OK, maybe not the WORLD’s hardest comic book quiz. I’m sure there’s one that’s more difficult lying around somewhere. But until you find that one, this one will have to do.
I have been searching the internet for odd comic book facts to put together one of the hardest comic book quizzes possible. One that, I admit, I’m not sure I could pass.
The idea is to give you some interesting facts to use to baffle your comic reading colleagues. But I want to baffle YOU first.
Take the quiz and be honest, tell me how you did:
1.) In Loki’s first appearance in Journey into Mystery #85 he couldn’t use his powers when:
a.) He didn’t have his helmet on
b.) He didn’t have his scepter
c.) When he was soaking wet
d.) During the night
2.) Wonder Woman’s bracelets were made of Amazonium, but in the 70’s TV Series they were named something different. What was it?
a.) Vibranium
b.) Feminum
c.) Adamantium
d.) Indestructinum
3.) In the Marvel Universe, Loki’s real father is ________, but in Norse Mythology that is actually Loki’s _________ name.
a.) Odin, brother’s
b.) Laufey, mother’s
c.) Zeus, son’s
d.) Odin, father’s
4.) Captain America set aside his original shield for his current discus shaped shield. Who gave him the discus shaped shield?
a.) Tony Stark
b.) Tony Stark’s Dad
c.) Nick Fury
d.) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
5.) Batman once peed himself and admitted it (yes, it’s true). He said that there was a large explosion with a sudden impact and he:
a.) had a bladder spasm
b.) peed himself
c.) secreted hydrogen dioxide
d.) found he had excessive moisture in his pants
6.) Who was the first flying hero?
a.) Superman
b.) Namor the Sub-Mariner
c.) Captain Marvel
d.) Wonder Woman
7.) Cyclops, from the X-Men, can light a fire with the beams that come from his eyes.
a.) True
b.) False
8.) In The Amazing Spider-Man #3, Doc Ock calls Spider-Man another name, what does he call him?
a.) Super Spider
b.) Super Man
c.) Spider Web
d.) The Spider
9.) In the 2007 crossover “New Avengers Transformers” Iron Man comes up with an interesting way to fight the Transformers. What does he do?
a.) He sprays them with a “Rusting Agent” which rusts them instantly
b.) He uses huge magnets to hold them until he can dismantle them
c.) He finds their inventor and asks him how to stop them
d.) He puts on his “Anti-Transformers” armor
10.) It’s a fact that “Kryptonite” was introduced on the Superman radio show, not in comic books. In comic books it was first called “K-Metal” in an unpublished story in 1940, introduced by co-creator Jerry Siegel. Why was kryptonite introduced into the radio show initially?
a.) Because Superman was too strong and he needed something to weaken him
b.) It was suggested by the creators of Superman as an alternate to “K-Metal”
c.) It was a slip of the tongue by the voice personality and they kept it in
d.) It was a plot device that allowed other characters to take the lead so the voice
personality could take a vacation
11.) Jamie Madrox, also known as Multiple Man, creates duplicates of himself that can live their own lives. It’s interesting to note:
a.) that Jamie didn’t originally have this power until he died and was brought back
to life
b.) that he got the power after falling into a vat of radioactive liquid that was being
churned
c.) that one duplicate body started a family and became a preacher
d.) that Jamie was asked to become part of the X-Men but turned it down
12.) While the current Green Lantern Corp is weak against the color yellow, the first Green Lantern, Alan Scott, was weak against:
a.) the color yellow also
b.) other Green Lanterns so they couldn’t fight
c.) against himself, so he couldn’t use his powers to fly
d.) wood
13.) What was Jack Kirby’s real name?
a.) Jacob Kurtzberg
b.) Jack Kirby
c.) Jacob Krigstein
d.) Jake Kurgsburg
14.) Arkham Asylum, the famous institution from the Batman comics, is names after:
a.) Arkham Sanitarium in Arkham, MA
b.) The actual Arkham Asylum that used to be in New York City
c.) It’s not named after anything, it was created by the writers of Batman
d.) It was named after Noah’s Ark because it held so many different “animals”
15.) Which of these statements is false:
a.) Before Action Comics #1, Siegel and Schuster published a short story called “Reign
of the Super-Man" where the Superman was a telepath trying to take over the world.
b.) In Age of Apocalypse, Magneto and Rogue are romantically involved. In this reality,
Rogue absorbs Polaris’ magnetic powers so that touching Magneto won’t put him into
a coma
c.) Because of the time they spent together the Venom symbiote no longer triggers
Spider-Man’s spider-sense.
d.) Nightcrawler is Mystique’s son, but she was the father thanks to her shapeshifting
capabilities. Destiny is his mother.
16.) Which doctor did Squirrel Girl beat-up with the help of her Squirrels?
a.) Dr. Doom
b.) Dr. Strange
c.) Dr. Octopus
d.) Dr. Light
17.) In his first stories, Bruce Banner didn’t turn into the Hulk when enraged. It was actually triggered by:
a.) Being physically threatened
b.) Being struck
c.) When he concentrated on becoming the Hulk
d.) Sundown
18.) Natalia Romanov a.k.a Natasha Romanov, Black Widow, has kept her young looks due to a variation of the Super Soldier Serum. How old is she actually?
a.) 30
b.) 50
c.) 70
d.) 90
19.) Batman is known for having a huge penny in his bat cave. How did he get it?
a.) It was given to him by Two-Face
b.) He got it from “The Penny Plunderer” a villain he fought in the 40’s
c.) He had it made for him to remind him that there are two sides to every story
d.) It was a novelty made for Wayne Enterprises that was discarded during remodeling
20.) The original Hulk was gray, but later changed to green due to printing problems. Why was the original color gray?
a.) The original drawings were black and white and the original gray coloring just stuck
b.) They wanted him to resemble the color of stone to symbolize strength
c.) They wanted a neutral color so as not to suggest a particular ethnic group
d.) He was supposed to be green all along, but at the time of the printing deadline they
didn’t have enough green ink to satisfy the volume of comics to be produced.
I hope you wrote down your answers. If you didn’t, go back and do it now because the answers are not in this blog, they will be included in the next one with explanations to go with each.
If you stuck to the initial instructions and didn’t look any of these up, give yourself a pat on the back. You are a person of honor and valor. If you did look them up, then you really need to brush up on your “instruction following skills”.
Look for the answers tomorrow at 5 p.m. EST!
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