Quiz & Dragons, Capcom, 1992

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The Random Mame Game of this Week is a quiz style game called Quiz and Dragons made by Capcom in 1992.

A Dungeon and Dragons-themed game where one or two of four characters are chosen to proceed through a variety of mazes by answering trivia questions. An element of chance is involved via a rolling die that dictates how many spaces the player(s) can move. Depending upon where the characters land, various power-ups or other advantages may be awarded.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9198

The game plays similar to a board game, where the player is given a predetermined dice roll that moves the player up to six spaces on the board; however, if the player is so given the choice, he can move to a space of his choosing if there is a fork in the road. After landing on a space, the player is given a series of questions (the amount of questions needed to be answered increase as the game progresses) in order to proceed back to the board for another dice roll. The player is given a time limit to answer the question, with points given that vary based on how fast the player answered the question correctly. If the player is successful in answering a question, one of the orbs above the enemy's portrait will light up, indicating a correct answer. If the player answers a question incorrectly, he will lose a life point. if the player loses all life points, the player must continue within the time limit or else the game is over.
There are also two special spaces on the game board that the player may land on. If a player lands on an INN space, the player is only required to answer one question correctly, the innkeeper will increase his health by ranging from two to four points of Vitality. The other space is an ELF space, where the player is also required to answer one question correctly and the Elf grants him either a healing item, a magical item which adds a benefit on the next quiz, or a shortcut that allows the player to skip all remaining squares and land directly on the stage boss.

In lieu of the title, the large squares on the board depicts one of Gordian's wurm minion or a chromatic dragon. The player cannot skip this battle and must answer the questions in order to move on in the game.
http://capcom.wikia.com/wiki/Quiz_%26_Dragons