Heroes & Villains
Mutants Charles Xavier, Jean Grey, and Scott Summers are founding members of this superhero team.
Who are the X-Men?
This DC superhero was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, first appearing in issue #1 of Action Comics on April 18, 1938.
Who is Superman?
Before he became a famous plumber, this iconic character made his 1981 debut as a carpenter rescuing a damsel named Pauline from a giant ape under the name "Jumpman".
Who is Mario?
This sole female Smurf in the village was originally created by Gargamel out of clay to cause drama.
Who is Smurfette?
This 1982 Steven Spielberg film about a stranded, Reese's Pieces-loving alien became the highest-grossing movie of the decade.
What is E.T.?
As implied by Mirage Comics, these superheroes that live in the sewers were “created” by the same radioactive substance that gave Daredevil his powers.
Who are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Created by Jim Davis in 1978, this character constantly bullies a neurotic dog named Odie and loves lasagna.
Who is Garfield?
Players in this fighting game series choose from warriors like Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Subzero, and Sonia Blade.
What is Mortal Combat?
Optimus Prime leads this faction of heroic shape-shifting robots against the Decepticons.
Who are the Autobots?
In Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader reveals he is the father of this aspiring Jedi.
Who is Luke Skywalker?
This brilliant scientist became the Hulk after being exposed to gamma radiation.
Who is Bruce Banner?
This legendary writer co-created Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, and The X-Men, and made cameo appearances in dozens of films.
Who is Stan Lee?
Regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time, what 1981 arcade game features the titular amphibian trying to cross a road without getting squashed by cars?
What is Frogger?
This 1980s animated series followed a team of colorful bears who used the power of the "Stare" from their bellies to defeat villains.
What are the Care Bears?
Michael J. Fox filmed Back to the Future during the day while starring in this hit sitcom at night.
What is Family Ties?
Wakanda is the highly advanced, fictional African nation protected by this Marvel superhero.
Who is the Black Panther?
This artist is responsible for this 1991 comic, which holds the Guinness World Record for bestselling comic of all time.
Who is Jim Lee?
Releasing in North America in 1991, this 16-bit console from Sega featured a blast-processing capability and a super-fast blue hedgehog.
What is the Sega Genesis?
This metal-masked leader of the Foot Clan is the sworn enemy of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Who is Shredder?
This 1985 adventure film stars Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, and Ke Huy Quan as a group of kids searching for pirate treasure.
What is The Goonies?
This fictional, radioactive home planet of Superman was destroyed just before he was sent to Earth.
What is Krypton?
This popular comic strip turned Saturday morning cartoon was created by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford aka Peyo.
What is the Smurfs?
This Will Wright created video game series, released in 2000, saw players watching and directing characters to do mundane things like eating, sleeping, and cleaning their houses?
What is The Sims?
This elite military team fought against Cobra Commander and his ruthless terrorist organization.
What is G.I. Joe?
This is the movie Black Panther first appeared in.
What is Captain America Civil War?
Jay Garrick, Wally West, Barry Allen and Bart Allen have all shared this superhero name.
What is The Flash?
This comic strip about a leopard-spotted creature was turned into a cartoon series by Disney in the 1990s.
What is Marsupilami?
This Microsoft console made its debut in 2001 with a built-in Ethernet port for online multiplayer and a famous first-person shooter named Halo: Combat Evolved.
What is the Xbox?
Huey, Dewey, and Louie were placed in the care of their extremely rich grand-uncle Scrooge McDuck in this animated series.
What is DuckTales?
Armed with a wand made of holly and a phoenix feather core, this hero defeated Lord Voldemort in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Who is Harry Potter?
Her secret identity is Diana Prince.
Who is Wonder Woman?
Set in the mythical military installation known as Camp Swampy, this iconic strip by Mort Walker features a perpetually lazy, sleepy private.
Who is Beetle Bailey?
Sun, Moon, Diamond, Pearl, and SoulSilver have all been names of games in what iconic video game franchise?
What is Pokemon?
This team of humanoid felines battles Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living on Third Earth.
Who are the ThunderCats?
This is the name of the character portrayed by Spike Lee in his classic film Do The Right Thing?
What is Mookie?
Wolverine was known by this name before joining the X-Men.
What is James Howlett or Logan?
This comic book artist co-created Captain America with Joe Simon in 1941 and later revolutionized Marvel alongside Stan Lee.
Who is Jack Kirby?
This 1989 golf video game played with a trackball was popularized in bars across America.
What is Golden Tee Golf?
Though this 1962 Hanna-Barbera sitcom lasted only one season in its original run, it permanently shaped our vision of the future through the misadventures of a space-age family, their robotic maid Rosie, and their talking Great Dane Astro.
What is The Jetsons?
In 1984's The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s killer cyborg travels back in time to target this specific woman.
Who is Sarah Connor?
This superhero was granted her powers from the Greek Gods of Olympus.
Who is Wonder Woman?
This comic strip creator of mixed-race creole origins, born in 1880, famously passed as white for the majority of his career.
Who is George Herriman (the creator of Krazy Kat)?
The first Star Wars video game, made for the Atari 2600, was based on this film in the original trilogy.
What is The Empire Strikes Back?
Before leading the Autobots, this iconic giant robot held a data-archiving job on Cybertron, essentially serving as a librarian.
Who is Optimus Prime?
Audiences spend much of the story knowing her only as "The Bride" before learning she's Beatrix Kiddo in this two-part Quentin Tarantino film.
What is Kill Bill?
This rodent-themed superhero was a member of the Great Lakes Avengers, alongside her sidekick Tippy-Toe.
Who is Squirrel Girl?
This Schenectady-based illustrator, colorist, and letterer won a 2022 Eisner Award for his cinematic artwork in The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History.
Who is Marcus Kwame Anderson?
Originally known as “Puckman,” this arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game," had one of the 1st examples of a non-interactive video game “cutscene” & one of the 1st examples of a “power up” in video game history.
What is Pac Man?
Prince Adam’s cowardly green pet tiger, Cringer, transforms into this brave, armored beast.
Who is Battle Cat?
The letters/phrase GTL stand for these on the 2010s reality show Jersey Shore.
What is Gym, Tan, Laundry?
Before she became a fan-favorite supervillain, Harleen Quinzel was an intern psychiatrist at this notorious DC facility.
What is Arkham Asylum?
Established in 1954, this strict regulatory body effectively barred positive LGBTQ+ representation from mainstream comic books for decades.
What is the Comics Code Authority?
Set in the open-world fantasy land of Hyrule, the 2023 masterpiece Tears of the Kingdom is a major entry in this legendary Nintendo franchise.
What is the Legend of Zelda?
This Cartoon Network series, created by Genndy Tartakovsky, focused on the life and adventures of a boy genius.
What is Dexter’s Laboratory?
The Warriors' unforgettable nemesis taunts them by clinking these together while calling them out.
What are glass bottles? ("Warriors... come out to play!")
This Spider-Man villain uses a flight suit.
Who is The Vulture?
This iconic comic creator debuted Blondie in 1930 and built the highest-syndicated comic strip in the world.
Who is Murat Bernard "Chic" Young?
This critically lauded 1980s film had a tie-in video game that is considered among the worst video games ever made.
What is E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial?
This anime from 1963, based on a comic created by Osamu Tezuka, was the first Japanese cartoon that was broadcast on US television.
What is Astro Boy?
In Pulp Fiction, Mia Wallace famously competes in this dance contest with Vincent Vega.
What is the Jack Rabbit Slim's Twist Contest?
This ruthless mercenary and assassin first appeared in The New Teen Titans #2 in 1980 as a primary villain, long before he became a global threat to the entire DC Universe.
Who is Deathstroke the Terminator (Slade Wilson)?
This Alpha Flight member made Marvel Comics history in 1992 as the first major comic book superhero to officially come out as gay.
Who is Northstar?
This video game series, developed by Naughty Dog Studios, is focused on an anthropomorphized marsupial.
What is Crash Bandicoot?
The Jetsons live in the futuristic world of Skypad Apartments, located in this floating city.
What is Orbit City?
This superhero movie was the first major motion picture to be filmed with high-resolution IMAX cameras and was filmed in secret under the title: Rory's First Kiss.
What is The Dark Knight?
This insect-themed superhero that wears a blue costume and has superpowers that include immense strength and “nigh invulnerability”, has been adapted to television three times
Who is The Tick?
This is the literary term used in comic strips to describe a sound effect drawn out in the panels, such as "POW" or "BAM."
What is onomatopoeia?
Released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment and set in the fictional universe of Azeroth, this computer game became the world's most popular "MMORPG" (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) within a few years.
What is World Of Warcraft?
This is how many solo cartoon series Batman has starred in.
What is 10?
In Thor: Ragnarok, this longtime Marvel comics creator briefly appears as the barber who cuts Thor's hair.
Who is Stan Lee?
This highly intelligent ape solves supernatural mysteries, smokes a pipe, wears a deerstalker hat and was the one-time leader of a superhero group called The Shadowpact.
Who is Detective Chimp or Bobo T. Chimpanzee?
This superhero first appeared in 1935, and is the earliest recurring, originally featured fictional character still used in the DC Universe.
Who is Doctor Occult (Richard Occult aka the Ghost Detective aka Doctor Mystic?
Originally known as "Cave Game" this game went on to be the the best-selling video game of all time.
What is Minecraft?
This was the name of the first Saturday Morning Cartoon block.
What is the Mighty Mouse Playhouse?
This director famously appears in nearly every one of his Spider-Man films, including a cameo as a wrestling announcer.
Who is Sam Raimi?