Wonder Woman Trivia
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110 free Wonder Woman trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
This Wonder Woman trivia quiz spans more than eighty years of the character, from her October 1941 debut in All Star Comics to the DC Extended Universe films. Expect questions on William Moulton Marston and the unusual household that inspired her, the Golden Age clay origin versus the modern daughter-of-Zeus retcon, the powerless mod-boutique years, George Pérez's 1987 relaunch and the recent renumbering that jumped straight to issue #750. The screen adaptations get equal time. Lynda Carter's 1975-79 series (and the spin she invented on set), the unaired 2011 pilot, Patty Jenkins's 2017 film, its banned release in Lebanon, and Wonder Woman 1984's Christmas Day arrival on HBO Max all turn up, along with the Lasso of Truth, the bracelets, the tiara and the Invisible Plane. Questions range from easy warm-ups to genuinely obscure comics history. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the character, the films, the series and the people involved, and each question links to the sentence that supports it, so you can settle arguments in the comments with a source.
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Q 01Wonder Woman made her first appearance in October 1941 in which comic book?
All Star Comics #8
All Star Comics #8 tucked her first story in as a backup feature behind the title's regular heroes; DC now marks its release date, October 21, as Wonder Woman Day.
Q 02Under what pen name did Wonder Woman's creator write the comic?
Charles Moulton
Charles Moulton stitched together two middle names: Charles from his publisher and Moulton from his own, William Moulton Marston.
Q 03Wonder Woman's creator is also credited with helping invent an early version of which device?
The polygraph
The polygraph grew from Marston's Harvard experiments on whether systolic blood pressure rises when a person lies; his test became one component of the modern lie detector.
Q 04Who reportedly told Marston 'Fine, but make her a woman' when he pitched a new superhero?
His wife Elizabeth
His wife Elizabeth, who held degrees in law and psychology, is credited with the line; she was also the household's wage earner, as assistant to the chief executive of Metropolitan Life.
Q 05In her original Golden Age origin, what was Diana sculpted from before being given life?
Clay
Clay was her mother's medium: longing for a child, the Amazon queen sculpted a girl and the goddess Aphrodite brought the statue to life, so Diana was born without a father.
Q 06After DC's 2011 Flashpoint reboot, Diana was rewritten as the biological daughter of which Greek god?
Zeus
That origin carried into the DC Extended Universe films, where being Zeus's daughter is what makes her the 'god-killer'.
Q 07After Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Amazons' island home was given what new name?
Themyscira
Themyscira took its name from the Amazons' home city in Greek myth; before the 1987 relaunch the island had simply been called Paradise Island.
Q 08Who is Diana's mother, the queen of the Amazons?
Hippolyta
Hippolyta has even worn the costume herself: in 1990s comics she took over as Wonder Woman and travelled back in time to serve as the heroine of the 1940s.
Q 09In the 1942 comics, Wonder Woman bought the identity of look-alike Diana Prince, who held which job?
Army nurse
Army nurse Diana Prince needed money to join her fiancé in South America, so Wonder Woman paid her, took her place and went to work at the hospital treating Steve Trevor.
Q 10In the comics since their 1987 relaunch, which figure from Greek myth made Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth?
Hephaestus
Hephaestus forged it from the Golden Girdle of Gaea in the modern comics; in the 1940s it was a magic lasso that made captives obey any command, and truth-telling became its defining power later.
Q 11In the modern comics, Wonder Woman's bulletproof bracelets were formed from the remains of which mythical object?
The Aegis
The Aegis, the shield of the gods, supplied the material in the modern comics; in the 1940s stories the bracelets were worn as reminders of the Amazons' captivity under Hercules.
Q 12Marston took the idea for Wonder Woman's bracelets from a pair worn by which real woman?
Olive Byrne
Olive Byrne wore a pair of bracelets in place of a wedding ring while living in the Marston household; she was also the niece of birth-control pioneer Margaret Sanger.
Q 13Wonder Woman's plane, which she has flown since her 1940s comics, is famous for which property?
Q 21In 1982, a stylized 'WW' emblem by designer Milton Glaser replaced which symbol on Wonder Woman's costume?
An eagle
An eagle had spread across her bodice since 1941, but DC could not trademark the national bird; the double-W from Milton Glaser, of 'I Love NY' fame, gave it a symbol to license.
Q 22When Wonder Woman joined the Justice Society of America in the 1940s, what role was she given?
Secretary
Secretary it was: despite her powers she mostly stayed behind at headquarters taking the team's minutes while the men went off on the missions.
Q 23On October 21, 2016, which organization named Wonder Woman an honorary ambassador?
The United Nations
It is invisible
It is invisible, and in her first adventure it carried the wounded pilot Steve Trevor from the Amazons' island back to America.
Q 14Which magazine put Wonder Woman on its July 1972 cover under the headline 'Wonder Woman for President'?
Ms.
Ms. was co-founded by Gloria Steinem, who chose the heroine for its first regular issue; within months DC, which had stripped her of her powers in 1968, gave them back along with her classic costume.
Q 15During her powerless late-1960s era, what business did Diana run?
A mod boutique
A mod boutique was her day job while she fought crime without powers, in a makeover modelled on Emma Peel, Diana Rigg's character in the British spy series The Avengers.
Q 16What was the name of the blind martial arts mentor who trained the depowered Diana?
I Ching
I Ching was written out as abruptly as he arrived: a rooftop sniper shot him dead in the 1973 issue that gave Diana her powers and costume back.
Q 17Which artist reinvented Wonder Woman in the 1980s with an athletic look stressing her Amazon heritage?
George Pérez
George Pérez relaunched the series from issue #1 in 1987 and stayed five years, pushing her further into Greek mythology than she had ever been.
Q 18Which Amazon debuted in 1973 as Diana's long-lost twin sister, raised in secret by the war god Mars?
Nubia
Nubia, stolen as a baby and trained by the war god, returned in armour as a masked rival and challenged Diana to a duel for the title of Wonder Woman.
Q 19Which villain did Wonder Woman kill by snapping his neck to end his mind control of Superman?
Maxwell Lord
Maxwell Lord, bound by her lasso, said killing him was the only way to free Superman; footage of the act was then broadcast worldwide, turning the public and her fellow heroes against her.
Q 20Which psychiatrist claimed in Seduction of the Innocent that Wonder Woman's independence made her a lesbian?
Fredric Wertham
Fredric Wertham's 1954 book and his Senate testimony fed a panic over comics, and publishers responded by adopting the Comics Code to censor themselves.
The United Nations made her honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls; staff petitioned against an 'overtly sexualized' figurehead, and the role ended after less than two months.
Q 24In a 2015 comic, Wonder Woman officiated which ceremony while Superman looked on?
A same-sex wedding
A same-sex wedding: when Clark Kent says he hadn't known she supported it, she replies that her country is all women, so to her people it is simply marriage.
Q 25Who debuted in 1942 as Wonder Woman's best friend and sidekick in the comics?
Etta Candy
Etta Candy, a student proud of her love of sweets, led her sorority sisters, the Holliday Girls, into the heroine's wartime adventures.
Q 26In Absolute Wonder Woman (2024), where was Diana raised instead of on the Amazons' island?
Hell
Hell is where the gods hand the infant Diana to the banished sorceress Circe, who means to let her die but ends up raising her as a daughter and teaching her spells.
Q 27In the comics, which Amazon healing device saved the life of crashed pilot Steve Trevor?
The Purple Ray
The Purple Ray healed him after the island's doctor had given him up for dead; in the 1942 telling Diana built the device herself, working on it for days.
Q 28Besides her 1940s team, which superhero team from 1960 has Wonder Woman regularly joined?
Justice League
Justice League of America was DC's 1960 remake of her 1940s team; editor Julius Schwartz swapped 'Society' for 'League' because it reminded young readers of baseball's leagues.
Q 29Who starred as Wonder Woman in the live-action television series that ran from 1975 to 1979?
Lynda Carter
Lynda Carter became the face of the character for a generation even though the show ran only three seasons; four decades on she returned for a cameo in the 2020 film.
Q 30Which pageant title did the star of the 1970s Wonder Woman series win in 1972?
Miss World USA
Miss World USA capped a sharp change of course: she quit the band she had toured with as a singer, went home, and within about a month had won three pageant crowns in a row.