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Half Life: Opposing Force great trivia quiz

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"Opposing Force" was an expansion to the famed "Half-Life" (PC) that put the player into the role of an army official, sent to capture Gordon Freeman, and sweep the research facility. Enjoy this quiz on the game.

Average, 10 Qns, Bruce007, Feb 25 09

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"Half-Life" for the PC

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This standard bearer for first person shooters was made by Valve in 1998. The following are general questions about the characters, monsters and settings of the award-winning game.

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Half-Life: Blue Shift popular trivia quiz

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This expansion to "Half-Life"(PC) put the player into the perspective of a security guard during the events of the Black Mesa crisis. See what you know about this very fun game.

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Half-Life 1 Trivia Questions

1. What is the name of the main character of the game?

From Quiz Half Life: Opposing Force

Answer: Adrian Shephard

Shephard, is a 22-year old Marine Corporal assigned to the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit. He is one of the men sent into the Black Mesa Research Facility to kill the creatures of Xen and later silence the witnesses, particularly Gordon Freeman. Everything goes wrong when his Osprey helicopter is attacked by Xen interceptors and crashes. He is picked up and revived by the scientists of Black Mesa. That is where his adventure begins.

2. What is the name of the controllable character in the game?

From Quiz Half-Life: Blue Shift

Answer: Barney Calhoun

When the game started, it was revealed that it was Barney Calhoun's first day on duty. What fortune he had, as he ended up in the resonance cascade. The resonance cascade released the alien creatures of Xen into the Black Mesa research facility.

3. Who is the hero of "Half-Life"?

From Quiz "Half-Life" for the PC

Answer: Gordon Freeman

Gordon Freeman, the hero of "Half-Life" had a very trying first day on the job. An experiment went wrong allowing creatures from Xen into Black Mesa. Gordon spends the whole game trying to stop the aliens from coming in from Xen, eventually taking on their master.

4. When the resonance cascade occurs, whereabouts is the main character?

From Quiz Half-Life: Blue Shift

Answer: Elevator

With the electrics of the building in a terrible state, Barney was ordered to get an elevator working in Sector G. With two scientists in the elevator, they were pinned on the maintenance level while the creatures of Xen attacked everyone. Soon afterwards, the elevator's cable snapped, and plummeted the elevator to the basement. Both of the scientists perished in the fall, but Barney Calhoun survived, and it was truly the beginning of his "Blue Shift".

5. What is the setting for the first part of "Half-Life"?

From Quiz "Half-Life" for the PC

Answer: Black Mesa Research Facility

Gordon's first day at Black Mesa goes horribly wrong. While working in the anomalous materials division, they accidentally open a portal to the Xen universe, kicking off the actual game-play part of "Half-Life".

6. Instead of a flashlight, what does the main character of the game have?

From Quiz Half Life: Opposing Force

Answer: Night Vision Goggles

The NV goggles are far more useful than the flashlight seen in the previous games. The night vision goggles turn the entire screen green, and allow the character to see in the darkest of areas. Enemies show up brighter in the NV display and thus allow easier battles in the dark.

7. What is the name of the protective suit our hero wears through "Half-Life"?

From Quiz "Half-Life" for the PC

Answer: HEV suit

Gordon's suit proves invaluable in protecting him from Marines and aliens alike. The HEV suit can also administer morphine if necessary. The HEV suit is also rechargeable. Without it, it would be difficult to complete "Half-Life".

8. What is the name of the scientist who the main character has to save in "Blue Shift"?

From Quiz Half-Life: Blue Shift

Answer: Dr. Rosenberg

Dr. Rosenberg is encountered in a late stage of the game. Near the end, Barney learns that the marines are gathering up some people and putting them into the train-yard. Calhoun finds Rosenberg in a train car, but upon entering, he is locked in by the marines. With a helping hand from Rosenberg, Barney escapes through the top, takes out the marines, and rescues Rosenberg.

9. In "Half-Life" what state is the research facility located in?

From Quiz "Half-Life" for the PC

Answer: New Mexico

Gordon takes a long rail ride in showing off this facility in the opening sequence. For most people, this is the most memorable part of "Half-Life".

10. Late in the game, the scientist and the main character go to an old area of the Black Mesa Facility and use an old teleporter to send the main character to the alien planet. What is the name of the planet?

From Quiz Half-Life: Blue Shift

Answer: Xen

Xen is the planet where all the aliens come from. That includes the headcrabs and the Vortigaunts. Barney Calhoun was sent there through the teleporter and he was forced to fight the many creatures to meet an objective bestowed upon him.

11. In "Half-Life" what college did Mr. Freeman graduate from?

From Quiz "Half-Life" for the PC

Answer: MIT

In "Half-Life" Gordon received an PhD from MIT. His degree is in theoretical physics. One of his professors from MIT, Dr. Kleiner, works for Black Mesa.

12. When he was sent to the alien planet, what was it that the main character had to accomplish?

From Quiz Half-Life: Blue Shift

Answer: Activate the secondary power source of the teleporter

The reason that the secondary power source was to be activated, was so that Barney Calhoun could return to Earth, as well as allow the teleporter machine to transport things to chosen locations, as opposed to random geographical areas. After activating the machine, several creatures show up to slow down Calhoun's progress. Instead of wasting his time, he escapes through a portal, back to Earth.

13. In "Half-Life", what professor of Gordon's also works at Black Mesa?

From Quiz "Half-Life" for the PC

Answer: Dr. Kleiner

In "Half-Life" Dr. Kleiner is one of the scientists Gordon tries to save. Dr. Kleiner shows up in the sequel to once again assist Gordon.

14. What is the name of the other military group that enters the base planning to silence the facility, marines included?

From Quiz Half Life: Opposing Force

Answer: Black-Ops

The Black-Ops are the most deadly human character you meet in the game. They are highly accurate with any of their weapons and can take a lot of damage. There are two categories of Black-Ops soldiers that threaten the well-being of the facility. The first is the male Black-Ops agents that carry carbine weapons and sniper rifles. In close range, they use martial arts and are very deadly. The female Black-Ops agents are very stealthy, speedy, and carry silenced pistols. In one part of the game, Adrian Shephard is trapped by the Black-Ops with heavy-weapons man, a medic, and another soldier at his side. All of the soldiers but the heavy weapons man die in that particular encounter. The heavy weapons man gets killed in the underground train station by the Black-Ops soon afterwards leaving Shephard on his own again.

15. After the main character has been beamed back to Earth, a problem occurred with the teleportation device. What was this problem?

From Quiz Half-Life: Blue Shift

Answer: The battery had been depleted

To get new batteries, Calhoun had to take a service elevator down to the basement. There he encountered several alien creatures, as well as several military men. He had to find a new battery and send it up to the teleporter room, so Dr. Rosenberg could install it and get the teleporter to function.

16. In "Half-Life" what is the name of the dimension the aliens come from?

From Quiz "Half-Life" for the PC

Answer: Xen

The experiment Gordon assists with on his first day opens a portal to Xen. The Xen dimension proves to be quite a challenge in "Half-Life". Eventually, Gordon has a show down with Nihilanth, the final boss monster of the game.

17. After the teleporter had been fixed, the main character was forced to push some buttons to get it to work. Which button did he not press?

From Quiz Half-Life: Blue Shift

Answer: Off

The procedure that Dr. Rosenberg gave Barney Calhoun first involved turning on the machine with the 'on' button. An unforeseen malfunction in the coolant unit forced Calhoun to turn the 'Coolant Control' switch, so the temperature would not cause a meltdown. After that was taken care of, Barney Calhoun was forced to turn on the energy, and allow the transportation process to begin. He never had to press the 'off' button, because once he left, the room detonated, and the teleporter was destroyed along with it.

18. In "Half-Life" what is the name of the final boss Gordon has to fight?

From Quiz "Half-Life" for the PC

Answer: Nihilanth

Nihilanth, who looks like a giant baby, is the last fight of a long journey in "Half-Life". When he has been defeated you are forced to make one final decision before the end of the game: Do you agree to work for the G-Man or not?

19. At the end of the game, the main character runs into the creature that spawns the aliens of Xen as well as their experimenting counterparts. What is the name of this large creature?

From Quiz Half Life: Opposing Force

Answer: Gene Worm

The creature resembles a worm-like creature with many tentacles with a protrusion similar in both shape and position to that of the green tentacles seen throughout Xen. The way to destroy it in the game is to use the two laser guns, to blind it. Of course, care has to be given to avoid its acid attack. Once it is blinded, the purpose is to shoot the creatures inner crystal which spawns Race-X creatures. Once that is done, the creature will die.

20. After getting through the teleporter, an interesting event occurred to the protagonist. He beamed out but ended up in another area of the Black Mesa Facility. What did he see in this area?

From Quiz Half-Life: Blue Shift

Answer: Gordon Freeman being dragged away by the marines

Some resonance discharge apparently caused a spontaneous teleportation to a random area of Black Mesa. The effects of it were very temporary and only involved a quick teleportation and a temporary green glow. After the effects wore off, he escaped with three fellow scientists.

21. In "Half-Life" what is the first weapon Gordon picks up?

From Quiz "Half-Life" for the PC

Answer: Crowbar

The crowbar is the signature weapon of the "Half-Life" series. Gordon finds the crowbar shortly after the experiment goes wrong. Valve actually has a golden crowbar in their office.

22. What is the outcome of the main character?

From Quiz Half Life: Opposing Force

Answer: The G-Man isolates him safely on Xen

After killing the Gene Worm which releases the creatures of Xen upon Earth, Adrian Shephard is caught in a teleporter beam and loses consciousness. Upon re-awakening, he finds himself in an Osprey Helicopter and face to face with the G-Man. As they are flying, a thermo-nuclear explosion destroys the Black Mesa Research Facility. Admiring Shephard's ability to survive in such overwhelming odds, the G-Man sends the Osprey to a dead-area of Xen while he walks away through the portal after muttering that Shephard will be detained in a place where he can do no possible harm, and where no harm can come to him.

23. In "Half-Life", what is the name of the alien slaves?

From Quiz "Half-Life" for the PC

Answer: Vortigaunts

In "Half-Life" you fight many vortigaunts. They shoot electrical bolts that if you are not careful, prove to be quite deadly. In the sequel, they end up assisting you although slightly reluctantly. In "Half-Life 2" Lou Gossett Jr. voices the vortigaunts.

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