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50 free superhero movie trivia questions with answers. Fifty questions on superhero movies from every studio and era, not just one universe. The set starts with Christopher Reeve's Superman and Tim Burton's Batman, runs through the films that made the genre bankable again, Blade, X-Men and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, and on to The Dark Knight, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Extended Universe, animated hits like The Incredibles and Into the Spider-Verse, and the notorious misfires such as Batman & Robin and Catwoman. Easier questions cover casting and characters most film fans know: who played the Joker in 1989, which raccoon Bradley Cooper voices, what Deadpool's rating was. Harder ones get into the record books and trivia behind the scenes: the first comic-book film to win a major acting Oscar, the first R-rated film to gross a billion dollars, the actress who collected her own Razzie in person, and the studio deal that turned a failed cartridge into a franchise. It suits a movie night, a pub quiz round or a solo test of your knowledge. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's article on the film, and the sentence that establishes it is shown with each explanation.
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Q 01Which actor, chosen from more than 200 auditionees, played the title role in Superman (1978)?
Christopher Reeve
Marlon Brando, as Jor-El, was paid $3.7 million plus a share of the gross for a few minutes of screen time.
Q 02Which musician wrote the songs for Tim Burton's Batman (1989), alongside Danny Elfman's score?
Prince
Jack Nicholson took the Joker only on condition of top billing and a cut of the merchandise, which reportedly earned him tens of millions.
Q 03Who starred as the half-vampire hunter in Blade (1998), often called Marvel's first hit film?
Wesley Snipes
It arrived two years before X-Men and four before Spider-Man, and showed a comic character could carry an R-rated hit.
Q 04Which actor was Bryan Singer's first choice for Wolverine in X-Men (2000)?
Russell Crowe
Crowe turned it down to make Gladiator, and Jackman ended up playing Wolverine for 17 years.
Q 05Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002) was the first film to do what at the box office?
Earn $100 million in a single weekend
Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin was the villain, and the film became the most successful comic-book adaptation to that point.
Q 06Whose posthumous Oscar for the Joker made The Dark Knight the first comic-book film to win a major acting award?
Heath Ledger
It was also the first major feature shot partly with high-resolution IMAX cameras, about 28 minutes of the finished film.
Q 07Which 2008 film, directed by Jon Favreau, was the first entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Iron Man
Its post-credits scene had Nick Fury mention the 'Avenger Initiative', a tease that paid off four years later.
Q 08Who wrote and directed The Avengers (2012), the first Marvel production to pass $1 billion?
Joss Whedon
It finished as the third-highest-grossing film ever at the time and the biggest of 2012.
Q 09Which film knocked Avengers: Endgame off the top of the all-time box office chart in March 2021?
Avatar
Endgame had taken the crown from that same film in July 2019; a Chinese re-release put the older movie back on top.
Q 10Which 2018 film was the first superhero movie ever nominated for the Best Picture Oscar?
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler's film won three of its seven nominations, the first Academy Awards for any MCU film.
Q 11Which teenage Spider-Man is the hero of the Oscar-winning animated film Into the Spider-Verse (2018)?
Miles Morales
Its look blended computer animation with hand-drawn comic techniques inspired by the character's co-creator Sara Pichelli.
Q 12Who wrote and directed Pixar's The Incredibles (2004), after his previous film The Iron Giant flopped?
Brad Bird
He was Pixar's first outside director, and the film won Oscars for Best Animated Feature and Sound Editing.
Q 13Deadpool (2016) was greenlit by Fox only after what happened in 2014?
Test footage was leaked online
Q 21Man of Steel (2013), starring Henry Cavill, launched which shared film series?
DC Extended Universe
Zack Snyder directed and Christopher Nolan produced; Michael Shannon's General Zod was the villain.
Q 22Which action star played Mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin (1997)?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
George Clooney wore the cowl after Val Kilmer declined to return, and the film is routinely ranked among the worst ever made.
Q 23Which star of Catwoman (2004) turned up in person to accept the Razzie for Worst Actress, Oscar in hand?
Halle Berry
She called it a 'god-awful movie' and joked it was 'just what my career needed'; the film also won Worst Picture.
It went on to make $782.6 million on a $58 million budget, then the biggest R-rated gross ever.
Q 14Who directed Wonder Woman (2017)?
Patty Jenkins
Warner Bros. announced the film in 2010 but did not hire its director until 2015; it earned over $824 million.
Q 15Which 2017 film was the first live-action superhero movie nominated for a screenwriting Oscar?
Logan
Its Best Adapted Screenplay nomination came for Hugh Jackman's final outing as Wolverine, with Dafne Keen debuting as Laura.
Q 16In Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which actor voices Groot?
Vin Diesel
Bradley Cooper voices Rocket the raccoon, and James Gunn co-wrote the script with Nicole Perlman.
Q 17Joker (2019) became the first film with which rating to gross a billion dollars?
R
It also won the Golden Lion at Venice, a first for a comic-book film, before Joaquin Phoenix's Best Actor Oscar.
Q 18Which actress played the eleven-year-old vigilante Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass (2010)?
Chloë Grace Moretz
Nicolas Cage played her father Big Daddy, and Matthew Vaughn adapted Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s comic.
Q 19Who directed Hellboy (2004), the first live-action film based on Mike Mignola's Dark Horse character?
Guillermo del Toro
Ron Perlman played the red demon under hours of prosthetics, and returned for The Golden Army in 2008.
Q 20In Batman Begins (2005), which actor plays Ra's al Ghul, the mentor who trains Bruce Wayne?
Liam Neeson
Ken Watanabe plays a decoy Ra's early on, and Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow supplies the fear toxin.
Q 24Green Lantern (2011) starred which actor as test pilot Hal Jordan, a casting he later mocked in Deadpool?
Ryan Reynolds
The suits were entirely CGI, and a mid-credits scene set up a Sinestro rebellion that never got its sequel.
Q 25Which filmmaker was executive producer of the notorious flop Howard the Duck (1986)?
George Lucas
It was the first Marvel character to reach cinemas since a 1944 Captain America serial, and future Foo Fighter Pat Smear is an extra.
Q 26Which director structured Unbreakable (2000) to mirror the three-act shape of a comic book origin story?
M. Night Shyamalan
Bruce Willis's David Dunn survives a train crash unhurt, and Samuel L. Jackson's Elijah Price returned in Split and Glass.
Q 27Which Breaking Bad co-creator co-wrote Hancock (2008), Will Smith's superhero film?
Vince Gilligan
Peter Berg directed; the script had circulated for years under the title Tonight, He Comes.
Q 28The Crow (1994) was the final film of which actor, who died in an accident on set?
Brandon Lee
He played Eric Draven, a musician resurrected to avenge his own murder; the film was finished with doubles and effects.
Q 29In Shazam! (2019), which teenage foster child is chosen by the wizard to become his champion?
Billy Batson
Zachary Levi plays the grown-up hero, Asher Angel plays Billy, and the wizard is Djimon Hounsou.
Q 30Which 2018 film became the highest-grossing movie based on a DC Comics character, taking $1.152 billion?
Aquaman
Jason Momoa's Arthur Curry fights his half-brother Orm, played by Patrick Wilson, for the throne of Atlantis.