CS:GO Trivia
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This CSGO trivia quiz has 117 free questions with answers covering the whole life of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, from its 2012 launch on PC and consoles to the day Counter-Strike 2 replaced it on Steam in 2023. It covers the game itself (modes, weapons, ranks, the Arms Deal update that created the skin economy), the esports scene (every era of Majors from DreamHack Winter 2013 to the last CS:GO Major in Paris), the players and teams that defined it, and the scandals: iBUYPOWER, the coaching bug, skin gambling and Valve's money-laundering crackdown on keys. It is written for people who actually played and watched, so expect questions about the 87-0 streak, the Boston Major, Danger Zone, Trust Factor and Dust II's 2017 makeover, with difficulty running from things every player knows to a few that only Major obsessives will remember. There is also a short section on where the series came from and where it went next. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and its cited sources before publishing. Play it, share your score, and find out whether your teammates were paying attention or just baiting.
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Q 01Which studio co-developed Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with Valve, having begun by porting its predecessor?
Hidden Path Entertainment
Hidden Path Entertainment was porting the previous Counter-Strike to consoles when Valve saw the chance to turn the job into a full new game.
Q 02Which console version of CS:GO let players use motion controls or a USB keyboard and mouse?
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 players could use a DualShock pad, the PlayStation Move wand or a keyboard and mouse, which IGN's review counted as an edge over the Xbox 360 version.
Q 03In CS:GO's Arms Race mode, a kill with which weapon wins the match?
Golden knife
Golden knife is the last weapon in Arms Race: players trade up through the guns as they score kills, and the first to kill with the golden knife wins the match for their team.
Q 04What do CS:GO teams do after 15 Competitive rounds?
Swap sides
Swap sides: at halftime the teams trade roles, so each plays both Terrorist and Counter-Terrorist; the first to 16 round wins takes the best-of-30 match.
Q 05Which CS:GO mode arms every player with only an SSG 08 rifle and a knife?
Flying Scoutsman
Flying Scoutsman gives every player only an SSG 08 sniper rifle, nicknamed the Scout, and a knife, with gravity lowered so players float through long jumps.
Q 06In which CS:GO mode does everyone choose a loadout card instead of buying weapons?
Retakes
Retakes starts with the bomb already planted: three Terrorists hold the site, four Counter-Terrorists try to win it back, and all of them pick from loadout cards.
Q 07Which equipment new to CS:GO kills an enemy in one shot at close range?
The taser (Zeus x27)
The taser (Zeus x27), new to the series in CS:GO, kills in one hit at very close range whatever armour the target wears, but it holds a single shot, so a miss leaves its owner exposed.
Q 08Which popular CS:GO community mod has players complete obstacle courses with advanced strafing and jumping?
Kreedz Climbing
Kreedz Climbing, or KZ, began when a mapper called Kreedz built the first climbing maps for the original Counter-Strike; other mappers took up the idea, and it later reached CS:GO servers.
Q 09What was the name of the August 2013 update that introduced weapon skins and cases to CS:GO?
Arms Deal
The Arms Deal update of August 2013 introduced weapon skins, weapon cases and keys; the skin economy it created helped push CS:GO's player count past every earlier Counter-Strike.
Q 10Which purchasable events, accessed via passes, gave players objectives and an upgradeable coin?
Operations
Operations were time-limited events bought via an operation pass; each gave players missions and a coin that upgraded from bronze toward diamond as objectives were completed, with some revenue going to the community map makers.
Q 11What did CS:GO's October 2014 update add that plays the round MVP's own soundtrack for everyone?
Music kits
Music kits swap the default soundtrack for tracks Valve commissioned from outside artists; when a kit's owner is named round MVP, their music plays for everyone in the match.
Q 12Which classic CS:GO map was remade and re-released in February 2016 as part of Operation Wildfire?
Nuke
Nuke had been dropped from the competitive map pool in 2015 over balance problems; Valve rebuilt it and brought it back alongside Operation Wildfire in February 2016.
Q 13What did a player need to link to their account for CS:GO Prime matchmaking in 2016?
A verified phone number
Q 21In 2019 Valve made new CS:GO keys untradeable after concluding key trading was being used for what?
Money laundering by fraud networks
In October 2019 Valve said key trading had become money laundering by fraud networks, stating 'nearly all' key purchases that ended up traded on the marketplace were fraud-sourced, so newly bought keys became untradeable.
Q 22In July 2018 Valve disabled case opening in which two countries over their gambling laws?
Belgium and the Netherlands
Belgium and the Netherlands had both ruled that paid loot boxes broke their gambling laws; Valve first froze item trading for Dutch players, then restored it and blocked case opening instead.
Q 23Which team threw a match in CS:GO's 2014 match-fixing scandal, earning four of its players Valve bans?
Prime matchmaking launched in April 2016 and required linking a verified phone number to the Steam account, aiming to keep legitimate players away from cheaters and from high-skill players smurfing on alternate accounts.
Q 14In October 2016 CS:GO's consumable graffiti items revived which customisable feature of earlier Counter-Strike games?
Sprays
Sprays were custom images players could paint on walls in earlier Counter-Strike games; missing from CS:GO for four years, they came back in October 2016 as graffiti items with 50 uses each.
Q 15Which publisher released CS:GO in mainland China in September 2017?
Perfect World
Perfect World launched CS:GO in mainland China through its own launcher, free to players who verified their identity; the company later brought a Counter-Strike Major to Shanghai.
Q 16What was CS:GO's hidden matchmaking score, introduced in November 2017, called?
Trust Factor
Trust Factor became CS:GO's default matchmaking after Valve's trial found it led to fewer player reports; it weighs behaviour across Steam, and Valve keeps the full list of inputs secret.
Q 17Which battle-royale mode was added to CS:GO in late 2018?
Danger Zone
Danger Zone starts players with only their fists; they scavenge cash and order weapons on a tablet, which a delivery drone then flies in.
Q 18Which 2019 CS:GO operation introduced equippable agent characters and a battle pass?
Operation Shattered Web
Operation Shattered Web arrived in November 2019, the first operation since Hydra in 2017, and let players replace the default models with agents earned or bought through its battle pass.
Q 19CS:GO source code leaked in April 2020 alongside the code for which other Valve game?
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 had its code leaked alongside CS:GO's in April 2020; some fan-run servers went offline as a precaution until Valve said players on current official builds were not at risk.
Q 20A controversial 'boost' spot used by olofmeister at DreamHack Winter 2014 came on which map?
Overpass
Overpass was the deciding map: trailing 3-13, olofmeister's team used the boost to overlook much of the map and stormed back, but after a protest and an ordered replay they forfeited the match.
iBUYPOWER
iBUYPOWER lost on purpose to NetCodeGuides.com in a 2014 league match, and skins won by betting on the result were passed to its players; Valve barred four of them from its sponsored events.
Q 24Which player escaped the 2014 match-fixing bans by refusing any payment, and later won a Major?
Skadoodle
Skadoodle was the only one of the five players in the thrown match not banned, because he refused a share of the winnings; in 2018 he won the Boston Major and was named its MVP.
Q 25CS:GO's 2020 coaching scandal involved coaches exploiting a bug to do what?
See parts of the map they should not have
Coaches used a spectator bug to see parts of the map they should not have, giving their teams a bird's-eye view of opponents; the Esports Integrity Commission banned 37 coaches in its first wave.
Q 26Which $4,750 sniper rifle in Counter-Strike kills with one hit to the chest, even through armour?
AWP
The AWP kills with a single hit anywhere above the legs, armour or not; in return, a kill with it pays only $100 in Competitive play, against $300 for a kill with a standard rifle.
Q 27The 2017 ELEAGUE Major in Atlanta was broadcast on which US cable network?
TBS
TBS is a Turner network, and Turner created ELEAGUE with the talent agency WME/IMG as a made-for-television esports league before hosting the Major at Atlanta's Fox Theatre.
Q 28CS:GO won an eSports title-of-the-year prize at which awards ceremony in 2015?
The Game Awards
The Game Awards 2015 decided its eSports Game of the Year by fan vote, and CS:GO won it ahead of Dota 2, League of Legends, Hearthstone and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
Q 29The first Valve-recognised CS:GO Major, DreamHack Winter 2013, was held in which country?
Sweden
DreamHack Winter 2013 was held in Jönköping, Sweden, at the DreamHack festival; players helped fund its $250,000 prize pool by buying keys for a special eSports weapon case.
Q 30Which team won the first CS:GO Major in 2013?
Fnatic
Fnatic were the upstarts of DreamHack Winter 2013: in the final they beat the heavy favourites 2-1, an upset that won them the $100,000 first prize.