Characters
This is Josh's go-to Mario Kart Character.
Who is Lakitu?
This is the maximum number of bananas you can carry at one time.
What is 4?
This is the only track concept to appear in every single console game in the series.
What is Rainbow Road?
This essential advanced technique involves turning while hopping to enter a powerslide, allowing you to maintain speed through tight corners.
Across the entire history of the franchise, from the SNES to the Switch, there have been this many total Mario Kart games released.
What is 17?
The original Super Mario Kart launched with this specific number of playable characters.
What is 8?
Introduced in Mario Kart 8, this audio-blasting item is famous for being the first standard weapon capable of shattering an incoming Blue Shell.
What is the Super Horn?
Dis is da worst track of all time.
What is Baby Park?
Though it seems simple, performing this action at the edge of a ramp grants you a small speed boost upon landing.
What is jumping?
In Mario Kart 64, if you leave the results screen music looping for exactly this many iterations, the background music will change to a secret, alternate tune.
What is 64?
These seven characters are the only seven characters to have appeared in every single game in the franchise.
Who are Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Toad, DK, and Yoshi?
This is the maximum number of coins you can hold in your inventory in the Mario Kart franchise.
What is 20 coins?
Super Mario Kart for the SNES debuted with this many total race tracks.
What is 20?
This is the function of a Wheelie in Mario Kart.
What is a technique exclusive to motorcycles allowing for a slight increase in speed on straightaways?
In 2013, a 10-year-old boy made headlines after successfully taking control of a car during a medical emergency, claiming he learned how to drive from this specific game.
What is Mario Kart Wii?
This is the origin of the name "Wario".
What is the character's name is a portmanteau of "Mario" and the Japanese word "warui," meaning "bad," essentially translating to "Bad Mario."
Dis da best item in da game.
What is the Lightning Bolt (or Shock)?
In the Japanese version of the game, Moo Moo Meadows is actually called "___ ___" Meadows, because that is how Japanese speakers transcribe the sound a cow makes.
What is "Moh Moh" Meadows?
These are the three levels of sparks while drifting.
What is Blue, Orange, and Pink/Purple?
Most gamers today consider this a form of cheating, but the original handbooks for the SNES and N64 games explicitly encouraged players to do it to win.
What is screen peeking (or screen cheating)?
According to the original instruction manuals, this character isn't just the race referee; he is actually the legal owner of all the race tracks.
Who is Lakitu?
This is the original reason for the introduction of the Blue Shell.
What is reducing lag?
In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, you can spot buildings from "Mushroom City" visible beneath this track, suggesting it is floating directly above the city.
What is Rainbow Road?
Driving with 10 coins in your inventory provides a noticeable speed boost over driving with zero coins, increasing your base speed by approximately this percentage
What is 7%?
This specific entry in the franchise was the first to feature a fully animated, 3D-modeled mustache on Mario.
What is Mario Kart 8?