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StarCraft Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about StarCraft? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

The Protoss Carrier’s Interceptors can be permanently destroyed if the Carrier is killed while they are deployed.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Interceptors automatically return to the Carrier if it is destroyed, and they survive to be used by another Carrier. They are not lost permanently.

2.

StarCraft was the first real-time strategy game to feature three completely asymmetric factions.

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Medium
✓ TRUE

Before StarCraft, RTS games like Dune II and Warcraft had mirrored factions. StarCraft’s Terran, Zerg, and Protoss each had unique mechanics and units.

3.

The iconic line 'You must construct additional pylons' is never actually spoken by any unit in the original StarCraft.

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Medium
✓ TRUE

This meme phrase comes from the Protoss AI advisor's text, but no unit says it verbatim in the original game. Players misremember the voice line.

4.

A single Zerg Drone can defeat a Terran SCV in a one-on-one fight without any upgrades.

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Medium
✓ TRUE

Zerg Drones deal 5 damage per attack, while SCVs deal 5 as well, but Drones have faster attack speed and slightly more health, winning a melee duel.

5.

In the StarCraft campaign, the Zerg Overmind was originally voiced by the same actor who voiced Gollum in The Lord of the Rings.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

The Overmind was voiced by Michael Gough, not Andy Serkis. This myth likely arose from the similar eerie, raspy vocal style.

6.

The Terran Battlecruiser’s Yamato Cannon can be reflected back at the firing ship using a Photon Cannon.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Photon Cannons do not reflect projectiles. The Yamato Cannon is a single-target ability, and only the Arbiter’s Recall or Defensive Matrix can counter it indirectly.

7.

The Zerg were originally designed as a playable race in Warcraft II before becoming a StarCraft faction.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Zerg were created fresh for StarCraft. Blizzard initially considered insectoid races for Warcraft, but they were never fully developed for that game.

8.

StarCraft was originally planned to have a fourth playable race called the 'Xel’Naga' in early development.

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Hard
✓ TRUE

Early design documents show the Xel’Naga as a playable race, but Blizzard cut them to focus on the three core races, leaving them as a mysterious backstory element.

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