Here’s a challenge for you. Twenty questions of varying difficulty covering DC, Marvel, Star Wars, Star Trek and Doctor Who. See how many correct answers you can get WITHOUT CHEATING. I’ll put the answers in a spoiler below the questions. One point for a correct answer, who-ever gets the highest score wins the internet for the week. Post your scores below.
If there’s a good turn out, I’ll put up another one next week.
1: What year was Star Trek first broadcast?
2: Whose sidekick is called Speedy?
3: Name the Time Lords home planet in Doctor Who.
4: Who was the cover star of Timely (now Marvel) Comics first comic?
5: On what planet was Han Solo frozen in Carbonite in ‘Empire Strikes Back’?
6: Name the 3 actors who have played The Joker in a Batman live action movie.
7: Why, allegedly, was ‘beaming’ invented in Star Trek?
8: Who was the fifth man to play The Doctor?
9: Name John Favreau’s character in the Iron Man films.
10: In 1976, Superman first met Spider-Man. In what year did they next meet?
11: In the same year as the 2nd Superman/ Spider-man crossover, which of Marvels superstar Superheroes did Batman meet?
12: In which film does Stan Lee cameo as one of his own creations?
13: Name the 5 men who have played Darth Vader/ Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars films. Not including voice actors in the Clone Wars series. (I’ll be very impressed if anyone gets all of these)
14: What position did Spock originally hold in his first appearance in Star Trek?
15: Which of these was not a genuine crossover sanctioned by DC comics
A) Superman vs. Muhammed Ali
B) The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans
C) Jonah Hex and Spawn
D) Superman and Bugs Bunny
16: In what DC comic did Darkseid first appear?
17: Who was the main villain in The Amazing Spider-Man Issue 1in 1963?
18: How many men have played The Doctor in the TV series?
19: Who teamed up in the last issue of the first run of The Brave And The Bold comic in 1983?
20: What links The Hitch-hikers Guide To The Galaxy to Marvel Comics Civil War crossover event and an episode of Doctor Who with a sentient sun as its main villain?
(I’ll be even more impressed if anyone gets this)
1: 1966
2: Green Arrow
3: Gallifrey
4: The Human Torch
5: Bespin
6: Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger
7: Cost, it cost less to beam them onto the planet than do model shots of the ship landing.
8: Peter Davidson
9: Harold ‘Happy’ Hogan
10: 1981
11: The Incredible Hulk
12: Fantastic Four (he plays Willie Lumpkin the FF’s postman)
13: David Prowse, James Earl-Jones, Sebastian Shaw, Jake Lloyd, Hayden Christensen
14: Science Officer
15: C
16: Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen (Issue 134, 1970)
17: The Chameleon
18: 12 (Richard Hurndell played the First Doctor in the episode ‘The Five Doctors’ as William Hartnell had died 8 years previously)
19: Batman (Earth-1) and Batman (Golden Age/ Earth-2)
20: The number 42
Hitch-hikers- The meaning of life
Civil War- The Negative Zone prison
Doctor Who- The title of the episode, named after the length of the episodes story.
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. And I also met one of them when he came to my old town to give a talk on all the film work he’d done.
. And I also met one of them when he came to my old town to give a talk on all the film work he’d done.
