Q 01/05

Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston, also helped invent an early version of which device?

A) Lie detector

B) Hearing aid

C) Pacemaker

D) Metal detector

Answer · why

A) Lie detector

Lie detector research came before comics for Marston, whose blood-pressure test became part of the polygraph. His heroine carries a golden Lasso of Tr...

Q 02/05

Which mysterious substance did Professor Utonium accidentally spill, creating the Powerpuff Girls?

A) Vibranium

B) Chemical X

C) Adamantium

D) Unobtainium

Answer · why

B) Chemical X

Chemical X gave the three kindergarten heroes their powers, and the same lab accident turned the professor's chimp assistant into their archenemy, Moj...

Q 03/05

Which Marvel heroine is Natasha Romanoff, a former Soviet spy trained in the secretive Red Room?

A) Mockingbird

B) Silver Sable

C) White Tiger

D) Black Widow

Answer · why

D) Black Widow

Black Widow began as a villain in 1964, then switched sides and allied herself with the Avengers out of love for the archer Hawkeye.

Q 04/05

Which character in Pixar's The Incredibles can turn invisible and project force fields?

A) Mirage

B) Edna Mode

C) Violet

D) Voyd

Answer · why

C) Violet

Violet was given invisibility because director Brad Bird felt it captured the insecurity and defensiveness many teenage girls feel while growing up.

Q 05/05

What is the day job of Jennifer Walters, the Marvel heroine better known as She-Hulk?

A) Surgeon

B) Journalist

C) Lawyer

D) Physicist

Answer · why

C) Lawyer

Lawyer Jennifer Walters gained her powers from an emergency blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner, and she often acts as legal counsel to oth...