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60 free Daredevil trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Daredevil trivia quiz covers the Man Without Fear in every medium: the Marvel comics from Stan Lee and Bill Everett's 1964 debut through Frank Miller and Born Again, the 2003 Ben Affleck film and its director's cut, the Netflix series with Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio, and the Disney+ revival Daredevil: Born Again. The easy questions cover Matt Murdock, Foggy, Karen Page, Kingpin, Elektra and Bullseye; the harder ones dig into the hallway fights, the yellow costume, the radar sense, Wally Wood, Ann Nocenti and Bendis. Behind the scenes it covers Vin Diesel, Guy Pearce and Matt Damon passing on the 2003 film, why Ben Urich worked for the New York Post, Colin Farrell's Irish Bullseye, Coolio's deleted subplot, Charlie Cox nearly being cast as Foggy, why the Netflix show was cancelled, Kevin Feige's phone call, the Born Again creative overhaul and Fisk becoming mayor of New York. Every answer was checked against the relevant encyclopaedia entries before publishing. For more Marvel, try our MCU, Marvel and superhero quizzes.
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Q 01How was Matt Murdock blinded as a child?
A chemical accident
In the 2003 film it is radioactive waste from a truck; either way his other senses were sharpened.
Q 02What is Matt Murdock's day job?
Lawyer
He runs a firm with his college roommate.
Q 03Which New York neighbourhood is Daredevil's home turf?
Hell's Kitchen
The 2003 film ignored it and shot mostly on the West Coast.
Q 04Who created Daredevil in 1964?
Stan Lee and Bill Everett
Kirby had some input and co-designed the first costume; Everett had created Namor decades earlier.
Q 05What real-life experience inspired Daredevil's heightened senses?
Bill Everett's legally blind daughter
Wendy Everett found her hearing was more acute; the blind-vigilante idea probably also drew on the symbol of blind justice.
Q 06What colours was Daredevil's original 1964 costume?
Black, yellow and red
Wally Wood introduced the standard red costume in issue #7 and the radar sense in issue #5.
Q 07Who was Matt's blind martial-arts mentor in the comics?
Stick
He was introduced in the early 1980s as leader of the Chaste; Scott Glenn played him on Netflix.
Q 08Which writer-artist's early-1980s run brought film noir and ninjas to Daredevil and made the title a hit?
Frank Miller
Miller says the book was near cancellation when he was hired for the art.
Q 09Which writer introduced Bullseye during a 20-issue run starting in 1975?
Marv Wolfman
Wolfman also brought Daredevil back to New York and introduced Heather Glenn.
Q 10In Miller and Mazzucchelli's 'Born Again', who sells Daredevil's secret identity for drug money?
Karen Page
The Kingpin uses the information to strip Murdock of his law licence.
Q 11Which villain with dissociative identity disorder did Ann Nocenti introduce?
Typhoid Mary
Nocenti wrote over 50 issues from 1986 to 1991, often with feminist themes.
Q 12Which filmmaker wrote 'Guardian Devil', the 1998 Marvel Knights relaunch drawn by Joe Quesada?
Kevin Smith
He then cameoed in the 2003 film as a forensics assistant named 'Jack Kirby'.
Q 13Who first played Daredevil on screen, in the 1989 TV film The Trial of the Incredible Hulk?
Rex Smith
It was fourteen years before the feature film.
Q 21Where was the 2003 film mostly shot, despite its Manhattan setting?
Downtown Los Angeles
Rhythm and Hues handled the CGI and Graeme Revell scored it.
Q 22Which band's 'Bring Me to Life' features on Daredevil: The Album?
Evanescence
'My Immortal' by the same band is on there too, along with Fuel and The Calling.
Q 23Which rapper's subplot was restored in the R-rated 2004 director's cut?
Coolio
Kevin Feige, an executive producer, hoped the longer, darker cut would win over doubters; Empire called it a considerable improvement.
Q 14Who plays Matt Murdock in the 2003 film?
Ben Affleck
All three of the others were considered or offered the part; Damon said he 'didn't quite believe in the script or the director'.
Q 15Who wrote and directed the 2003 Daredevil film?
Mark Steven Johnson
He went on to make Ghost Rider; Rob Bowman directed the Elektra spin-off.
Q 16Who plays Elektra Natchios in the 2003 film?
Jennifer Garner
She wore black leather instead of the comics' red satin to hide a harness, and reprised the role in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Q 17Who plays the Kingpin in the 2003 film?
Michael Clarke Duncan
He was asked to gain 40 pounds on top of his 290, and worried fans would object to a Black actor in a traditionally white role.
Q 18Colin Farrell's Bullseye keeps his Irish accent. What is his weapon of choice in his own words?
Paper clips
Farrell read the classic 1980s comics to capture how over-the-top the character is.
Q 19Why does reporter Ben Urich work for the New York Post in the film rather than his comics paper?
Sony held the Daily Bugle rights via Spider-Man
Joe Pantoliano plays him; Vondie Curtis-Hall played a New York Bulletin version on Netflix.
Q 20Which future Iron Man director plays Matt's law partner in the 2003 film?
Jon Favreau
Seth Rogen auditioned but was deemed too young.
Q 24Roughly how much did the 2003 film gross worldwide, on a $78M budget?
$180 million
It was the second-biggest February release to that point.
Q 25Which studio released the 2003 Daredevil film?
20th Century Fox
Development started at Fox in 1997, moved to Columbia in 1999, then New Regency picked up the rights in 2000.
Q 26Who plays Matt Murdock in the Netflix series and the MCU?
Charlie Cox
When he first auditioned, the producers thought he was a better fit for Matt's law partner.
Q 27Who plays Wilson Fisk in the Netflix series and Born Again?
Vincent D'Onofrio
He hoped his would be the definitive portrayal, and gained 40 pounds for it.
Q 28Who created the Netflix Daredevil series, with Steven S. DeKnight as first-season showrunner?
Drew Goddard
Goddard was hired in December 2013, a year after the rights returned to Marvel, and stayed on as a consultant.
Q 29Which True Blood alumna plays Matt's secretary-turned-partner in the Netflix series and Born Again?
Deborah Ann Woll
Fresh from True Blood, she deliberately steered away from her Jessica Hamby persona.
Q 30Rosario Dawson's Claire Temple is an amalgam of Temple and which comics character?
Night Nurse
She was going to be Night Nurse outright until Marvel Studios claimed the character for its films.