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50 free Supergirl trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Supergirl arrived in Action Comics #252 in May 1959 as Superman's secret weapon, an orphan called Linda Lee hiding her blonde hair under a brunette wig at Midvale Orphanage. She joined the Legion of Super-Heroes, got adopted by the Danvers, starred in her own titles, and then DC killed her in Crisis on Infinite Earths to make her cousin the last son of Krypton again. She stayed dead for nearly twenty years before Jeph Loeb brought her back in Superman/Batman. These 50 questions cover the comics from Otto Binder and Al Plastino to Tom King's Woman of Tomorrow, plus every screen version: Helen Slater's 1984 film with Faye Dunaway and Peter O'Toole, Laura Vandervoort on Smallville, Melissa Benoist's six seasons on CBS and The CW, Sasha Calle in The Flash and Milly Alcock in the 2026 DC Universe film. Expect questions on Argo City, Streaky and Comet, Power Girl, the Omegahedron, National City, the DEO and the Phantom Zone. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so a miss still teaches you something. Play it solo or print it for a comics night.
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Q 01Supergirl made her 1959 debut in which comic book title, the series that had introduced Superman?
Action Comics
Action Comics introduced Kara Zor-El in May 1959, after readers cheered a one-off Super-Girl whom Jimmy Olsen wished into being in a Superman story the year before.
Q 02Superman's mother was Lara; what is the name of Supergirl's mother?
Alura
Alura is Kara's mother in the comics, both films and the TV series, where she is a judge whose jailed criminals later escape to Earth and come after her daughter.
Q 03Supergirl's father Zor-El is the brother of which Kryptonian?
Jor-El
Jor-El is Superman's father, so Kara and Kal-El are first cousins. He could save only his baby son, while his brother Zor-El lived through Krypton's explosion with his wife and neighbours.
Q 04From which surviving fragment of Krypton was Kara sent to Earth?
Argo City
Argo City was flung into space intact when Krypton exploded, but the ground beneath it turned to deadly kryptonite, so Zor-El rocketed his daughter to Earth.
Q 05In her 1959 comics debut, what secret identity did Supergirl adopt on Earth?
Linda Lee
Linda Lee was the name she chose, worn with a brunette wig over her blonde hair, because Superman wanted her existence kept secret from the world.
Q 06Which couple adopted Supergirl in the comics in 1961?
Fred and Edna Danvers
Fred and Edna Danvers took her in, and she told them her secret just before Superman finally revealed her to the world.
Q 07Where did Superman hide the newly arrived Supergirl in the 1959 comics?
An orphanage
An orphanage in the town of Midvale took her in, and she stayed Superman's secret for three years, until he revealed her to a cheering world in 1962.
Q 08Which villain killed Supergirl in the 1985 comic Crisis on Infinite Earths?
The Anti-Monitor
The Anti-Monitor struck her down as she fought him hand to hand to save an unconscious Superman, and she died in her cousin's arms.
Q 09In a 2014 comics storyline, a ring enlisted Supergirl in which corps?
Red Lanterns
Red Lanterns run on rage, and a ring sought Kara out after a furious fight with Lobo. Taking one off should kill its wearer, yet she later shed hers and survived.
Q 10Which writer reintroduced Kara Zor-El in 2004 in Superman/Batman?
Jeph Loeb
Her modern debut came in Superman/Batman #8, arriving inside a Kryptonian asteroid.
Q 11What was the name of Supergirl's pet Super-Horse?
Comet
Comet was no ordinary horse: he was a centaur from ancient Greece whom the sorceress Circe turned into an immortal, super-powered stallion.
Q 12In the 1960s comics, which Legion of Super-Heroes member fell for Supergirl?
Brainiac 5
Brainiac 5, the Legion's resident genius, fell for her. He claimed descent from Superman's enemy Brainiac and joined the Legion to redeem the family name.
Q 13Supergirl first met Batgirl in 1967 in which team-up title?
World's Finest Comics
World's Finest Comics paired Superman and Batman for decades, and the Supergirl TV series borrowed the name for 'Worlds Finest', its 2016 crossover episode with The Flash.
Q 21The stars of Supergirl and The Flash, who sang together in a 2017 musical crossover, had both appeared in which series?
Glee
Glee had featured both leads as high-school singers, and the crossover, 'Duet', brought in a third Glee alumnus, Darren Criss, as the villain who traps them in a musical.
Q 22Who played Supergirl in the 1984 film?
Helen Slater
Helen Slater was a 19-year-old unknown picked from hundreds of hopefuls; three decades later she returned in the Supergirl TV series as Kara's adoptive mother.
Q 23Who played the villainous witch Selena in the 1984 Supergirl film?
Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway took top billing over the unknown lead and played the witch as high camp, which earned her a Worst Actress nomination at the Razzies.
Q 14In the Supergirl TV series, which member of the Luthor family becomes Kara's best friend?
Lena Luthor
Lena Luthor, Lex's half-sister, befriends Kara without knowing she is Supergirl; when a dying Lex reveals the secret to embitter her, the friendship breaks.
Q 15Which actor played Lex Luthor in the Supergirl TV series?
Jon Cryer
Jon Cryer had been in the family before: in 1987's Superman IV he played Lex's bumbling nephew Lenny, three decades before taking over as the uncle.
Q 16Supergirl's monthly title merged with Lois Lane's and Jimmy Olsen's into which anthology?
The Superman Family
The Superman Family launched in 1974 by taking over Jimmy Olsen's numbering; at first its stars took turns with one new story while reprints filled the other pages.
Q 17Supergirl's Earth-Two counterpart, Kara Zor-L, is better known by which superhero name?
Power Girl
Power Girl left Krypton when her cousin did, but her rocket took far longer, so she arrived on Earth-Two decades after him.
Q 18In the Supergirl TV series, Kara says the crest on her chest stands for which family motto?
Stronger together
Stronger together, 'El mayarah' in Kryptonian, is the House of El motto on the show; in the film Man of Steel the same symbol simply means hope.
Q 19Who wrote the 2021 miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow?
Tom King
Tom King wrote the eight-issue series with artist Bilquis Evely, and DC Studios chose it as the basis for the 2026 Supergirl film.
Q 20The revenge plot of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow was inspired by which Western?
True Grit
True Grit, in its novel and both film versions, inspired the writer, who set out to make a 'space Western' about a mentor and a pupil on a journey of revenge.
Q 24Which actor played Zaltar in the 1984 Supergirl film?
Peter O'Toole
Peter O'Toole played the artist whose careless borrowing of the orb that powers his city sets the plot moving; the Lawrence of Arabia star got a Razzie nomination for it.
Q 25What powerful object must Supergirl recover in the 1984 film?
The Omegahedron
The Omegahedron powers her home city; when a mishap hurls it into space she follows it to Earth, where a would-be witch has already claimed it.
Q 26Which former Wonder Woman actress played the US president in the Supergirl TV series?
Lynda Carter
Lynda Carter played President Olivia Marsdin, who signs an amnesty for aliens while hiding that she is one; she resigns when her true form is exposed.
Q 27John Williams scored Superman; which composer scored the 1984 Supergirl film?
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith gave Supergirl a soaring theme of her own, then quoted John Williams's Superman march in a cue titled 'The Superman Poster'.
Q 28At which English studio was the 1984 Supergirl film shot, like Superman before it?
Pinewood
Pinewood meant the film's all-American small town, Midvale, Illinois, was really built in the English countryside outside London, during a shoot that ran from April to August 1983.
Q 29Which young star tested for the lead in the 1984 Supergirl film, only for an unknown to win it?
Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields was among hundreds who auditioned, but the producers, who had found Christopher Reeve through a similar search, wanted an unknown again.
Q 30After the 1984 Supergirl film flopped, its producers sold the Superman rights to which studio, maker of Superman IV?
Cannon
Cannon paid the cash-strapped Salkinds $5 million for the rights in 1985, then hit a cash crisis of its own and cut Superman IV's budget roughly in half just before filming began.