop Quiz!

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Ken
Posted 9:27 AM 23/7/08
RE5 was pretty funny to ask Shane Kim (He didn't know it was coming out for it as a referesher people...)
SONY fails,... Status Quo Kept!
Ken
SpearXXI
Posted 9:25 AM 23/7/08
That was a good bit. Good job you guys, and hope to see more.
SpearXXI
Herodito
Posted 9:22 AM 23/7/08
Excellent material and editing XD
Kudos Kotaku!
Herodito
dady5000
Posted 9:19 AM 23/7/08
I was dreading Sega not knowing anything about Sonic due to Sonic's "turn" in recent years. Glad to see he still knows stuff about their mascot.
Oh and ZOMG DREAMCAST 2 LOL.
dady5000
Zeouterlimits
Posted 9:19 AM 23/7/08
Sony, what a big bunch of girls.
Hilarious though, w00t for Nintendo pwnage!
Zeouterlimits
mister_shhh
Posted 9:16 AM 23/7/08
i nailed all the franchise dates. FIST PUMP.
mister_shhh
GorbyGipper
Posted 9:15 AM 23/7/08
Shock the Monkey...well played, Kotaku.
That was pretty awesome. Too bad Sony declined to be part of the fun, I think Jack would have come off well in that environment, even if he ended up 0 for 3.
GorbyGipper
JP05
Posted 9:15 AM 23/7/08
Excellent! Every party has a pooper and that pooper is you Sony =( Though Sony's segment was probably the funniest one!
JP05
Meldy
Posted 9:09 AM 23/7/08
The Sega guy was fantastic! Does he run the UK:Resistance site as a side project?
Meldy
Protector one
Posted 9:03 AM 23/7/08
@SpishackCola: What? Cream the Rabbit Cheese? Cream the cheese Rabbit? Cheese rabbit the cream? The cheese cream, rub it? What?
Protector one
cZEAL
Posted 8:58 AM 23/7/08
Sony's was priceless.
cZEAL
Monster Chalk
Posted 8:57 AM 23/7/08
aha this was fun, I don't know about yall but Shane Kim is cool as shit.
And what are you talking about, Sony IS an Epic FAIL! the whole company fails.
Monster Chalk
TheHun
Posted 8:55 AM 23/7/08
Poor Shane Kim ahahahhaqhaha
TheHun
Candlejack
Posted 8:37 AM 23/7/08
Oh Sony :D The RE5 question to Shane Kim was clearly the best. Awesome.
Candlejack
Hopanoe
Posted 8:28 AM 23/7/08
Whoever chose Banjo-Kazooie music for this, I love you. That means you Adam
Hopanoe
bleeps
Posted 8:24 AM 23/7/08
One of the best K-vids yet. :)
bleeps
muppetsausages
Posted 8:22 AM 23/7/08
Sony was too busy getting to the bottom of a bottle of Vladimir in the men's bathroom.
muppetsausages
Xenigma
Posted 8:22 AM 23/7/08
I really like the video, but the music is way too loud and there is like 30 seconds of black screen at the end.
Sort of glad Sony didn't show up, as it was the funniest moment of the video.
Xenigma
SpishackCola
Posted 8:20 AM 23/7/08
@Spenze:
It goes with her chao companion "Cheese", but if you take the chao away, then yea, its a bit devious.
SpishackCola
skyoon
Posted 8:17 AM 23/7/08
That was hilarious.
Also, I got some of those wrong :(
skyoon
Spenze
Posted 8:16 AM 23/7/08
Cream the Rabbit is an actual character's name? It sounds like some kind of sick deviant sexual act.
Spenze
Neo Deus
Posted 8:14 AM 23/7/08
Cream the Rabbit game confirmed on Dreamcast 2!
Neo Deus
Fallible
Posted 8:12 AM 23/7/08
@Fallible: Forgot to comment on the video, nice job once again Kotaku. :D
Fallible
Rob Phelps
Posted 8:12 AM 23/7/08
Poor Shane Kim. There are like a billion XBLA games. I guess that is sort of his fault though.
Rob Phelps
Snake726
Posted 8:12 AM 23/7/08
Good on Sega, Nintendo, and Microsoft...
Way to be xenophobic Sony.
Snake726
liquid_kore
Posted 8:12 AM 23/7/08
That was awesome. Judging by the your video interviews the Sega guy seems really nice and the most "real".
liquid_kore
CarbonFalcon
Posted 8:11 AM 23/7/08
That was good, I laughed.
I NEED MOAR!!!
More companies at PAX. DO IT!
CarbonFalcon
Fallible
Posted 8:11 AM 23/7/08
If you miss an exam, to the best of knowledge, in the UK -- maybe just Scotland -- you actually get a grade that isn't technically a fail. With a 1, being the highest, and 6, being the lowest one can achieve, no-shows were instead given a 7.
Fallible
JakeLL
Posted 8:10 AM 23/7/08
Doh! (Should have previewed.)
JakeLL
seldon452
Posted 8:10 AM 23/7/08
Sony proves it can't laugh at its self. Just take the damn quiz.
seldon452
Arttemis
Posted 8:10 AM 23/7/08
Now we know the inspiration for the XBL marketplace delistings.
My results
MS: X X O
Ni: O O X
Se: O O O
So: ? ? ?
Arttemis
JakeLL
Posted 8:10 AM 23/7/08
Can't really hear the questions very well over the music...
JakeLL
chuffhoncho
Posted 8:09 AM 23/7/08
@Spenze: Eh, the important parts were audible. Or they were printed on the screen. Sony boardroom was classic. I was waiting for a tumbleweed to roll across the table.
chuffhoncho
RockstarLlama
Posted 8:08 AM 23/7/08
I loved it.
I agree, I would love to see more of these at other press events.
RockstarLlama
kosikutioner
Posted 8:08 AM 23/7/08
Thats garbage Sony didn't participate. I say you should Blackball them Kotaku. Don't stand for this! You made every effort to be as inclusive as possible to each big company out there in an effort to improve previously damaged relationships. You guys go out on a limb for them every day. You shouldn't defend companies that don't work cooperatively with you.
kosikutioner
Elly
Posted 8:08 AM 23/7/08
That was hilarious. Would've liked to have heard the interviewer a little better though.
SEGA totally owes us Dreamcast 2 now.
Elly
Spenze
Posted 8:07 AM 23/7/08
Balance the audio... The audio levels on the speech is all over the place, and the music is drowning out everything.
Spenze
minikikers
Posted 8:07 AM 23/7/08
Brilliant. Please do that again at every conference.
Oh and DREAMCAST 2 CONFIRMED!!!!!
Cream. Ha.
minikikers
Brian Crecente
Posted 8:06 AM 23/7/08
hmm works for me
Brian Crecente
TalKeaton: A Force to be Reckoned With
Posted 8:02 AM 23/7/08
/not loading.
Will try again later.
TalKeaton: A Force to be Reckoned With
Coquiton
Posted 9:46 AM 23/7/08
Man, I lol'd so hard at the whole "Cheater" thing with Shane's interview.
Amazing job, Kotaku! You guys really need to post more Kotaku-Made videos throughtout the year. The one's you've been pumping out this last week have been amazingly fun to watch!
Coquiton
goat999
Posted 9:45 AM 23/7/08
I haven't played Sonic Adventure in years. That barely audible music brought back good memories.
goat999
Owen Good
Posted 9:45 AM 23/7/08
That was awesome.
"Cream the Rabbit" has all new meaning for me now.
Owen Good
Coyotegrey
Posted 9:40 AM 23/7/08
Hard-hitting journalism at its best.
Also, nice mixing on the Shane Kim segment...
Coyotegrey
Krondonian
Posted 10:12 AM 23/7/08
I heart Simon Jeffery.
Great video yet again guys!
Krondonian
PsycheE
Posted 9:55 AM 23/7/08
We all know the falling of the sign is an ominous sign of things to come.
PsycheE
thewisestfool
Posted 9:48 AM 23/7/08
Music from the Banjo Kazooie Quiz Show (forgotten the name)? Automatic win.
thewisestfool
freakout
Posted 11:04 AM 23/7/08
Hilarious. Especially Sony's one, which could almost be applied to their E3 showing as a whole... And CHEATER stamped on Shane Kim! too funny. This should become a regular segment.
freakout
noelix
Posted 11:03 AM 23/7/08
Loved it. Let's see a Kotaku writer on-screen with the mic asking these questions next time though! Also there's like 20 seconds of dead space at the end of this.
noelix
Nekokazzie
Posted 11:51 AM 23/7/08
That was the best thing I've ever seen. Make sure to do more of these!
Nekokazzie
TheWP
Posted 12:16 PM 23/7/08
Honestly, I don't think I would have gotten the XBL one if I wasn't familiar with Yie Ar Kung Fu.
+ Watch video
TheWP
amisenior
Posted 12:14 PM 23/7/08
Keep this as a regular segment
amisenior
fuchikoma
Posted 12:37 PM 23/7/08
haha... that was great.
Maybe RE5 wasn't the best thing to mention to a Nintendo rep... that looked like a tense moment. ^^;
fuchikoma
r1nce
Posted 1:32 PM 23/7/08
Banjo Kazooie music FTW.
Man, I haven't heard that in a long time and it just made me relive all the frustration and eventual triumph that game offered. Nice one!
r1nce
thinkfreemind
Posted 1:47 PM 23/7/08
I feel like such a nerd now because I knew all of those answers. :P
thinkfreemind
DarrenIndeed
Posted 1:46 PM 23/7/08
@goat999:
Actually that music is from Sonic 3D.
DarrenIndeed
DarrenIndeed
Posted 1:43 PM 23/7/08
Sega announce Dreamcast 2 - Automatically win E3 (not that it was hard this year).
DarrenIndeed
everybest
Posted 1:59 PM 23/7/08
@freakout: Yeah because no one showed up and they didn't show a single game.
everybest
neshcom
Posted 3:13 PM 23/7/08
C'mon Sony. Don't be that guy.
Y'know. THAT guy.
neshcom
Nymo
Posted 3:48 PM 23/7/08
so, Who exactly from Sony did you ask? How many did you ask?
And Microsoft CHEATS!
Nymo
Amun-Ra
Posted 5:17 PM 23/7/08
I love these things. Keep on doing them. More than once a year, please.
Amun-Ra
Reilaos~
Posted 4:57 PM 23/7/08
@Protector one: Cream cheese, dude. Cream cheese.
Reilaos~
Norellicus
Posted 11:19 PM 23/7/08
I cracked up at the Sony sign falling off the wall. Excellent job Adam :)
Norellicus
Lebensbaum
Posted 11:42 PM 23/7/08
Loved it, please make more!
Sony, what's wrong with you?
Lebensbaum
L_K_M
Posted 12:04 AM 24/7/08
I'm pretty impressed with how well they did. I would have screwed up pretty badly.
L_K_M
Man_s
Posted 12:49 AM 24/7/08
Great video indeed, keep'em coming in the next events please.
Man_s
Sarra
Posted 8:07 AM 23/7/08
Oh no big bad sony won't take the quiz. boooooo
Sarra
akruble
Posted 7:15 AM 24/7/08
Hilarious! Too bad Sony's too cool for school.
akruble
Chucky
Posted 11:22 AM 24/7/08
Wow, the pop quiz is perfectly reflecting each of the company's image! Microsoft is all about co-op play; Nintendo knows their own history well; SEGA has a few hiccup when it comes to Sonic, but otherwise they did well, and SONY... well... Sony is Sony...
Chucky
EditorinChief
Posted 4:07 PM 24/7/08
As every one has noticed, audio is all over the place, but otherwise good. "CHEATER!!!" LOL. That one was dumb though, I've owned an xbox since launch and even I find it hard to keep up with the XBLA listings.
EditorinChief
chad2bert
Posted 1:19 PM 23/7/08
the only rhing in that you wil get sued for is the jeopardy music :0
chad2bert
KireSenoj
Posted 8:13 AM 23/7/08
Mr. Do! EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNH
KireSenoj
Zootroy
Posted 8:06 AM 23/7/08
Seriously; that's an absolutely fantastic feature idea.
Excellent work.
Zootroy
zaagis
Posted 8:21 PM 23/7/08
That sega dude looked so drunk
zaagis