We Bet You Can't Pass This Watchmen Movie Quiz
- by Christian Bone
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There are many cult favourite superhero movies out there that, even if they didn't set the world alight like The Avengers or Batman, are beloved by a core bunch of fans who are happy to sing their virtues. One example is 2009's Watchmen, a DC movie set outside the usual DC universe which is essentially a comic book noir film about the titular bunch of superheroes who are much more flawed than your usual Marvel or DC protagonists.
Directed by controversial director Zack Snyder, Watchmen isn't for everyone, but it is a smart, stylish movie that is based on one of the most acclaimed graphic novels of all time written by the great Alan Moore. Unlike many superhero films, it hues very closely to the original comic book, essentially just recreating it on screen with a lot of faithfulness - though the ending is significantly changed.
As you're here, I'm guessing that you are a fellow lover of Watchmen. But how well do you know the movie? Prove that you are who watches the Watchmen by getting as many of the following 35 questions about the cult movie right in our super-tough quiz that would challenge even Doctor Manhattan.
What Song Plays Over Watchmen's Opening Credits?
One of the best bits of Watchmen is its opening credits sequence which helps set up the context for the movie's plot. It runs through an alternate version of American history in the 20th century with superheroes filtered into important events. Alongside this montage, a classic song plays over the footage and really helps sell the scene. But what song is it that's used? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Who Is Murdered In The Opening Scene?
Before the opening credits, though, Watchmen begins on a dark action sequence in which a masked assassin breaks into someone's home. After a brutal fight, the intruder throws his victim out of the window and he goes hurtling towards the ground, storeys below. This gives us the iconic image of the smiley face button, marked with a drop of blood, flying through the air. So do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
A Clock Face is A Recurring Motif In Watchmen. What Time Does the Clock Always Read?
Watchmen is a heavily stylized movie and so has many running visual motifs. One of the most prominent is a clock face depicting an ominous time. How can a time be ominous? It's because the clock represents the Doomsday Clock, the real-life countdown which measures how close we are to the Earth's destruction. But can you recall what time is always featured on clocks in the movie? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Which Watchman Is This?
This is one of the most dangerous of the Watchmen, even though he doesn't actually have any superpowers. What he does have, though, is a total obsession with eradicating what he believes to be wrong with the world. Real name Walter Kovacs, this "hero" is a highly disturbed individual who is arguably so warped and violent he's not too different from the criminals he hates so much. So do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Which Watchman Is This?
This Watchman's real name is Adrian Veidt and he is often described as the smartest man in the world. Once public favor turned against superheroes, he got out of the crime-fighting business, revealed his secret identity and became incredibly rich from merchandising of his superhero identity. He has lofty ambitions, and sees himself as the modern equivalent to Alexander the Great. So do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
Which Watchman Is This?
In his everyday life, Dan Dreiberg is a shy, retiring and unassuming man. At night, though, he becomes a Batman-esque costumed vigilante, armed with an array of super-cool gadgets, including his own flying vehicle. It's implied that, up until the events of the movie, he doesn't have much in his private life and only really comes alive when he is his crime-fighting alter ego. So do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
Which Watchman Is This?
Jon Osterman was once an average man. When he was caught in a terrible scientific mishap, however, he was reborn as a god-like superpowered individual - the first of his kind in the Watchmen universe. As the memorable quote puts it: "The Superman exists... And he is American." But what is the superhero name the man formally known as Jon Osterman is labelled with? So do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Which Watchman Is This?
The only woman on the Watchmen team is Laurie Juspeczyk. She is the daughter of another superhero who was part of a previous crime-fighting team. She even inherited her mother's alter ego. Superheroing isn't really what Laurie likes to do, though, and this has resulted in her having a very strained relationship with her. She is romantically involved with Jon at the beginning of the film. So do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
At The Beginning Of Watchmen, Superheroes Are...
Watchmen has an elaborate backstory that fills in the history of superheroes in this alternate timeline. In the movie, vigilantes have a complicated relationship with the government and law enforcement, with public opinion also changing towards them a lot. When the film begins, the superhero community are in one particular state, which complicates how the characters go about investigating the central mystery. So do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
The Symbol On Doctor Manhattan's Forehead Represents What Element?
When Doctor Manhattan is created, he is snapped by the US government and effectively used as a walking nuclear bomb to deter America's enemies, the USSR, from attacking. For branding purposes, he is instructed to give himself a logo. As he is scientifically-minded, the Doc decides upon the atomic structure of a certain element and applies the logo permanently into his forehead. But what element? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Who Is The Comedian's Secret Child?
Just in case you forgot, Watchmen is not a superhero that is aimed at all the family. It's ultra-violent and unafraid to get really grimy and dark. For instance, a flashback reveals that the Comedian raped one of his old teammates, Sally Jupiter, and she later gave birth to a child, who grows up to become one of the Watchmen. But which one? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Who Does Silk Spectre Develop A Romance With?
As we pointed out earlier, Silk Spectre begins the movie in a relationship with Doctor Manhattan. But because it is not easy sharing a bed with a glowing blue god who doesn't really understand human emotion, she moves on from him and enters into a romance with another one of her teammates over the course of the movie. But which is it? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
In Which City Is Watchmen Set?
An urban setting is always an important part of the superhero genre, and Watchmen follows that. The city the movie is set in isn't in the best shape - in fact, along with the rest of the world, it looks like it is on the brink of destruction... and even the Watchmen might not be able to save it. But where is Watchmen set? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
What Outer Space Location Does Doctor Manhattan Travel To After Leaving Earth?
When he is accused of giving his friends and loved ones cancer over the years, Doctor Manhattan decides he has had enough of humanity and teleports away from Earth, constructing himself a new home in a different part of the Solar System. He stays here until he is coaxed back to Earth to help save it. But where does he temporarily disappear off to? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Who Stars As The Comedian, Later Played Batman's Dad. True Or False?
Many of the Watchmen cast have gone on to appear in other superhero movie roles - primarily, other parts set in the DC comic book universe. But was Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who played the Comedian, one of them? We are claiming that he was Thomas Wayne, Bruce's doomed father, in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Are we telling the truth or making it all up? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer below.
Billy Crudup, Who Stars As Doctor Manhattan, Later Played The Flash's Dad. True Or False?
Many of the Watchmen cast have gone on to appear in other superhero movie roles - primarily, other parts set in the DC comic book universe. But was Billy Crudup, who plays Doctor Manhattan in Watchmen, one of them? We are claiming that he played Barry Allen AKA the Flash's imprisoned father Henry in 2017's Justice League. But are we telling the truth or making it all up? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer below.
Malin Akerman, Who Stars As Silk Spectre, Later Played Superman's Mom. True Or False?
Many of the Watchmen cast have gone on to appear in other superhero movie roles - primarily, other parts set in the DC comic book universe. But was Malin Akerman, who plays Silk Spectre in Watchmen, one of them? We are claiming that the actress played Lara-El, Superman's biological mother from the planet Krypton, in 2013's Man of Steel. But are we telling the truth or lying? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer below.
What Is Nite Owl II's Airship Called?
As we have pointed out, Nite Owl has an airship which, obviously given his superhero gimmick, is designed to look like an owl. He is very fond of it and has even given it a pet name. Here's a clue, the nickname is based off the name of Merlin's pet owl in the Disney film The Sword in the Stone. What is this name? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Who Is The Wartime Superhero Team That Predates The Watchmen?
The Watchmen aren't the first superhero team in the world of the movie. During World War Two, a different group of crime-fighters were in operation. Their number included Captain Metropolis, Hooded Justice, the Silhouette, Mothman and the original Nite-Owl. But what team name did they go by? We'll give you a clue: it was to do with time, and echoed the Watchmen. Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
What Decade Is Watchmen Set In?
When director Zack Snyder adapted Watchmen, he decided to keep it as close to the graphic novel as possible, which meant avoiding updating it into the present and keeping it in its original period setting. The time period is key to the story, as it explores the political and social landscape of this decade of recent history. But in what decade was Watchmen set? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
What Does Ozymandias Have For A Pet?
As the smartest man in the world, Ozymandias can get lonely - so he is often seen with his beloved pet. He's not happy with a dog or a cat, though, so Veidt created himself his own genetically-engineered animal to keep him company. Obviously for a man who named himself after a pharaoh, he dubs his pet the name of an Egyptian god. But what is its name? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Who Is The Secret Villain Of The Movie?
When Watchmen begins, the old superheroes are being killed off by an unknown villain. It turns out that the mastermind behind the evil scheme they are trying to foil is one of their own, a former member of the Watchmen who has actually been working against them, though they still believe they have noble intentions. But who is the secret villain of the movie? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
Who Does The Secret Villain Frame For His Crimes?
Speaking of this secret villain, they have put a grand plan into action that has been very long in the making. In particular, they have worked for years to turn public opinion against one of their fellow Watchmen, as they knew that they ultimately wanted to use him as his scapegoat and blame him for his heinous crimes. But who does the villain frame? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
What Atrocity Does The Secret Villain Commit?
In short, the secret villain of Watchmen believes that he has to commit terrible actions in order to save the world from itself. Though he regrets his actions, he believes he is doing the right thing - but the rest of the Watchmen endeavor to stop him. But what atrocity is it that the villain of the piece believes he has to commit? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Out Of Costume, Rorschach Can Be Seen Carrying Around A Sign. What Does It Say?
Rorschach's real identity is kept a secret for much of the movie, until it is revealed that he is a crazed individual who had often been seen in the background of many previous scenes, walking the streets with his sign which promises that the end of the world is coming - which it actually is. But what exactly does his sign read? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
Who Kills Rorschach?
Crazy he might be, but Rorschach's staunch moral code mean he is the only one who doesn't agree to let the secret villain's plans play out as it would involve the murder of millions. In order to stop him from warning the world, one of the Watchmen is forced to kill Rorschach. He dies by being blasted into nothing. Rest in peaces, Rorschach. But who killed him? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
What Former Supervillain Secretly Attends The Comedian's Funeral?
As Rorschach leads his investigation into the Comedian's death, he notices that a former supervillain came to the vigilante's funeral. He follows the ex-criminal home and interrogates him about why he was there, revealing an important clue as to what all this is about. This guy is recognizable for his pointy, Spock-like ears. His real name is Edgar Jacobi, but his alter ego was callled... What? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Where Is Ozymandias' Remote Retreat?
Ozymandias has his Veidt Industries skyscraper in New York, but he also has a secret lair in a much more remote location. Called Karnak, after the ancient Egyptian city, this high-tech installation is where he watches the world via a bank of TV screens, soaking up all the information to give him a complete picture of global affairs. But where is Karnak located? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
What Item Threatens To Undo Ozymandias' Work At The End Of The Movie?
At the end of the movie, it appears that Ozymandias' scheme has paid off. Despite the rest of the team's misgivings, they have kept quiet about what he did and the world does appear to be healing. However, the final moments reveal one item coming into the public eye that could unravel all his plans. But what is this item, that belongs to one of the heroes? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
Who Is Revealed To Have Assassinated JFK?
Here's a possibly tricky one. During the montage that plays over the opening credits, one sequence depicts the tragic assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. In Watchmen's world, it was actually one of the main characters who was responsible for the deed. We don't know why, but presumably this character was hired as a mercenary to do it. But who was it? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
Watchmen Was The First R-Rated Superhero Movie. True Or False?
Superhero movies are typically intended for everyone to enjoy, but now and then there are those that are squarely aimed at mature comic book fans and come with an R-rating because of their extreme content. In Watchmen's case, that's because it is very violent and contains dark themes. Watchmen is pretty groundbreaking, but are we right in saying it's the first superhero movie to be R-rated? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer below.
Who Serves As President Of The US In Watchmen?
To further demonstrate that Watchmen is set in an alternate timeline, it has a different president than the real world did during this period. Due to the fact that Doctor Manhattan won the Vietnam War for the US, this real-life president proved to be very popular in the Watchmen world, lasting three terms in office. But which of the following presidents are we talking about? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.
What Created Doctor Manhattan?
As with many superheroes, Doctor Manhattan gained his superpowers due to a scientific mishap. A physicist at a secret research base, something happens to Jon Osterman that kills him - but he is able to resurrect himself with the god-like abilities the process endowed him with. He returns bald and blue-skinned - Doctor Manhattan is born. But what exactly happened to him? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
Which Of These Powers Does Doctor Manhattan NOT Have?
So we have established that Doctor Manhattan is a super-duper powerful god, right? He can practically do anything, from flight to warp reality around him. However, he doesn't quite have every power under the sun in his arsenal. One of the following powers is not one of his, for example. But which three can he do and which one can he not? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the four options below.
What Is The Phrase That Repeats Throughout The Film?
We have previously touched on the running motifs that litter the movie. Here is one of the most recognizable. This phrase recurs throughout the runtime in different ways, often found in graffiti in the background of a scene. It is a loaded phrase that speaks to the complicated nature of Watchmen's bunch of anti-heroes. But do you remember the exact wording of the phrase? Do you know this fact about Watchmen? Try and pick the right answer from the options below.