Half-Life 2 Trivia

1. In the "Point Insertion" chapter, who saves you after being cornered by Combine Metrocops?

From Quiz "Half-Life 2"

Answer: Alyx Vance

After nearly escaping City 17 on the rooftops, you are cornered by Combine Metrocops, after being knocked out, you hear the voice of Alyx Vance, who saves you from being killed, you then meet her for the first time. You meet Barney Calhoun earlier in the game. You don't meet Arne Magnusson until "Half-Life 2": Episode Two, and you play as Gordon Freeman.

From Quiz How Do You Know "Half-Life 2"?

Answer: Crowbar

The crowbar is given to you from Barney after you go through the teleporter. However, an accident causes you to appear right outside of Dr. Kleiner's lab.

From Quiz "Half-Life 2" - Trivia by Twos

Answer: One & 1

The game subtly marks the passage of time through lighting and the coloring of the sky. It is daytime when Gordon first arrives at City 17, and the sun is setting as he squares off against the Hunter-Chopper. To add to the atmosphere at Ravenholm, it is nighttime - however, the sky is slightly brighter when he first enters compared to when he runs through the graveyard. Dawn is just breaking as Gordon emerges from the mines. This is marked by the music as he enters Shorepoint, titled "Triage at Dawn". The whole series, from "Half-Life 2" to "Episode Two", spans approximately five or six days, not including the lost week from the "slow teleport"... at no time is Gordon allowed to sleep.

From Quiz The World of "Half-Life 2"

Answer: It disintegrates

This effect is the same as when an energy ball disintegrates a soldier. This malfunction with the mini teleporter, as well as Barney's comments about a certain cat, make the main teleporter seem much more dangerous. In the Half-Life 2 Beta, there is a sound file that states the fate of the cat - it was turned inside-out when the teleporter malfunctioned. Fortunately, Gordon Freeman experiences no harmful effects when Lamarr interferes with the teleportation sequence.

From Quiz "The Orange Box"

Answer: Gordon Freeman

Gordon Freeman is a scientist that was first hired to work at Black Mesa, but fatefully found himself caught up in strange events. The name is actually a homage to the physicist and philosopher Freeman Dyson.

From Quiz Half Life 2: Episode Two

Answer: On a derailed train.

"Episode One" left off with Gordon and Alyx escaping on a train. Due to the destruction of the Citadel, the train derailed and knocked both Alyx and Gordon out cold. When Gordon came to, he had to act quickly to escape the train which Alyx was already thrown out of. She helped Gordon free by opening the door with the Gravity Gun.

From Quiz Half-Life 2

Answer: Barny Calhoun

Barny is a diehard soldier who survived the events of Black Mesa. He greets you in full Civil Protection uniform at the beginning of the game and leads you out of the train depot.

From Quiz "Half-Life 2"

Answer: Kills a few zombies and runs into a blazing fire

At the end of the "We Don't Go To Ravenholm..." chapter, after helping you leave Ravenholm, Father Grigori is seen killing zombies, and runs into a fire, and seemingly disappears into the fire. He gives you a shotgun earlier in the chapter telling you to "Aim for the head".

From Quiz How Do You Know "Half-Life 2"?

Answer: Air Boat

The Air Boat is used to maneuver through the irradiated waters in order to get to the location of Eli & Alyx Vance. It is a very tough journey.

From Quiz "Half-Life 2" - Trivia by Twos

Answer: A Fast Headcrab

Arlene, the woman who fuels the airboat, can be seen dead alongside a Fast Headcrab if the player goes forward one map and then backtracks to Station 6. Using the "noclip" command on the PC version (or simply disabling the AI), one can see the Fast Headcrab running down the pier. This is the first time a Fast Headcrab is seen, and one is not seen again until the chapter "We Don't Go to Ravenholm...", in which Fast Zombies are introduced.

From Quiz "The Orange Box"

Answer: The Combine

Combine is also known as the Universal Union. It consists of alien and human characters that dominate Earth. The name "Combine" is actually a tribute to Ken Kesey's novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", which features harsh and manipulative authorities.

From Quiz Half Life 2: Episode Two

Answer: Alyx has crucial information hidden on her transmission packet.

In "Half Life 2: Episode One", Alyx and Gordon stumbled upon a transmission saying that the Combine were going to open a super portal which would allow their entire force go to Earth and take-over. The information she gathered could either make or break the Combine's offensive, so it was with good reason that they were after Gordon and Alyx.

From Quiz Half Life 2: Episode One

Answer: Throw both Alyx and Gordon over in a broken down van.

After Gordon thought of nothing, he is silent after all, Alyx suggests that Gordon somehow use the Gravity Gun to get them across. Dog shows up and disappears. Alyx, worried by that, then realizes what Dog was doing so she told Gordon to get out of the way of the trashed van. Dog wanted both of them to get inside, and he'd throw them across. After clearing the canyon, both of them were in the Citadel. The building, already unstable after the core's current state, couldn't support the weight of the vehicle, so Gordon and Alyx took a 'rollercoaster-esque' ride through the tunnels and corridors of the Citadel before finally landing in a convenient location, unscathed.

From Quiz "Half-Life 2"

Answer: USP Match & MP7

You acquire the second weapon in the game, the USP Match, from killing a combine soldier who is holding it, later on in the mission, after killing combine soldiers holding the MP7, you may pick it up. You get a hold of the other weapons in later missions.

From Quiz How Do You Know "Half-Life 2"?

Answer: Barney Calhoun

Right in the beginning where you get off the metro to City-17 you are escorted to an office. There, Barney is posing as a metro police official and helps you escape the metro to the streets.

From Quiz "Half-Life 2" - Trivia by Twos

Answer: The Scout Car

The Scout Car that carries Gordon from Shorepoint to Lighthouse Point is ensconced in a shed once he reaches this final checkpoint before hoofing it to the Vortigaunt camp. At some point after the refugees at Lighthouse Point tell him to escape, the shed is broken open and a Dropship carries away the Scout Car to places unknown.

From Quiz "The Orange Box"

Answer: Valve Corporation

Valve Corporation is an American video game developer in Bellevue, Washington. It was founded in 1996 and became famous by its first game, "Half-Life" which won over 50 PC Game of the Year awards.

From Quiz Half Life 2: Episode Two

Answer: Hunter

The Hunter was first seen in a video transmission from Dr. Mossman, in "Episode One". The creature stormed the winter base and forced Dr. Mossman to flee. In "Episode Two", the Hunter made its first appearance against Gordon and Alyx. The Hunter's first move was piercing three holes in Alyx's back, killing her. Hunter's are three legged creature with amazing speed and firepower. They fire exploding flechettes at the character that do great damage. Two to three shots from a magnum or shotgun will kill them. Also the alternate fire on the Combine heavy automatic can take them out in one hit.

From Quiz Half Life 2: Episode One

Answer: Stabilize the core

After traveling down a rickety service elevator to reach the core, both Alyx and Gordon immediately realized that something was wrong with the core. The stabilizer units had been overloaded, and the massive ball of energy had been inflated to several times its healthy size. It was Gordon's job to get into the room, as his HEV Suit could protect him against radiation, and shrink down the ball of energy, as well as get the stabilizers back up and running. At best, the valiant struggles the player had to endure were merely a temporary solution.

From Quiz Half-Life 2

Answer: The G-Man

The G-Man is actually only a model name. The character actually has no proper name.

From Quiz "Half-Life 2"

Answer: Leeches

The fisherman tells that there will be a feast in the town of St. Olga and that it will be made up of leeches since fish are now very rare and have been consumed by leeches. You can find leeches in "Half-Life 2".

From Quiz How Do You Know "Half-Life 2"?

Answer: Isaac

Dr. Isaac Kleiner is a former scientist at Black Mesa. He works with Gordon Freeman throughout the game.

From Quiz "Half-Life 2" - Trivia by Twos

Answer: The head of a Combine Cremator

The Cremators were cut from the game before it went retail and are seen nowhere else except for the head of one floating in a jar in Black Mesa East. Cremators used an acid-shooting device called an Immolator to incinerate their enemies - this device, too, was cut from the game. It should be noted, however, that charred corpses exist in several places throughout the game and may be the work of unseen Cremators.

From Quiz The World of "Half-Life 2"

Answer: They aren't NPCs

G-Man is the only NPC that can be spawned from the developer console and will never die. He can, however, be killed during the opening cutscene using a complex command in the developer console (any NPC can be killed in this manner). As for the leeches... despite their ferocity, they don't actually exist as a physical entity in the game. They are simply a brush-entity (a part of the map) unlike in the original "Half-Life", where they are NPCs that can be easily killed.

From Quiz "The Orange Box"

Answer: "Portal"

"Portal" was later released as a stand-alone product on April 9, 2008. It has received praise for its unique gameplay, dark humor, and the final credits song "Still Alive".

From Quiz Half Life 2: Episode One

Answer: Zombine

The zombine are essentially a cross between an alien Headcrab and a Combine soldier. What you get is a nasty zombie that runs fast, hits hard, and doesn't mind using live grenades to destroy you, or itself if you can run quickly. It is also difficult to kill. The pistol is almost useless against it as it can take two entire clips before it is killed, and the shotgun may take two or three rounds before working.

From Quiz Half-Life 2

Answer: Gravity Gun

The Gravity Gun is actually a very sneaky way for Valve to show off the highly acclaimed physics of the game. The Gravity Gun is a very useful and fun weapon.

From Quiz How Do You Know "Half-Life 2"?

Answer: Ravenholm

Ravenholm is a small town that you have to go through as part of the story line. There you meet a crazy Russian Catholic Priest that will help you fight a couple hundred zombies and head crabs.

From Quiz "Half-Life 2" - Trivia by Twos

Answer: Howie Scream

Headcrab Zombies make very interesting noises. The Fast Zombie's scream when attacking is actually the stock sound known popularly as the "Howie Scream", pitched up by approximately 25%. Poison Zombies make a sound like the trumpeting of an elephant when throwing one of their Headcrabs, sound very similar to a whinnying horse when hit, and actually chuckle when they die (perhaps the host is glad the suffering is over). Normal Headcrab Zombies actually speak English, but their voices are reversed (a process called backmasking). When played backwards, it sounds as if they are saying "please God help me". These sounds, particularly those of the Poison and standard Zombies, give the impression that a human does not die when they become a Zombie... they live on in constant torment.

From Quiz "The Orange Box"

Answer: The Gravity Gun

The Gravity Gun is also called the "Zero-Point Energy Field Manipulator", but no one has the time or patience to call it that. The Gravity Gun can also shoot a powered spark that can shoot objects through the air and flip cars.

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