burton (09/10/82)
Okay, since somebody came back with answers so quickly for
the first superman trivia quiz, how about a general comic
book trivia quiz? Lets see how you do on this one:
I. DC comic books
1. What are the secret identities of Batman and Robin? What
relationship is there between Batman and Robin? Give the
origin of Robin. What is Batman's Aunt's name? What is the
secret identity of Batgirl?
2. What is the secret identity of the Flash? What is the secret
identity of Kid Flash? What relationship is there between
the Flash and Kid Flash? What are the origins of the Flash
and Kid Flash? Who is the so-called Reverse Flash? What
relation is he to Flash?
3. Who is the Green Arrow? What was the name of his sidekick ('hero'
name and real name)? Why did he stop being Green Arrow's sidekick?
Who is Green Arrow currently involved romantically with? What
is her real name?
4. What is the real name of the Martian Manhunter? What is he vulnerable
to? What special powers does he have?
5. Besides kryptonite, what else is Superman vulnerable to?
6. Who is the Green Lantern? How does he get his powers? What is his
origin? What 'society' does he belong to, and who are the founders?
What is the name of his former sidekick? What weakness does his
power possess? Why?
II. Marvel Comics
1. The Fantastic Four consists of Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human
Torch, and the Thing. What are their real names? What is the name
of Mr. Fantastic's and Invisible Girl's son? Who took Invisible Girl's
place while she was pregnant? Who is the Thing's girlfriend? Who was
the Human Torch's girlfriend for a long time, and who did she marry?
2. What is Spiderman's secret identity? What is his aunt's name? His
uncle's? Who was he engaged to? Why didn't he marry her? How many
different people assumed the role of the Green Goblin, and who
were they? What was the link between them? Who was the editor of
the newspaper Spiderman worked for? What was the name of the paper?
3. Give the names (both) of the original X-Men. Give the names (both)
of the new X-Men. Which of the old X-Men became new X-men? Which
superhero groups did the other 'old' X-men join?
4. Give the names of the original Avengers. Who are the current
members? Which former enemies of the X-men later became Avengers?
5. What is Captain America's real name? Who was his sidekick during
WWII? How did he die? How did Capt. America survive until the
present? What was Capt. America's origin?
6. What is the Hulk's real name? What is the origin of the Hulk?
What other superbeings in Marvel comics got their powers the
same way? Who was the Hulk's sidekick? Who did he later become
the sidekick of? What superhero did he later 'share' existence
with?
That's enough for the moment. There is enough trivia in comicdom
to fill up several volumes (and already has!). Most of these
trivia questions are 'trivial' to anyone who's been reading comics for
the past few years. If there is enough interest in this kind of
trivia, maybe we could swap questions directly, or start a new
newsgroup, such as net.trivia.comics, or net.games.trivia.comics,
or even net.comics.
Doug Burton
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