Q 01/05

What was Superman's birth name on the planet Krypton?

A) Kal-El

B) Jor-El

C) Zor-El

D) Dru-Zod

Answer · why

A) Kal-El

His birth parents, Jor-El and Lara, launched him toward Earth in a small spaceship shortly before the planet exploded.

Q 02/05

In which US state is the town of Smallville, where the Kents raise Clark?

A) Nebraska

B) Kansas

C) Iowa

D) Ohio

Answer · why

B) Kansas

The farmers who found the rocket, Jonathan and Martha Kent, gave the boy the name Clark Kent.

Q 03/05

Clark Kent works as a journalist for which Metropolis newspaper?

A) The Daily Star

B) The Metropolis Herald

C) The Daily Planet

D) The Daily Globe

Answer · why

C) The Daily Planet

Siegel made Clark a journalist because he had often imagined becoming one himself after leaving school.

Q 04/05

Superman's secret hideout, located somewhere in the Arctic, is called what?

A) The Citadel of Ice

B) The Sanctuary of Silence

C) The Hall of Krypton

D) The Fortress of Solitude

Answer · why

D) The Fortress of Solitude

The name of his home city, Metropolis, was borrowed from the 1927 silent film of the same name.

Q 05/05

Which young newspaper photographer is frequently described as "Superman's pal"?

A) Steve Lombard

B) Ron Troupe

C) Jimmy Olsen

D) Pete Ross

Answer · why

C) Jimmy Olsen

The character was one of several who began on the radio show rather than in the comics.