Quiz H.Q./Walkthrough

Once you have inserted your coin(s) into the cabinet of Taito Corporation's Japan-only 1990 quiz arcade game, Quiz H.Q., the game's opening cutscene will start; as in Quiz Torimonochō, the story for this game is entirely in Japanese, but English translations have been provided for non-Japanese readers:

最近、街のあちらこ (Saikin, gai no achira ko) ちらで妙な事件が続 (Chirade myōna jiken ga zoku) 発していた. (Hatsu shite ita.) Translation: Recently, strange incidents have been occurring everywhere in the city.

目撃者の証言による (Mokugeki-sha no shōgen ni yoru) と犯人達はクイズを (To han'nin-tachi ha kuizu wo) 出し、間違えた者か (Dashi, machigaeta mono ka) ら金品を奪いとると (Ra kinpin wo ubai toruto) いう. (Iu.) Translation: According to the witnesses the criminals put out a quiz and said they will take money from those who made the mistake.

そこで一連の事件解決の為に (Sokode ichiren no jiken kaiketsu no tame ni) 二人の刑事が立ち上がった. (Futari no keiji ga tachiagatta.) Translation: Two detectives stood up for solving a series of cases.

ナンシーより緊急連絡. (Nanshī yori kinkyū renraku.) Translation: Emergency contact from Nancy.

逃走中の連続食い逃げ犯、ダグ (Tōsō-chū no renzoku kuinige-han, Dagu) ＝マスタードを郊外で発見. (= Masutādo wo kōgai de hakken.) Translation: Discovery of a continuous escape criminal while fleeing, Doug Mustard in the suburbs.

ターゲットは黄色いスポーツカ (Tāgetto ha kīroi supōtsukā) ーよ. (Yo.) Translation: The target is a yellow sports car.

The game shall then proceed to the overworld map of the first round shown above, as Gibson's black Porsche (and Broady's red Nissan 300ZX in a two-player game) appear on it at its start with Doug Mustard's yellow sports car ahead of them; two rectangles containing the texts of "ROUND 1" and "STEP 1 NORMA 3" shall then come up into view from the bottom of the screen, which means you will have to answer three questions correctly between you to proceed to the next step of the round. Four gift-wrapped boxes with the numbers 1 to 4 on them will now appear on the screen as the three-script text of ''Anata no unmei wo hiraku watashi no purezento. Sukinamono wo dōzo (あなたの運命を開く私のプレゼント. 好きな物をどうぞ) is displayed upon the Taito Monitoring System above them (Nancy shall also speak it from the Yamaha YM-2610 below them) - and once you've pushed one of the Answer Buttons to choose a box, it will become a silhouette as one of four Katakana, Kanji or English texts appears upon it: Hazure (ハズレ, which means that the step's questions shall have four possible answers), 3-taku (3択, meaning the questions shall have three possible answers), 2-taku (2択, meaning the questions will have two possible answers), and JUMP'' (which means the step will be skipped). If you hesitate too long, the fourth box will get chosen automatically, but if the English text JUMP appears on it when it becomes a silhouette, it will be to your benefit as you are skipped over the first step to the gas station; this step is also the only non-"BATTLE" one in which you will have to answer three questions correctly between you, as all subsequent ones require you to answer eight (unless you turned over three matching cards in a beer bar at the end of the previous step, and in this case, you must only answer two).