Esports Trivia Questions and Answers

Competitive gaming as a sport: the titles, the majors, the organisations and the players whose names now travel outside the game they play. Questions cover tournament formats and results, the roster moves that rebuilt teams, and the prize pools that made the wider public notice. It is the narrowest topic in the bank in terms of who will know it, and the most rewarding for those who do — a table with one esports follower in it produces a very lopsided round, which is occasionally exactly what you want.

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  1. 1. What was the name of Blizzard's franchised, city-based professional Overwatch competition?Easy

    • The Overwatch League ✓
    • The Overwatch Masters
    • The Overwatch Pro Circuit
    • The Overwatch World Series

  2. 2. Which company develops and publishes Rocket League?Easy

    • Psyonix (now owned by Epic Games) ✓
    • Valve
    • Epic Games originally
    • Riot Games

  3. 3. Which fighting game franchise, developed by Bandai Namco and featuring the Mishima family, is another EVO mainstay?Easy

    • Tekken ✓
    • Street Fighter
    • Mortal Kombat
    • Soulcalibur

  4. 4. Which annual Call of Duty esports league, launched in 2020, uses a city-based franchise model like the Overwatch League?Easy

    • The Call of Duty League ✓
    • The Call of Duty World Series
    • The Call of Duty Masters
    • The Call of Duty Pro Circuit

  5. 5. Which Krafton battle royale is credited with popularizing the genre before Fortnite and Apex Legends?Medium

    • PUBG: Battlegrounds ✓
    • Fortnite
    • Apex Legends
    • H1Z1

  6. 6. Which live-streaming platform, owned by Amazon, is the primary hub for watching esports broadcasts?Easy

    • Twitch ✓
    • YouTube Gaming
    • Facebook Gaming
    • Kick

  7. 7. As of the mid-2020s, which esports tournament has historically held the largest prize pool of any single esports event?Hard

    • The International (Dota 2) ✓
    • The League of Legends World Championship
    • The Fortnite World Cup
    • EVO

  8. 8. Which term describes a tournament bracket where a team must lose twice before being eliminated?Easy

    • Double elimination ✓
    • Single elimination
    • Round robin
    • Group stage

  9. 9. Which South Korean mid laner for T1 is widely considered the greatest League of Legends player ever?Easy

    • Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok ✓
    • Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu
    • Jang "Peanut" Gyeong-hwan
    • Choi "Huni" Jae-hyun

  10. 10. Which former CS:GO pro, known as "shroud," became a top variety streamer after retiring from competition?Hard

    • Michael Grzesiek ✓
    • Félix Lengyel
    • Tyler Blevins
    • Guy Beahm

  11. 11. Which esports title, a MOBA rival to League of Legends, is developed and published by Valve for PC?Easy

    • Dota 2 ✓
    • Smite
    • Heroes of the Storm
    • League of Legends

  12. 12. Which term describes a player moving between teams, ending one contract to sign with another?Medium

    • A transfer ✓
    • A draft pick
    • A waiver claim
    • A trade only

  13. 13. Which term describes the practice of betting real money on the outcome of esports matches?Easy

    • Esports betting ✓
    • Loot box gambling exclusively
    • Skin trading exclusively
    • Fantasy esports exclusively

  14. 14. Which annual event showcases upcoming games and often features major esports announcements, hosted by Geoff Keighley?Easy

    • The Game Awards ✓
    • E3
    • PAX
    • Gamescom

  15. 15. Which Swedish gaming festival and LAN series, held in multiple countries, is among the largest esports events?Hard

    • DreamHack ✓
    • Gamescom
    • PAX
    • ESL One

  16. 16. Which esports organizer, known for its Rivals events and stylish stage productions, runs a major global Counter-Strike circuit?Medium

    • BLAST ✓
    • ESL
    • PGL
    • StarLadder

  17. 17. Which region's League of Legends teams have combined to win the most World Championships overall, as of the mid-2020s?Hard

    • South Korea (LCK) ✓
    • China (LPL)
    • Europe (LEC)
    • North America (LCS)

  18. 18. Which League of Legends regional league represents North America's top-tier professional competition?Medium

    • The LCS (League Championship Series) ✓
    • The LEC
    • The LCK
    • The LPL

  19. 19. Which League of Legends regional league represents South Korea's top-tier professional competition?Medium

    • The LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea) ✓
    • The LCS
    • The LEC
    • The LPL

  20. 20. Which fighting-game moment, Daigo Umehara's comeback at EVO 2004, is cited as one of esports' greatest?Medium

    • "Evo Moment 37" ✓
    • "The Miracle-" play
    • "The Faker 1v1"
    • "The IEM Katowice Ace"

  21. 21. Which game was being played during the famous "Evo Moment 37" comeback by Daigo Umehara in 2004?Hard

    • Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike ✓
    • Street Fighter II
    • Marvel vs. Capcom 2
    • Tekken 5

  22. 22. Which Brazilian esports organization won the Valorant Champions title in 2024, becoming a global powerhouse?Hard

    • LOUD ✓
    • FURIA
    • paiN Gaming
    • Fluxo

  23. 23. Which term describes a team's dedicated training period, often at a shared house, before a major tournament?Hard

    • A bootcamp ✓
    • A scrim block only
    • A playoff bye
    • A qualifier round

  24. 24. Which esports term describes removing a player from the active roster, often to sign someone else?Medium

    • Benching ✓
    • Scouting
    • Drafting
    • Seeding

  25. 25. Which CD Projekt Red card game, spun off from The Witcher 3's in-universe minigame, briefly had its own esports circuit?Medium

    • Gwent: The Witcher Card Game ✓
    • Hearthstone
    • Legends of Runeterra
    • Magic: The Gathering Arena

  26. 26. Which company develops and publishes the Fortnite video game?Easy

    • Epic Games ✓
    • Riot Games
    • Valve
    • Activision

  27. 27. Which esports title's competitive maps include Dust II, Mirage and Inferno?Easy

    • Counter-Strike ✓
    • Valorant
    • Overwatch
    • Rainbow Six Siege

  28. 28. Which esports title features characters called "Heroes" with unique abilities, developed by Blizzard?Easy

    • Overwatch ✓
    • Valorant
    • Apex Legends
    • Team Fortress 2

  29. 29. Which League of Legends event pits star players from different regions in fun exhibition matches, held between splits?Medium

    • The All-Star Event ✓
    • The Mid-Season Invitational
    • Rift Rivals
    • Worlds

  30. 30. Which iconic Dota 2 hero, a giant butcher wielding a massive meat hook, is one of the game's best-known characters?Medium

    • Pudge ✓
    • Anti-Mage
    • Faceless Void
    • Invoker

  31. 31. Which esports term describes a player's individual performance rating relative to their teammates across a match?Hard

    • KDA (kill/death/assist ratio) or a rating like HLTV rating ✓
    • Ping
    • Tick rate
    • Frame time

  32. 32. Which matchmaking system assigns players a hidden skill number to pair them with similar-skill opponents?Hard

    • MMR (matchmaking rating) ✓
    • KDA
    • Tick rate
    • Ping

  33. 33. Which underdog South Korean team, seeded through play-ins, won the League of Legends World Championship in 2022?Hard

    • DRX ✓
    • T1
    • Gen.G
    • DAMWON Gaming

  34. 34. Which esports organization became the first team to win three consecutive CS:GO Major championships, in 2018-2019?Hard

    • Astralis ✓
    • Natus Vincere
    • FaZe Clan
    • Team Liquid

  35. 35. Which Counter-Strike term describes a player winning a round alone against multiple surviving opponents?Hard

    • A clutch ✓
    • An eco round
    • A force buy
    • A retake

  36. 36. Which jungle monster in League of Legends grants a powerful buff and is often contested in late-game fights?Hard

    • Baron Nashor ✓
    • Rift Herald
    • Dragon
    • Elder Lizard

  37. 37. Which Dota 2 term describes the two ancient structures teams must destroy to win the match?Medium

    • The Ancients ✓
    • The Nexus
    • The Fountain (destroying it isn't the win condition)
    • The Throne (Dota's older term, but Ancient is current)

  38. 38. Which term describes non-player-controlled units that march down lanes and fight automatically in MOBAs?Medium

    • Minions (creeps) ✓
    • Wards
    • Towers
    • Buffs

  39. 39. Which MOBA term describes a jungler or roamer ambushing an enemy player in their lane to secure a kill?Medium

    • A gank ✓
    • A teamfight
    • A split-push
    • Warding

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