M.P.I.Q.
Template:Minigame-infobox M.P.I.Q. (short for Mario Party Intelligence Quotient) is a 4-player minigame found in the Nintendo 64 game Mario Party 3.
Gameplay
Players have to listen to Toad when he is asking a question based on the activities on the board, players or anything related.
The first player to answer three questions correctly wins. First, Toad will slowly show the question letter by letter. A player must press 
to hit the buzzer and answer the question, and players can hit the buzzer before the question is fully revealed. An "O" means the answer is correct and an "X" means the answer is incorrect. If an answer is incorrect, the player who answered the question gets squashed by a block and loses his or her next turn. Players are also squashed if a question is not answered within five seconds.
List of possible questions
- The color hat of Mario, Luigi or Wario.
- Who Mario's younger brother is.
- The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom/Sarasaland.
- The initials on Donkey Kong's necktie.
- How much certain items cost.
- How many coins it takes for Boo to steal coins/a star.
- What button to press first when performing certain actions (using an item, hitting a dice block etc.).
- How many times board/duel maps have been played.
- Which board/duel map has been played the most/least.
- The records for certain minigames.
- Who currently has the most/fewest coins or stars.*
- The current total of coins/stars one or all players have.*
- How many spaces the players have landed on (Blue Spaces, Red Spaces, etc.).*
- Who currently won the most/fewest coins in minigames.*
- Who hosts certain types of minigames (Battle, Item etc.)
- The Story Mode rank of a character the player finished with.
- What number in the Mario Party series the player is currently playing.
- = Only asked while playing a Board Map
Controls
- – Buzz in / Answer question
– Answer question
– Answer question
In-game text
- Game Rules – "Hit the block quickly for your chance to answer the question. The first player to reach 3 points, wins."
- Advice – "If you hit the block in the middle of the question, you won't see the entire question."
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | キノピオクイズ Kinopio kuizu |
Toad Quiz |
| German | M.P.I.Q. |
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| Spanish | Concurso M.P. |
Mario Party Challenge |
Trivia
- The two questions each asking who the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom or Sarasaland is, Toad is one of the three possible answers despite the fact that he is a male and is an obvious incorrect answer. Peach and Daisy were so far the only two Princesses in existence at the time, and the third Rosalina was introduced in Super Mario Galaxy seven years later in 2007.
- The question asking about the initials to Donkey Kong's necktie, "TK" from one of the possible three answers might be a reference to Tiny Kong. "PK" on the other hand, none of the Kongs ever had their names start with a "P".
- The question regarding the Mario Party game in the series being played is likely considered the easiest question to answer, which is in fact Mario Party 3.
