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Esports Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 3 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which workstation adjustment best supports a neutral wrist position during keyboard use?

    Answer: Keeping the keyboard near elbow height

    A keyboard near elbow height makes it easier to keep the forearms and wrists in a relaxed, neutral alignment.

  2. In a standard five-player MOBA like Dota 2 or League of Legends, which role is primarily responsible for providing vision and supporting the carry during the late game?

    Answer: Hard support

    The hard support (or position 5) focuses on warding, healing, and enabling the team's core heroes rather than farming gold or dealing damage.

  3. What is a clean feed in live event production?

    Answer: A program signal without some added graphics or commentary

    A clean feed omits selected presentation layers so another broadcaster can add its own language, graphics, or commentary.

  4. What term is commonly used for the commentators who narrate and analyze live esports matches for the audience?

    Answer: Casters

    Casters (short for broadcasters) are the commentary professionals who describe the live action, explain strategies, and provide analysis for viewers watching an esports event.

  5. What information does a broadcast lower-third graphic usually display?

    Answer: A person's name, role, or other brief identifier

    A lower-third supplies concise on-screen identification for a player, commentator, guest, or location.

Daily round

  1. What is the purpose of scouting an upcoming opponent's recorded matches?

    Answer: To identify recurring tendencies and strategies

    Scouting looks for repeatable patterns that can inform preparation without relying on private or unauthorized information.

  2. What is the accessibility purpose of a colorblind mode in a competitive game?

    Answer: To make important visual differences less dependent on color perception

    Colorblind modes change palettes or add cues so players can distinguish vital information without relying on hard-to-separate colors.

  3. Which term describes a strategy in team-based games where all players group together and move as a unit?

    Answer: Deathball

    A deathball strategy involves the entire team moving together as one force, overwhelming opponents through combined strength rather than splitting across the map.

  4. In competitive gaming, what does the acronym "FFA" indicate about a match format?

    Answer: Free For All — every player competes individually against all others

    FFA (Free For All) is a format where every participant competes individually with no fixed teams, and victory goes to the single top-performing player rather than a group.

  5. In Counter-Strike, what is a "force buy"?

    Answer: A strategy where a team purchases equipment despite lacking full economy

    A force buy is when a team spends whatever money they have on weapons and utility despite not being able to afford a full loadout, taking an economic gamble to try to win a round.

Daily round

  1. In Counter-Strike, what does it mean when surviving players call for a save late in a round?

    Answer: They avoid a low-probability fight so they can carry weapons into the next round

    Saving means keeping surviving players and their equipment alive for the next round instead of attempting an unlikely retake.

  2. In Counter-Strike, the terrorists win a round by doing which of the following?

    Answer: Planting and detonating the C4 at a bomb site

    While eliminating the opposing team also wins a round, the T-side's signature win condition is planting and successfully detonating the C4 explosive at a designated bomb site.

  3. Why are closed-back headphones useful on a noisy tournament stage?

    Answer: They help reduce outside sound reaching the listener

    Closed ear cups provide passive isolation that can make team audio easier to hear in a loud venue.

  4. When esports players type "GG WP" at the end of a closely fought series, what does the "WP" component add to the standard "GG"?

    Answer: Well Played — acknowledging the opponent's strong performance

    WP stands for Well Played and is appended to GG to offer a more specific compliment, recognizing that the opponent performed at a high level throughout the match.

  5. What broadcast term refers to the perspective that follows a specific player's in-game view during a match?

    Answer: Player cam

    Player cam shows the game from a specific competitor's perspective, allowing viewers to see exactly what that player sees and does in real time.

Daily round

  1. What is a "pocket pick" in the context of a professional draft phase?

    Answer: A champion or character a team rarely uses but deploys as a surprise strategy

    A pocket pick is a character or strategy a team has practiced privately and reserves for a critical moment, catching opponents off guard because it has not been seen in prior matches.

  2. In fighting games, what does the term "footsies" refer to?

    Answer: The mid-range spacing and poking game where players try to control ground position

    Footsies describes the neutral game in fighting games, where players use movement and pokes to control spacing and whiff-punish the opponent at mid range.

  3. In esports communication, what does the abbreviation "GG" conventionally stand for when typed at the end of a match?

    Answer: Good Game

    Players type "GG" (Good Game) as a conventional sign of respect at the conclusion of a competitive match, acknowledging the contest regardless of outcome.

  4. Why might a player use a short warm-up before an official match?

    Answer: To rehearse familiar inputs and attention skills

    A brief warm-up can refresh familiar movements and focus without adding the fatigue of a full practice session.

  5. What is the term for the period before an official match begins when teams finalize their strategy and hero or character selections?

    Answer: Draft phase

    The draft phase (or ban/pick phase) is when teams select and ban heroes or characters, a critical strategic element in games like Dota 2, League of Legends, and Overwatch.

Daily round

  1. Which feature most directly helps a player who cannot comfortably use a game's default button layout?

    Answer: Remappable controls

    Remappable controls let a player assign actions to inputs that better fit their device, reach, or motor needs.

  2. In StarCraft II competitive play, what does the term "macro" refer to?

    Answer: Economy management, production, and base expansion

    Macro in real-time strategy games encompasses economy management, unit production, tech progression, and expansion timing, as opposed to micro which is individual unit control.

  3. What does packet loss mean during an online match?

    Answer: Some transmitted data packets fail to reach their destination

    Packet loss occurs when some network packets never reach their destination, which can cause missing updates or erratic movement.

  4. What is stream sniping during an online competition?

    Answer: Using a live opponent broadcast to gain unauthorized information

    Stream sniping exploits information visible on another participant's live broadcast that should not be available in play.

  5. What does match-fixing mean in esports?

    Answer: Dishonestly arranging a match or result in advance

    Match-fixing is deliberate manipulation of competition, often for betting, payment, or another improper benefit.

Daily round

  1. What does the term "seeding" refer to in the context of an esports tournament?

    Answer: Assigning initial bracket positions based on team rankings or prior performance

    Seeding places higher-ranked or better-performing teams into specific bracket positions so that the strongest competitors are less likely to face each other in early rounds.

  2. What is the usual responsibility of an in-game leader or shot-caller?

    Answer: Coordinating team decisions during play

    An in-game leader organizes tactical choices and helps the team act on one clear plan during a match.

  3. What does the statistic APM measure in strategy-game competition?

    Answer: Actions performed per minute

    Actions per minute counts how frequently a player issues recorded game inputs during a measured period.

  4. What distinguishes a round-robin group stage from other tournament formats?

    Answer: Every team in the group plays a match against every other team in that group

    In a round-robin format, each participant competes against every other participant in the group, ensuring that final standings reflect performance against the full field rather than a single elimination.

  5. What is an objective trade in a team strategy game?

    Answer: Conceding one objective while deliberately securing value elsewhere on the map

    An objective trade is a planned exchange in which a team gives up one map objective to secure another benefit elsewhere.

Daily round

  1. In Overwatch, which category of hero is designed to provide healing and defensive abilities to teammates?

    Answer: Support

    Support heroes in Overwatch specialize in healing, damage boosting, and providing utility that keeps the team alive and effective.

  2. What does the abbreviation "AFK" indicate when it appears during an online competitive match?

    Answer: A player is Away From Keyboard and not actively participating in the game

    AFK (Away From Keyboard) means a player is not at their computer and thus not contributing to the match, which is a serious disadvantage in team-based competitive games.

  3. In a double-elimination tournament bracket, what is the name of the secondary bracket that a team enters after their first loss?

    Answer: The losers bracket

    The losers bracket (also called the lower bracket) is where teams go after their first defeat in a double-elimination format, giving them one more chance to reach the grand finals.

  4. In a Swiss-system tournament, which principle determines each round's pairings?

    Answer: Players with matching win-loss records are paired against each other

    The Swiss system pairs competitors who have the same or similar win-loss records each round, so players face opponents of comparable strength as the tournament progresses.

  5. Which event-production role coordinates entrances, timing cues, and activity on the physical stage?

    Answer: Stage manager

    The stage manager keeps on-site movements and cues aligned with the production schedule.