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

Superman's Kryptonian birth name is Kal-El; his parents Jor-El and Lara launched him toward Earth in a small rocket shortly before Krypton 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

Smallville is in Kansas, where Jonathan and Martha Kent found the rocket on their farm; the 1978 film and John Byrne's 1986 reboot both placed the tow...

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

Superman's Arctic hideout is the Fortress of Solitude; the name was borrowed from pulp hero Doc Savage, whose own Arctic Fortress of Solitude appeared...

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

Jimmy Olsen, the Daily Planet's cub photographer, was popular enough to headline his own title, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, from 1954 to 1974.