Part 2 — Answer key

Compare your answers after you have finished Part 1.

1. Metropolis has the Daily Planet, towering skylines, and a certain cape streaking overhead. Which hero is most closely associated with Metropolis in DC comics?
   Superman
2. In DC comics, Wonder Woman is a Themysciran Amazon.
   True
3. The Bat-Signal lights up one skyline more than any other. Which city does Batman primarily protect?
   Gotham City
4. The Daily Planet is based in Gotham City in mainline DC comics.
   False
5. When a speedster talks about tapping into an energy field that makes impossible acceleration possible, what are they usually referring to?
   Speed Force
6. Billy Batson can go from kid to champion in a lightning flash. What word does he say to transform?
   Shazam
7. Harley Quinn first appeared in animation, then was brought into DC comics later.
   True
8. In the DC Universe, Wonder Woman is part of which Amazons?
   Themysciran Amazons
9. A black-ops team of imprisoned villains gets deadly missions in exchange for reduced sentences. What is this group usually called?
   Suicide Squad
10. Kryptonite is most commonly depicted as radioactive fragments of the planet Krypton.
    True
11. Batman has trained more than one Robin, but who wore the costume first in comics?
    Dick Grayson
12. If a scene is set in Central City and the narration calls it “a town built for speed,” which hero are you probably about to see?
    The Flash
13. Commissioner Jim Gordon is primarily a Metropolis police character in mainline DC comics.
    False
14. Wonder Woman’s mother and queen of the Amazons is usually named what?
    Hippolyta
15. In DC’s emotional spectrum mythos, which color is powered by willpower?
    Green
16. The Justice Society of America was published before the Justice League of America.
    True
17. In mainline DC comics, Jason Todd is the Robin who later becomes the Red Hood.
    True
18. You open a comic where the Guardians of the Universe issue orders from Oa, and every hero has a ring and a power battery. Which corner of DC is this?
    Green Lantern Corps
19. An evil Justice League with Ultraman and Owlman shows up, and the narration says they come from Earth-3. What is this team called?
    Crime Syndicate
20. Black Adam’s powers come from the same magical source that empowers Billy Batson, the wizard Shazam.
    True
21. In mainline DC comics, Alfred Pennyworth is Bruce Wayne’s biological father.
    False
22. A covert hero network is being coordinated by “Oracle” over comms, feeding the team intel in real time. Which character is Oracle in most DC continuity?
    Barbara Gordon
23. Themyscira is also commonly called Paradise Island in Wonder Woman lore.
    True
24. A teammate with starbolts, orange skin, and a Tamaranean royal background joins the Titans. Who is it?
    Starfire
25. A museum exhibit labels one costume as the “Silver Age Flash.” Which name fits that mantle most often?
    Barry Allen
26. In DC comics, “The Flash” has only ever referred to Barry Allen.
    False
27. You see the initials “JSA” on a classic cover and it is not a government agency. What do they stand for?
    Justice Society of America
28. A founding Justice League member is a telepathic shapeshifter from Mars who often goes by J’onn J’onzz. Who is he?
    Martian Manhunter
29. For many decades of DC publishing, Billy Batson’s adult hero identity was called Captain Marvel, and “Shazam” was the magic word.
    True
30. When Superman fights a Kryptonian military leader who keeps snarling “Kneel before Zod,” who is that villain?
    General Zod
31. You are reading a Nightwing solo issue and realize he used to be Robin. Which former Robin most famously becomes Nightwing?
    Dick Grayson
32. In DC comics, Flashpoint is the event where Barry Allen’s time meddling helps trigger a major continuity shift often associated with the New 52 era.
    True
33. Central City has a twin that often gets tied to Wally West and the Flash legacy. What is that twin city called?
    Keystone City
34. A blonde powerhouse in a white-and-red costume calls herself Power Girl. Her origin is most closely tied to which hero legacy?
    Superman
35. When the threat is “too weird for the Justice League” and the fix involves curses, demons, and occult bargains, who is most often at the center of DC’s modern magic-team stories?
    John Constantine
36. A Green Lantern is introduced as an architect and former Marine, and he is also a major figure in the animated Justice League era. Who is it?
    John Stewart
37. A secret society claims Gotham has been theirs for centuries, and their assassins are called Talons. What is the society called?
    Court of Owls
38. A speedster describes the Speed Force as something you can enter, get trapped in, or even use to time travel. Which description fits it best in DC cosmology?
    An extra-dimensional energy field
39. After years where DC mostly operated with a single streamlined Earth, an event ends with the multiverse explicitly expanding into a newly cataloged set of 52 worlds. Which crisis is that?
    Infinite Crisis
40. One Green Lantern’s fall from grace ends with him literally becoming DC’s Spirit of Vengeance, the Spectre, for a time. Who takes on that role?
    Hal Jordan
41. In Blackest Night, which color power ring is used to reanimate the dead as part of the Black Lantern Corps?
    Black
42. In Gotham Central and later stories, a former Gotham detective takes up the faceless identity “The Question.” Who is it?
    Renee Montoya