Only A True Spidey Fan Can Get 100% On This Spider-Man Quiz
- by Rose Moore
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Everybody knows Spider-Man... with multiple live action film franchises as well as appearances in video games, animation, and of course, the comics that started it all, Spider-Man is one of the best known superheroes in the world, and with good reason! This sassy, web-slinging good guy has been one of Marvel's flagship characters for decades, and whether you prefer his early days as a geeky teen figuring out how to do some masked crime-fighting on the side, or his more recent incarnations as an established hero and mentor with a whole family of characters at his side, there's a Spider-Man for every fan.
But how well you you know Spider-Man, and his alter ego, Peter Parker? From his first comic book appearance and his early villains, to his big-screen moments and his upcoming appearance in Avengers: Infinity War, we've got questions that only the biggest fans of the character will be able to get right. If you can name the actors, directors, and comic book characters that make up the sprawling spider-verse, you might just earn the bragging rights to the title of 'true Spider-Man fan'... but if you can't, looks like you have a perfect excuse to revisit some old movies and comic and brush up on your web-slinger knowledge.
Who first played Spider-Man on the big screen?
There have been plenty of big-name superheroes who have been brought to life on the big screen more than once, and Spidey is definitely up there with the most-adapted! In recent years, there have been no less than three live-action Spider-Man franchises (not just solo movies!), each with a different star playing the one and only Peter Parker. Who was it who was the first of the three to bring Spider-Man to life on the big screen for Sony Pictures?
Who is the current Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
The most recent incarnation of Peter Parker is in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, thanks to a rights-sharing deal between Sony and Marvel. He first appeared in a cameo in Captain America: Civil War, before going on to star in his own solo movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming. This version is still in high school, but has already started working with the Avengers, and will be playing a big part in the upcoming epic ensemble movie Avengers: Infinity War (as well as future MCU projects).
Which girlfriend died falling off the Brooklyn Bridge?
Like any long-standing comic book character, Peter Parker has had a few romantic entanglements over the years, although a few stand out. One of his biggest loves was this young woman, who died in a truly horrifying storyline. In this arc, Spider-Man's girlfriend is abducted by one of his villains (and arguably his arch nemesis) - in his attempts to save her, she is thrown off the Brooklyn Bridge... and when he catches her with his webs, the force of the stop snaps her neck.
Which girl does Spider-Man marry?
Another of Spider-Man's loves, and probably the most famous of them all, is this woman - that he married in a special edition comic in the late '80s. The two were married for a while, but ran into some issues... before their marriage was erased from continuity with some good old fashioned comic book trickery. Now the two are still close friends, and she knows his secret identity, but it's unlikely that they'll be walking down the aisle again any time soon.
Whose side is Spider-Man on in Civil War?
Spider-Man was a key player in the comic version of Marvel's Civil War, which pitted hero against hero as they fought over the dilemmas of control and superhero registration. In the comics, he was the first hero to publicly unmask, and to support registration (at first, anyway). In the film version of this event, Captain America: Civil War, Spidey had a much smaller role, as a cameo first appearance. Which of these two Avengers side did Spider0Man take in the film?
What is the name of Spider-Man's aunt?
One of the best known supporting characters in the Spider-Man mythology is Peter Parker's Aunt, who raised him after the death of his parents. She is a mother figure to him, and a key part of his life (even when that means becoming a target of villains who discover his connection to her). The Marvel Cinematic universe caused waves lately, however, when they cast Marisa Tomei in the role for Spider-Man: Homecoming, as she looks significantly younger than Peter's Aunt does in the comics.
Finish this famous Spider-Man quote: With Great Power...
There are a few famous Spider-Man lines that will be repeated time and time again. One, of course, is his theme song (Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can...) - a ditty so famous that it is even sung by other Marvel characters in the comics! The other most famous Spider-line, however, has to be this one, most commonly attributed to Peter's Uncle Ben, as one of the last pieces of wisdom he imparted before his tragic and untimely death.
What is Peter Parker's middle name?
Everyone knows that Spider-Man's real name is Peter Parker - one of the many Marvel names that glories in alliteration! However, only the really dedicated Marvel and Spider-Man fans will know this young superhero's middle name. It has come up in the comics many times, first appearing when Peter had to go get a passport, and a comic panel showed him handing over his birth certificate - with the middle name written on it. However, it hasn't become a big part of his mythology in general.
What is Peter's best friend's name in the MCU?
It's not surprising that Peter Parker has had many friends and mentors over the decades that he has been one of Marvel Comics' biggest superhero characters. However, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a new version of an old friend appeared - a fellow student at Peter's school, who happens to share a name with a comic book character from the early days of Spider-Man. However, the similarity between the two ends there, and it seems that this friend is primarily a new addition to the Spider-Family.
Who was the villain of Spider-Man: Homecoming?
Spider-Man has plenty of villains for movie makers to choose from, when it comes to pitting him against someone amazing for the big screen. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, marvel chose not to use one of the biggest names, however, but to set Spidey up against one of his first villains from the comics. This winged bad guy also turned out to be his date's father - which caused Peter more than a little anxiety, when he found out picking her up for the dance.
What is the name of the bully Peter Parker faced at school?
Many of the characters in the Spider Verse have been added long after Peter Parker grew up, and into his spider powers. However, there are a few that Peter tangled with in high school, but that stayed with him for years - including his high school bully! This kid may have started out as a bad guy (in the simplest sense), but he actually gets his own comic arc, eventually growing up and becoming a super powered Marvel character in his own right.
And what super-character did that bully become?
Although he started off as a bully, and was less than nice to Peter Parker in high school, things changed for this character as he grew up. He eventually became a decorated war hero, before bonding with an alien symbiote (that is well known in the Spider-Man mythology), and using the powers that it gave him in order to become a hero working for the government. Since then, things have changed again, but what is the name of the hero that he was?
Which city does Spider-Man live in?
Unlike the DC comics universe, which creates many fictional cities for its heroes to live in (along with a few real ones, these days), the Marvel Universe stays (for the most part) rooted in reality when it comes to home bases for our various heroes. Spider-Man lives in the same city as a majority of major Marvel characters - making fans wonder if there can be any crime left in this world class (real life) city in the Marvel Universe?
What did Peter Parker do for a living at first?
Peter Parker has been a part of the Marvel comics universe for so long that he's had a few different professional roles by now, but most fans will still associate him with one specific job. In most of the films, this is the job that he takes immediately out of school to help pay the bills, and despite his overbearing boss, it turns out that he is quite good at it. Of course, the unfettered access to Spider-Man doesn't hurt!
Who was his boss at that job?
At the newspaper where Peter Parker worked as a photographer for many years, he dealt with one of the biggest non-super powered characters in comics; this man. Chief editor and publisher of the paper, he's good at his job... but is not a fan of Spider-Man at all. Despite Peter's attempts to make him see Spidey as a hero, this man continues to agitate against him as a vigilante and a menace, while demanding more photos of him to accompany those negative stories.
What is the name of Peter Parker's current company?
Of course, the days of Peter Parker as a freelance photographer taking photos of Spider-Man are long behind him, and he's grown into an accomplished scientist and industrialist. Now, he owns his own company, involved in global aerospace, defense, security and advanced technologies, with multiple offices all over the world. The company also supplies tech to SHIELD, as well as other government organizations, and is not affiliated in any way with Peter's secret identity as Spider-Man (for very obvious reasons).
Other than Peter, who else has been Spider-Man?
Unlike some other heroes, Spider-Man isn't (yet) a legacy hero, with younger supers taking up the mantle over time. However, there has been another Spider-Man, thanks to the Marvel Ultimate universe. Like Peter Parker, he gained his powers as a teen, is a talented scientist, and was bitten by a spider. Initially, he doesn't want to become a superhero at all, but in this universe, Spider-Man was killed in a battle, and this young man decided that he would have to take up the mantle.
What is Spider-Woman's real name?
As well as Spider-Man himself, there are now multiple characters who are part of what is known as the Marvel Spider Family, all of whom are connected somehow to Peter or his powers. Spider-Woman was originally a villain, who was genetically enhanced by HYDRA to give her her superpowers, and used by the organization as an assassin. However, she has since been able to reform and recover, and become a hero working for SHIELD (among others). What is Spider-Woman's real name?
Name this Spider-Man villain
This particular villain is probably Spider-Man's best known nemesis, especially after he was the main antagonist in the Spider-Man movie. This brilliant but damaged scientist was working on a way to create super-strong soldiers for the army when he accidentally turned himself into an insane super-villain... and took on Spider-Man! The original version of this character also has a son, who happens to be Peter Parker's best friend - a situation that caused some serious problems for Peter over the years.
Who directed The Amazing Spider-Man?
Between Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man franchise, and the current incarnation of Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there was a third live-action Spider-Man movie franchise... The Amazing Spider-Man! This version of the character was portrayed by Andrew Garfield, and included two films in the franchise - one that included the iconic Death of Gwen Stacy, and another that introduced another well-known comic villain. Both films were also directed by the same man - but only true spider-fans will remember his name!
Who plays MJ in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Mary Jane Watson is an iconic character in the Spider-Man universe, as Peter Parker's main love interest for much of his time in comics. It's not a surprise, then, that she appears in most of the Spider-Man movie franchises (although her scenes in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 were sadly cut, taking Shailene Woodley out of the film entirely). In the most recent film, Spider-Man: Homecoming, though, MJ looked a little different than comic fans might have been expecting... even missing her trademark red hair.
Complete this catchphrase: Your <blank> neighborhood Spider-Man!
As well as Spider-Man's signature song, and of course, his phrase about great power, there is another catchphrase that Peter Parker is known for saying when he is out there saving people. Of course, Spider-Man is always saying something while saving the day, and he's known as one of the mouthiest heroes in the Marvel universe, always ready with a quip or a comeback... but this one isn't so much a comeback as a reassurance to the people that he helps.
Which of these is NOT a common nickname for Spider-Man?
Spider-Man may be Peter Parker's official superhero name, and his best known alias, but it's not the only nickname that fans (and other heroes) have for this spider-powered Marvel character. He's had other names ranging from those that sound fairly serious (and occasionally come with other powers) like Poison, Pestilence, and Hornet, as well as some nicknames that are just for fun... including the fan-favorite 'Underoos'. Spider-Man is routinely shortened to 'Spidey', of course, but of these four other nicknames, which is the only one he ISN'T called?
What's the name of Peter's Stark-designed suit?
Peter Parker, like most characters in the comic book universe, Spider-Man has had a few costume changes over the years as well - including the Venom symbiote, which gave him the iconic black 'suit', various versions of the suit that he first designed himself, and of course - this suit. This suit appeared in the comics around the same time as Civil War, and is now going to make it to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in time for Avengers: Infinity War.
Whats the name of the paper Peter worked for?
When Peter Parker was still working as a photographer, selling photos of himself as his super hero alter ego to J Jonah Jameson, what was the name of the newspaper that he worked for? There are plenty of familiar paper names from the pages of comic books, of course, as sometimes it seems as though every other hero is working as a photographer or a journalist... or at the very least , constantly reading about their own exploits in the morning paper.
Name this Spider-Man character
This character is another one of Spider-Man's romantic interests from the comics, a young woman who became a fighter after she was assaulted... and then turned to a life of thieving and adventure, creating a costume and taking on a name. Now, however, she has reformed, thanks to her relationship with Spider-Man, and uses her impressive martial arts abilities, gymnastics, safe cracking and other skills in the pursuit of helping people, rather than just taking from them. What's her super-name?
Which villain shot Peter in the head?
Peter Parker has died a surprising number of times - or perhaps not too surprising, given that he is a character in a comic book! One of the biggest 'deaths' of Spider-Man, however, was when another character hunted Spidey down, caught him in a net, shot him, buried him, and then donned a spider-suit and tried to take his place! Luckily, Peter turned out to just be very heavily tranquilized, and was able to bust out of his grave and get back to crime-fighting fairly quickly.
Who was the villain in The Amazing Spider-Man 2?
The great thing about Spider-Man, from a filmmaker perspective, is that he has so many phenomenal villains in his comic book history - including this one, who was introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. This villain hasn't always been the best-known of Spider-Man's antagonists (and his backstory was changed quite a bit between the comics and the film), but his electrical and lightning-based powers have often made him one of the most dangerous super villains that the wall crawler faces.
Who is this blind member of the Spider-Family?
This character became something of a mentor to Spider-Man after the two first met, and in many ways, they balance each other out. Whereas Peter is always moving, but not always thinking things through (unless it's a sassy comeback at a villain), this character is not only telepathic and clairvoyant, but prescient as well. She's also blind and paraplegic thanks to myasthenia gravis, a disease of the nervous system, but her powers are incredible, including astral projection and even (now) immortality.
What are the names of Peter Parker's parents?
Peter Parker, like so many of the classic superheros of comic books, lost his parents at a young age, making him one of the many genius orphans of the comic world - even when the parents that he lost aren't entirely lost, in the end. For a long time, Peter Parker's parents were a mystery for comic fans, but these characters have now been explored a few times - including in the Amazing Spider-Man film franchise, where they even got a moment on screen.
What is the name of Peter and MJ's daughter?
In the main Marvel universe, Mary Jane and Peter Parker don't even get married, let alone have children. However, it wouldn't be the comic world if they didn't have an alternate-universe child that was considered part of the spider-verse! This daughter eventually became Spider-Girl, named after someone else close to Peter. But at the start, she was forbidden from using her powers at all - of course, that didn't work, and the Parker daughter ended up becoming a full fledged part of the spider-family.
What's the real name of the original Green Goblin?
There are many spider-man villains that spider-fans know - from the very first bad guy that the wall-crawler went up against to the villain that became his arch enemy...and this is definitely a bad guy who falls into the nemesis category. He's appeared in films, animation, and of course, the comics themselves - a scientist driven completely, violently mad by ambition and a super-soldier serum that he tested on himself long before it should have been used on any human.
Who did Stan Lee cameo as in Spider-Man Homecoming?
The man himself, Stan Lee, has cameo-ed in every single movie that has featured one of his characters, and his on-screen moments have become fan-favorites over the years. He's played everything from a strip-club DJ to an oblivious librarian, in a range of scenes that usually give him a single line to thrill comic book fans. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Stan Lee popped up for his usual scene as Spidey was attempting to do a little hero-ing... but accidentally getting it very wrong!
Who was the first villain that Spider-Man fought?
Spider-Man has battled dozens of villains over the years - from well known Marvel villains and his own personal rogue's gallery of bad guys, to the occasional freak of the week or borrowed bad guy... but do you know which one was the first named and reoccurring villain that Spider-Man ever fought? The two battle it out in the very first issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, when Peter is still trying to figure out how to be a hero and earn some money for him and Aunt May.
What year was Spider-Man's first appearance?
Before he got his own title, The Amazing Spider-Man, Peter Parker made his debut in a different series. In this issue, the basic Spider-Man backstory is introduced, including Peter Parker as a high school student, the spider bite that gives him powers, and his early attempts to use his powers to win money in a wrestling match. It also reveals the moment that Spider-Man decided to become a hero - after his Uncle Ben was shot, and he had failed to stop the robber who did it.