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50 free Harley Quinn trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Harley Quinn was supposed to pop out of a cake in one episode of Batman: The Animated Series in 1992. Instead she became, in Jim Lee's words, the fourth pillar of DC Comics. Paul Dini built her on his friend Arleen Sorkin's voice, Bruce Timm borrowed the Golden Age Daredevil's colours, and Mad Love gave her a tragic origin that won the Eisner and Harvey awards. These 50 questions follow her from cartoon to comics to screen: Joker's Favor, the Days of Our Lives jester, Harlequin and Columbine, Arkham Asylum, the mallet, Bud and Lou, The Batman Adventures #12, the 1999 canon debut, Karl Kesel's Quinntets, Gotham City Sirens and Bensonhurst, the New 52 chemical vat, Palmiotti and Conner's Coney Island, the kiss in issue #25, Stephanie Phillips, Mistah J and Red, Nana Harley, Margot Robbie, Cathy Yan's Birds of Prey, Lady Gaga's Lee Quinzel, Mia Sara, Kaley Cuoco and Kite Man. Easy questions stick to the famous names; the expert tier asks about Plastic Man, Holly Chance, Yo-Yo and the hyena named Bruce. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Who created Harley Quinn?
Paul Dini and Bruce Timm
She was meant to appear in a single episode of Batman: The Animated Series.
Q 02In which 1992 episode did Harley Quinn debut?
Joker's Favor
It aired on September 11, 1992, as the show's 22nd episode.
Q 03What is Harley Quinn's real full name?
Harleen Frances Quinzel
'Harleen Frances' comes from Arleen Frances Sorkin, her original voice.
Q 04Harley Quinn's name puns on which stock character of commedia dell'arte?
Harlequin
Paul Dini also considered the name Columbine before settling on Harley Quinn.
Q 05Which actress inspired and first voiced Harley Quinn?
Arleen Sorkin
Dini saw his college friend play a jester in a Days of Our Lives dream sequence.
Q 06On which soap opera did Paul Dini see his college friend play a jester?
Days of Our Lives
The 1991 appearance gave him the idea for the character.
Q 07From which Golden Age character did Bruce Timm take Harley's red and black colour scheme?
Daredevil
Timm simplified traditional Harlequin gear into a bodysuit with diamonds placed for easy animation.
Q 08What was Harley's profession before she met the Joker?
Psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum
She took an internship at Arkham and fell for her patient.
Q 09What is Harley Quinn's signature weapon?
An oversized mallet
She also favours clown gag weapons like pop guns and a boxing-glove gun.
Q 10What are the names of Harley Quinn's pet hyenas?
Bud and Lou
They are named for the comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.
Q 11In which 1994 one-shot did Dini and Timm tell Harley's origin?
The Batman Adventures: Mad Love
It won the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best Single Issue.
Q 12In what year did Harley become a canonical character in mainstream DC comics?
1999
The one-shot Batman: Harley Quinn placed her origin in the middle of No Man's Land.
Q 13In which comic did Harley make her comic-book debut in 1993?
The Batman Adventures #12
The series was set in the universe of the animated show.
Q 21Which issue of the New 52 Harley Quinn series featured her first canonical kiss with Poison Ivy?
#25
Palmiotti and Conner described them as 'girlfriends without the jealousy of monogamy'.
Q 22Which 2013 DC art contest drew criticism for its suicide-scenario brief?
Break into comics with Harley Quinn!
It was announced close to National Suicide Prevention Week; DC apologised.
Q 23Who wrote the 2021 Infinite Frontier Harley Quinn series, with art by Riley Rossmo?
Stephanie Phillips
Harley returned to Gotham trying to make up for her past sins.
Q 14What did a serum from Poison Ivy give Harley besides enhanced strength and agility?
Immunity to toxins
The serum was carried over from the animated series into the 1999 comics origin.
Q 15Who wrote Harley Quinn's first ongoing series, launched in December 2000?
Karl Kesel
Terry Dodson drew it, with his wife Rachel inking.
Q 16What was the name of Harley's gang of henchmen in her first solo series?
The Quinntets
Kesel's 25-issue run ended in December 2002.
Q 17Which 2009 series teamed Harley with Catwoman and Poison Ivy?
Gotham City Sirens
Paul Dini created the title and wrote its first issues.
Q 18Which Brooklyn neighbourhood is Harley's hometown?
Bensonhurst
Her swindler father and a brother named Barry still live there.
Q 19In the New 52 Suicide Squad, how does the Joker create Harley from Harleen?
Pushes her into a chemical vat
Fans disliked it because it removed her choice; it was later reframed as a lie she tells herself.
Q 20Which married writing duo reinvented Harley as a Coney Island landlord in 2013?
Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner
Conner designed her roller-derby costume.
Q 24Which publisher called Harley the 'fourth pillar' of DC after Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman?
Jim Lee
Only Batman and Superman have comparable monthly appearances.
Q 25What nicknames does Harley use for the Joker?
Mistah J and Puddin'
Dini described their relationship as emotionally abusive.
Q 26What does Harley call Poison Ivy?
Red
Their friendship began in the 1993 episode 'Harley and Ivy'.
Q 27Which 1993 episode first paired the Joker's sidekick with Poison Ivy?
Harley and Ivy
Dini paired them because Ivy was 'the strongest contrast to Harley'.
Q 28Which hero was intended as Harley's love interest in her first solo series, but vetoed by DC?
Plastic Man
Mason Macabre, created by Conner and Palmiotti, was a later love interest.
Q 29In Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Harley is revealed as grandmother to which characters?
The Dee Dee Twins
They call her 'Nana Harley'.
Q 30Under what alias did Harley work as a Daily Planet love columnist?
Holly Chance
She had moved to Metropolis with Poison Ivy.