The Wizard Comics Aptitude Test
Taken from the June 2002 issue of Wizard magazine.
I'll add more questions as each is answered.
Question, The First:
Peter Parker, the Amazing (and sometimes Spectacular) Spider-Man. Everyone knows he was raised by his doting Aunt May and wizened Uncle Ben. But what were his parents' names?
Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Duh. Next.
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
Correctamundo.
another easy one.
2: What does the "X" in "X-Men" stand for?
Xavier
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
Two part answer:
The X (or mutant) gene and Xavier.
Xuper
The X (or mutant) gene
Ding!
Three:
"Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!" Yes, yes, very impressive. But what famous superpower was noticeably absent when Superman debuted made his comic debut in 1938?
Flight?
Ice breath?
I know he didn't have a weakness (kryponite) in the beginning.
2fer2
Q4: Gotham City is cool and all but what city did Batman originally work out of waaaaaaay back when he first appeared in 1939?
nvm. I'll take a stab and say Chi-town
nope
I'm going to bed. Here's some more for you nightowls.
5. Genius, monarch, supervillain..he's all those things and more, but is Dr. Doom really a doctor?
6. While we're on the subject, is Dr. Strange really a doctor?
7. When the dying Green Lantern Abin Sur crash landed on earth, why did he choose Hal Jordan over Guy Gardner to be his successor?
8. Magneto, Master of Magnetism, arch-nemesis of the X-Men and would-be exterminator of the human race. So how'd this evil mutant get his apocalyptic view of mankind?
9. We all know wealthy playboy Bruce Wayne, but how exactly did the Wayne family make it's fortune?
10. So how'd the Starks (as in Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man) make THEIR family fortune?
7. He was all brave and stuff.
10. If the film is to be trusted, then weaponry.
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." -Carl Sagan
"Am I cruel? Probably. Is she an idiot? Yes." -jane s.
7. wrong
10. halvsies. Howard Stark made his fortune as an Industrialist, which he then willed to his son Tony.
8. if the move is to be trusted.....he was Jewish in a Holocaust Concentration camp?
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
Interred at Auschwitz. You are correct, sir.
5. Genius, monarch, supervillain..he's all those things and more, but is Dr. Doom really a doctor?
6. While we're on the subject, is Dr. Strange really a doctor?
7. When the dying Green Lantern Abin Sur crash landed on earth, why did he choose Hal Jordan over Guy Gardner to be his successor?
8. Magneto, Master of Magnetism, arch-nemesis of the X-Men and would-be exterminator of the human race. So how'd this evil mutant get his apocalyptic view of mankind?
9. We all know wealthy playboy Bruce Wayne, but how exactly did the Wayne family make it's fortune?
10. So how'd the Starks (as in Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man) make THEIR family fortune?
4. What happened to this answer?
5. Yes.
6. ?
7. ?
8. damnit Levi.
9. Wasn't he an architect or builder?
10. Inventing?
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"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
Answer Key:
4. New York City. Gotham didn't show up til 1941.
5. No. He was expelled from State University when one of his experiments went awry.
6. Yes. Dr. Stephen Strange was a brilliant neurosurgeon until a car accident ruined his career.
7. Hal was geographically closer to the crash site.
9. Judge Solomon Wayne made the family fortune by parlaying his extensive real estate holdings into a booming chemical and shipping empire during the Industrial Revolution.
I got one. I had a 50/50 shot.
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
Questions 2: The New Batch
11. Name 5 characters with double "L" initials in the Superman universe.
12. "Rharghh! Madder Hulk get stronger Hulk get!" But anger wasn't what originally triggered Bruce Banner's transformation into the Hulk. What did?
13. Daredevil, blind crime fighter and all around Man Without Fear, but from what did a blind guy make his original superhero costume?
14. The Avengers were the first superteam to get paid (if they so desired). How much is their weekly stipend?
15. Both Aquaman and the Sub-Mariner are half human, half Antlantean. Who is the human parent for each?
11. Lex Luthor, Lana Lang, Lois Lane, are the only three I know.
12. Pain?
11. Lois Lane
Lex Luther
....LL. Cool J...I think Superman listened to his early stuff.
12. Pain?
13. God...I used to know this. I'm lost.
14. ?
15. ?
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
11. Lex Luthor, Lana Lang, Lois Lane, Lori Lemaris, and ...Lobo Lobo?
12.The Moon
13. Sandwich Meats.
14. 20 Grand.
15. Poseidon
Poseidon isn't a human, derrrr.
But what of my other answers?!
Lara Lor-Van was Superman's mother's maiden name. And then I say all the ones listed above.
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." -Carl Sagan
"Am I cruel? Probably. Is she an idiot? Yes." -jane s.
11. four out of five.
12. close enough. Sunset
13. nope
14. nopers
15. na, baby, na
BONUS ROUND!
Match up the exclamation with the person who says it.
1. "Flame on!"
2. "Great Krypton!"
3. "Oh my stars and garters!"
4. Great Hera!"
5. "In brightest day, in blackest night..."
6. "Od's blood!"
7. "By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth!"
8. "It's clobberin' time!"
9. "By the white wolf!"
10. "Crom!"
11. "Imperious Rex!"
12. "Goddess!"
13. "Sweet Christmas!"
14. "SPOON!"
15. "I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do isn't very nice."
16. "Blue Blazes!"
17. "Wa-HOOO!"
18. "By my beard!"
19. "Great Zenon!"
20. "Form of...a bucket of water!"
1. human torch
20. wonder twins? the male one.
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
8. fantastic four orange rock guy
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
Correct
1. The Human Torch
8. The Thing
20. Zan of the Wonder Twins
1. "Flame on!" The Fantastic Four guy? Fire boy...you know.
2. "Great Krypton!" Superman or his father?
3. "Oh my stars and garters!" Eddy Rathke!
4. Great Hera!" ?
5. "In brightest day, in blackest night..." Edgar Allen Poe. Definitely
6. "Od's blood!" ?
7. "By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth!" ???
8. "It's clobberin' time!" The Rock guy (Fantastic 4)
9. "By the white wolf!" ?
10. "Crom!" Someone from Ironman's peeps
11. "Imperious Rex!" ?
12. "Goddess!" Thor?
13. "Sweet Christmas!" ?
14. "SPOON!" Eddy again.
15. "I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do isn't very nice." ?
16. "Blue Blazes!" grrrr. I know this one...can't think of it.
17. "Wa-HOOO!" Silver Surfer?
18. "By my beard!" Zues
19. "Great Zenon!" ? Famliar though
20. "Form of...a bucket of water!" Wonder Twins!
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
well, you got the three Levi got and also Superman, but everything else is wrong!
F-
i beat your ass
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
damnitall.
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
18. you got as close to being right and still being wrong as you possibly could though.
Now you have me curious! It must be ZZ top!
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
you spelled zeus wrong. that's probably it.
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
Wait! Was it Conan?
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
he's on the list but not #18.
18 is Hercules.
hahaha I know I did you dick. I was too lazy to correct it though.
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
hahaha I know I did you dick. I was too lazy to correct it though.
liar
18 is thor!
Brentinlouis Wrote: What was that rule about being intentionally annoying?
Thor is on the list, but not at 18.
18= Hercules!!!!!! In Yo FACE Levi. IN YO FACEEEEEE!! 
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
I thought for sure that #14 everyone would immediately get.
Is 14 The Tick???
Stinging, as the thorn, is the splinter. From a seedling born...works itself under my skin.
"You are an insolent cuntface. If that happened to you, the UK would refuse to foot the bill on account of your fuckheadery."-tom9d
"Does fuckheadery count as a pre-existing condition?"-Fano
"Hunger is the best mustard"-Xec8
"i wanna see what a slutty shark looks like. i bet it loses a lot more teeth.-"BloodSugar1308
A winnar is YOU!
Mary and...Richard?