DC History, End of Year Fun Quiz

year end quiz

We’ve had a lot of fun diving into DC History this year from its great characters and events, to television and movies, to the creators who drive the universe. Check out this quiz with one question from each topic. You don’t have to have participated before to join in now. And anytime your looking for some DC History fun, just click on the DC-History-Club tag above and check out what we’ve been doing.

Flash and the Launch of the Silver Age

  1. Barry Allen and Jay Garrick launch the multiverse with their first meeting in what issue of The Flash?
  • Showcase #4
  • The Flash (1959) #22
  • The Flash (1959) #123

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Wonder Woman Televison
2. Wonder Woman’s bracelets are made of what metal substance?

  • Adamantium
  • Feminum
  • Paradisism

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Golden Age Robin: Birth of the Sidekick
3. Robin solo starred in what comic during the Golden Age?

  • Robin
  • More Fun Comics
  • Star-Spangled Comics

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Suicide Squad Part 1: Ostrander
4. Which one of these characters debuted in Ostrander’s 1980s Suicide Squad?

  • Deadshot
  • Bronze Tiger
  • Oracle

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Superman: The Movie
5. What location was used to stand-in for the Smallville, Kansas area?

  • North Dakota, USA
  • British Columbia, Canada
  • Saskatchewan, Canada

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Legacy Characters: Huntress
6. Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle are not the parents of which Huntress?

  • Pre Crisis
  • Birds of Prey television show
  • Birds of Prey Gail Simone
  • New 52 Earth 2

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DC Combat Comics
7. Which of the following Golden Age combat characters was not originally a DC Comics creation?

  • The Boy Commandos
  • Hop Harrigan
  • Blackhawk
  • Red, White and Blue

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Impact Writers: Roy Thomas
8. DC editor Julius Schwartz helped early comic book fandom by doing which of the following?

  • Putting full addresses in.the letter colums
  • Introducing Roy Thomas to Gardner Fox
  • Telling Jerry Bails about science fiction fanzines
  • Including ‘Jerry Thomas’ in Justice League of America 16
  • All of the above

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Impact Writers: John Byrne Superman and Wonder Woman
9. What Byrne created characteris confirmed to make an appearance in the upcoming live action Suicide Squad movie?

  • Cassie Sandsmark
  • Bloodsport
  • Dark Angel
  • Queen Hippolyta as Wonder Woman

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Secret Origins: The Story of DC Comics
10. DC Comics success with the Justice League of America directly prompted the creation of what Marvel Comics team?

  • Avengers
  • Fantastic Four
  • X-Men

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Muck and Mire: Swamp Thing
11. What is the name of the issue in which Swamp Thing discovers his true nature in Saga of the Swamp Thing #21?

  • Enter the Green
  • The Anatomy Lesson
  • Holland No More

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Muck and Mire: John Constantine
12. John Constantine officially debuted in what comic?

  • Constantine #1
  • Hellblazer #1
  • Swamp Thing #37
  • Justice League Dark #12

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'90s Television: The Flash
13. After filming finished on the final episode, John Wesley Shipp tore the wings off his suit and threw them in the air. Who has those wings now?

  • Amanda Pays
  • Mark Hamill
  • John Wesley Shipp

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'90s Television: Lois and Clark
14. What villain does not appear in the Lois and Clark series?

  • Brainiac
  • Lex Luthor
  • Metallo
  • Mister Mxyzptlk

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DC Toys, Games and Collectibles
15. What is the name of the first board game based on a DC comics character?

  • The Adventures of Superman
  • Batman and Robin’s Adventures
  • Hop Harrigan’s Airways

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  1. #123
  2. Feminum
  3. Star-Spangled Comics
  4. Oracle
  5. Saskatchewan, Canada
  6. Birds of Prey Gail Simone
  7. Blackhawk
  8. All of the above
  9. Bloodsport
  10. The Fantastic Four
  11. The Anatomy Lesson
  12. Swamp Thing #37
  13. Mark Hamill
  14. Brainiac
    15.The Adventures of Superman

Score
1-4: Sign up for DC History courses today, you’ve made a nice start
5-8: Your advanced level DC History course are paying off
9-12: Impressive reach of DC History in your brain
13-+: Professorship of DC History

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Well, darn-- I didn’t get the board game right. Hop Harrigan was the most fun answer anyway,

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Still better than 90%, and heck old Hop was pretty popular

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I got 9 right! That is a lot more than expected as some answers were complete guesses and were often the wrong guess.

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This is known as a bump

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The road to knowledge can be bumpy sometimes

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I only got four…but it was really fun :slightly_smiling_face::slightly_smiling_face:

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That’s all that matters

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9

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Nice, qualified as “impressive”

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