M.P.I.Q.

M.P.I.Q. is a 4-Player minigame found in Mario Party 3. The name is intended to stand for "Mario Party Intelligence Quotient."

Gameplay
Players have to listen to Toad when he is asking something based on the activities on the board, player characters, or anything related. First, Toad will slowly show the question letter by letter. A player must press to hit the ? Block and answer the question, and players can hit the ? Block 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 their next turn. Players are also squashed if a question is not answered within five seconds. The first player to answer three questions correctly wins. If no one answers three questions correctly after ten questions, the minigame ends. If multiple players have the highest score, a draw occurs.

Controls

 * – Hit block / Select answer
 * – Select answer
 * – Select answer

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."

Trivia

 * For the question about the initials on Donkey Kong's necktie, "TK" from one of the three possible answers might be a reference to Tiny Kong.
 * The question about which type of mini-game did not appear in Mario Party or Mario Party 2 erroneously uses the Japanese name of Game Guy mini-games as its correct answer.

M.P.I.Q.