This JJBA trivia quiz has 70 free questions with answers on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, from Jonathan Joestar and the Stone Mask in Phantom Blood to Jodio and the Lava Rock in The JoJoLands. It covers all nine parts of Hirohiko Araki's manga, the David Production anime, the 1993 OVA, the live-action film and the video games, plus the odd corners of the franchise like Rohan at the Louvre and Gucci. The easy questions are for anyone who has finished the anime: whose Stand is Star Platinum, where Stardust Crusaders is heading, what Killer Queen does. The harder ones go after details only a real JoJo fan remembers: Gyro Zeppeli's real name, which Sex Pistols number is missing, what Made in Heaven was called during serialization, which battle Stroheim died at, and the novel Araki borrowed the two-family rivalry from. There is a mix of manga lore, production trivia and Stand mechanics, so it works whether you came in through the anime or the tankōbon. Every answer has been checked against a reference page and each question shows its source once you answer, so if you disagree with a call, you can see exactly where it came from.
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Q 01Who writes and illustrates JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?
Hirohiko Araki
He was born in Sendai in 1960, and the series began in January 1987.
Q 02In which magazine was JoJo's Bizarre Adventure originally serialized from 1987 to 2004?
Weekly Shōnen Jump
In 2005 it moved to the monthly seinen magazine Ultra Jump, where Steel Ball Run and its successors have run since.
Q 03What are Stands, the powers at the centre of JoJo battles from Part 3 onward?
Psycho-spiritual manifestations of a person's fighting spirit
Araki said the idea came from wanting to draw the heart and soul, and it shifted the series from physical to mental battles.
Q 04What is the sunlight-based breathing martial art used by Jonathan and Joseph Joestar called?
Hamon
Also translated as the Ripple, it lets a user focus bodily energy into sunlight through controlled breathing, which is why it works so well on vampires.
Q 05Mainline members of the Joestar family share a star-shaped birthmark where on their bodies?
Above the left shoulder blade
Each part's hero also has a name that can be shortened to 'JoJo', from Jonathan Joestar to Jodio Joestar.
Q 06What is the title of Part 1 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?
Phantom Blood
Set in late 19th-century England, it introduces Jonathan Joestar and his adopted brother Dio and runs just five volumes.
Q 07Dio Brando becomes a vampire in Part 1 by using what ancient artefact?
A Stone Mask
He then destroys the Joestar estate; the mask itself was later revealed to be the work of the Pillar Men.
Q 08In Battle Tendency, Joseph Joestar fights the Pillar Men. Who is their leader?
Kars
He is finally blasted into space by a volcanic eruption, where his immortal body freezes solid, unable to die.
Q 09The Pillar Men are seeking which object, which will turn them into invincible superbeings?
The Red Stone of Aja
German researchers first found the trio in 1938; the perfectly cut version of the stone is guarded by Lisa Lisa in Venice.
Q 10In Stardust Crusaders, the heroes must travel from Japan to which country to defeat DIO?
Egypt
Araki refused to write a tournament arc and instead built a 'road movie' inspired by Jules Verne's globe-circling novel.
Q 11What is the name of Jotaro's Stand?
Star Platinum
It has incredible strength, speed and precision, and later gains the ability to stop time for a few seconds.
Q 12Araki modelled Jotaro, including his poses and catchphrases, on which American actor?
Clint Eastwood
His hair, meanwhile, was drawn from foreign fashion models and from Rudol von Stroheim's look in Battle Tendency.
Q 13Which Stand does DIO wield in Stardust Crusaders?
The World
Its power is to stop time, and Jotaro's own Stand later gains the same ability.
Q 21Diamond Is Unbreakable is set in 1999 in which fictional Japanese town?
Morioh
Josuke Higashikata lives there, and it returns in JoJolion, devastated by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, in a second continuity.
Q 22Crazy Diamond can restore objects and mend injuries, but which of these is beyond it?
Fixing its own user's wounds
It can turn lemonade back into water, sugar and lemons, but it can neither revive the dead nor mend its own user.
Q 23What is the power of Yoshikage Kira's Stand, Killer Queen?
Turning any object into a bomb
Q 14Joseph Joestar's Stand Hermit Purple, like most Stands in Part 3, is named after what?
A tarot card
He uses its vine-like power to make predictions through cameras and television sets.
Q 15Iggy, the Stand-using member of the Stardust Crusaders, is what kind of animal?
A Boston Terrier
The stray dodged New York animal control for years, and the group keeps him calm with coffee-flavoured chewing gum.
Q 16Hol Horse's Stand, Emperor, takes the form of what object?
A revolver
Araki liked his 'why be number one when you can be number two' outlook so much that he later gave it to Yoshikage Kira.
Q 17Muhammad Avdol's Stand Magician's Red manipulates fire, usually shaped like which symbol?
An ankh
Its signature attack, Crossfire Hurricane, hurls several flaming ankhs at once.
Q 18Noriaki Kakyoin's long-range Stand attack, a blast of green energy, is called what?
Emerald Splash
His Stand, Hierophant Green, was originally called Hierophant Emerald and can shrink to control people from the inside.
Q 19Jean Pierre Polnareff's Stand Silver Chariot is an armoured knight wielding what weapon?
A rapier
Casting off its armour makes it faster still, at the cost of its defence, and the character inspired Street Fighter's Guile.
Q 20Which vampire, DIO's last creation, kills both Avdol and Iggy in DIO's mansion?
Vanilla Ice
Polnareff finishes him by using Silver Chariot to draw him into sunlight, where he disintegrates.
The explosions leave no trace, which is how the office worker has hidden his murders for years.
Q 24Rohan Kishibe's Stand, Heaven's Door, does what to a person?
Peels them open like a book to read their memories
The prickly mangaka draws the series Pink Dark Boy and stars in his own spin-off, Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe.
Q 25Koichi Hirose's Stand Echoes has how many distinct forms, or Acts?
Three
He can only summon one at a time, and Act 3 shows a sentience of its own, which is rare for a Stand.
Q 26Okuyasu Nijimura's Stand The Hand does what to whatever it swipes?
Erases the space it occupies
It is a devastating power that Okuyasu, not the sharpest member of the cast, rarely uses to its full potential.
Q 27Golden Wind is set in 2001 in which Italian city?
Naples
Giorno Giovanna, conceived while DIO was using Jonathan's body, sets out to take over the mafia to stop drugs being sold to children.
Q 28What is the name of Giorno Giovanna's Stand, which gives life to non-living things?
Gold Experience
Once pierced by the Arrow it becomes a Requiem form that can return any process to zero, trapping Diavolo in endless deaths.
Q 29Bruno Bucciarati's Stand Sticky Fingers can put what on any object it touches?
A zipper
He can unzip a wall and walk straight through the opening, or take himself apart to dodge attacks.
Q 30Guido Mista's Stand Sex Pistols consists of six numbered bullet-shaped beings. Which number is missing?
#4
Despite being Italian, Mista is tetraphobic and treats the number the way many East Asian cultures do, as bad luck.