Batman v Superman
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47 free Batman V Superman trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice put DC's two biggest heroes in the same live-action film for the first time, introduced Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman, and split audiences right down the middle. Zack Snyder's 2016 film opened to a record $166 million and then fell faster than any superhero film before it, won four Razzies, and later earned a reappraisal when the 31-minute-longer Ultimate Edition arrived. These 47 questions cover the story and the making of it: the twenty-year Batman, the congressional bombing, the kryptonite spear, the 'save Martha' scene, Doomsday and the actor who voiced him without knowing who he was playing, the New 52 origin for Wonder Woman, the Joker and Riddler scenes that were cut, Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL, Larry Fong's cinematography and the Detroit shoot. There are trivia-night gems too: the Turkish Airlines commercials, the Aston Martin exception to the Chrysler product deal, the senator cameos and how Zod's corpse was built without Michael Shannon. Easy questions stick to the cast and the big plot beats; the expert tier asks about the 2001 Depp-Hartnett version, the W. H. Auden poem behind the script and who almost played Nightwing. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Who directed Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
Zack Snyder
Zack Snyder recalls 'a crazy negotiation' with the studio just to shorten 'versus' to 'v', a change he hoped would stop it feeling like a straight 'versus' movie.
Q 02Who plays Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck was the first actor the film-makers approached, yet he hesitated, feeling he didn't fit the traditional mould, until he was shown how different this Batman would be.
Q 03Which actress made Wonder Woman's first live-action cinema appearance in Batman v Superman?
Gal Gadot
Gal Gadot answered fans who called her too slight for the part by training in martial arts and putting on 17 pounds of muscle.
Q 04Who plays Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman?
Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg wanted his Luthor as far as possible from Gene Hackman's and Kevin Spacey's, reasoning that he would never be compared favourably with them.
Q 05Which veteran actor plays Alfred Pennyworth in Batman v Superman?
Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons promised an Alfred who is more than a butler: 'He can sort of do everything: change light bulbs, blow up bridges if he has to.'
Q 06Who plays Senator June Finch in Batman v Superman?
Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter says she signed on simply because the director asked and it sounded fun, and she enjoyed being part of 'a giant, massive piece of machinery'.
Q 07Which Frank Miller comic did Batman v Superman's director cite as its main Batman inspiration?
The Dark Knight Returns
The Dark Knight Returns shows a Batman in his fifties who ends up fighting Superman in armour; the film took that older hero and the duel but told a story of its own.
Q 08Which early-1990s DC Comics event also shaped the story of Batman v Superman?
The Death of Superman
The Death of Superman gave the film its ending: the hero dies stopping a monster and is mourned at a funeral, before a last shot hints at his return.
Q 09At which event was Batman v Superman first announced in 2013?
San Diego Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con's Hall H heard the news in July 2013, when the film was promised for 2015; the studio later delayed it to give the film-makers more time, and it opened in March 2016.
Q 10In which city did principal photography on Batman v Superman begin in May 2014?
Detroit
Detroit left its mark on the costume too: the muscular Batsuit was cast from the physique of a gym owner in the nearby suburb of Ferndale.
Q 11Who plays Superman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
Henry Cavill
Henry Cavill was the only star in place when the film was announced in July 2013; the studio took another month to name the actor he would fight.
Q 12Which classic Superman supporting character appears in Batman v Superman as a CIA agent who is shot dead?
Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen, usually the Daily Planet's eager young photographer, is here a CIA man using that job as cover beside Lois Lane, and he is shot as soon as he is found out.
Q 13The longer 'Ultimate Edition' of Batman v Superman earned which US rating?
R
R, for added violence: the extended cut restores about half an hour, including the scenes showing how Luthor's men framed Superman for a massacre.
Q 21Which monster from the Superman comics does Lex Luthor unleash at the climax of Batman v Superman?
Doomsday
Doomsday is never named on screen: Luthor only calls the creature Superman's 'doomsday', and its performer stayed secret until he confirmed the part in a tweet a month before release.
Q 22In Batman v Superman's universe, Wonder Woman is the daughter of which god, as in DC's New 52 comics?
Zeus
Zeus as her father replaced the classic origin, in which her mother sculpted her from clay and the gods gave the figure life.
Q 23Which actor, seen in a brief cameo in Batman v Superman, had first auditioned to play Batman?
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa suspected the open Batman casting call was 'a booby trap', played the hero as a down-and-out brawler, and weeks later was offered Aquaman instead.
Q 14Which hero appears through a portal to warn Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman?
The Flash
The Flash is never named in the cinema cut; the producer confirmed afterwards that the figure is Ezra Miller's speedster, sent back in time with a warning.
Q 15What name do Bruce Wayne's and Clark Kent's mothers share, which halts their fight?
Martha
Martha is the name Superman gasps as he begs Batman to save his mother; once Lois explains, Batman drops the fight and goes to rescue Martha Kent himself.
Q 16In Batman v Superman, who steals LexCorp's encrypted data before Bruce can at Luthor's gala?
Diana Prince
Diana Prince wanted one thing from the files, an old photograph of herself, and hands the drive to Bruce when she cannot break its encryption.
Q 17In Batman v Superman, Luthor's files hold a photograph of Wonder Woman from which conflict?
World War I
World War I: the picture shows her with Chris Pine's Steve Trevor and his comrades, and the film-makers then wrote the taking of that photograph into her own film.
Q 18What does Luthor smuggle into the congressional hearing in Batman v Superman?
A lead-covered bomb
A lead-covered bomb is hidden in a witness's wheelchair; the lead lining keeps Superman's vision from seeing inside, so he never notices it and blames himself afterwards.
Q 19What weapon does Batman use to fight Superman?
A kryptonite spear
He also wears an armoured exosuit and uses kryptonite-laced gas.
Q 20Whose DNA joins Zod's in the monster Luthor creates in Batman v Superman?
His own
His own: Luthor lets his blood fall on Zod's corpse inside the crashed Kryptonian vessel, whose birthing chamber then reshapes the body into a monster.
Q 24Which astrophysicist appears as himself among the real TV commentators in Batman v Superman?
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson appears on a talk-show panel weighing what an alien among us means for humanity, one of eight real media figures who play themselves in the film.
Q 25Who plays Daily Planet editor Perry White in Batman v Superman?
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne says he was happy to return for the two heroes' showdown, and he sums up Lois Lane as Perry's favorite child and his problem child.
Q 26Which Oscar-winning screenwriter rewrote David S. Goyer's Batman v Superman script?
Chris Terrio
Chris Terrio, who won his Oscar for Argo, rewrote the script, and later said the studio's removal of 30 minutes from the cinema release had sabotaged the film.
Q 27Who plays Lois Lane in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
Amy Adams
Amy Adams called Lois 'the key to the information': while the heroes feud, she is busy tracing a bullet that no known manufacturer makes.
Q 28Bruce Wayne's desert nightmare in Batman v Superman, with its winged soldiers, teases the coming of which DC villain?
Darkseid
Darkseid's winged foot soldiers, the Parademons, swarm the nightmare, a first hint of the alien tyrant the planned sequels were meant to build towards.
Q 29Batman v Superman's credits name which long-uncredited writer as Batman's co-creator alongside Bob Kane?
Bill Finger
Bill Finger wrote Batman's earliest stories and named Gotham City, but only Bob Kane was credited until DC struck a deal with Finger's family in 2015.
Q 30Which composer scored Batman v Superman with Junkie XL, then announced he was retiring from superhero films?
Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer had already scored Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy and struggled to find a new angle, so the Batman theme was written with Junkie XL; his retirement did not last.