100 Marvel Trivia Questions That Even Super Fans May Not Know
Updated: May 24, 2023
Think you really, truly know the MCU? Test your mastery of your favorite flicks with this tricky Marvel trivia quiz!
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So you say you’re Marvel-obsessed? That you were a fan of the comics before the movies took characters like Drax and Gamora mainstream? Sure, you might think you know everything there is to know about the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), but these are some of the best movies around for a reason. They’re filled with all sorts of subtle details, funny one-liners and Easter eggs that are super easy to miss—on the first watch and even the 20th. How close were you really paying attention to the 31 films that have been released so far? You’re about to find out with this tricky Marvel trivia quiz.
Be warned: Some of our Marvel trivia questions might stump even the most devoted fans of these superhero movies, even those who are masters of movie trivia. And we’re just getting started: Once you’ve mastered the MCU (or need to rewatch a few flicks, as the case may be), test your knowledge of other favorite franchises with our Harry Potter, Star Wars and horror movie trivia. Good luck!
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Marvel trivia questions
1. Question: What was the first Marvel movie ever made?
Answer: Iron Man
2. Question: How many years was Steve Rogers trapped under the ice?
Answer: 66 years
3. Question: Which MCU regular was not in Captain America: Civil War?
Answer: Nick Fury
4. Question: What video game does Thor get addicted to in Avengers: Endgame?
Answer: Fortnite
5. Question: What is the name of the call sign Carol Danvers and Maria use in Captain Marvel?
Answer: Photon
6. Question: Peter Quill’s ship is named after which popular ’80s actress?
Answer: Alyssa Milano
7. Question: Which billionaire makes a cameo in Iron Man 2?
Answer: Elon Musk
8. Question: What does Thaddeus Ross say to Tony after he says, “We are putting a team together,” in The Incredible Hulk?
Answer: “Who’s we?”
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9. Question: What is the name of the protocol that Tony Star enacts in Iron Man 3?
Answer: The Clean Slate Protocol
10. Question: Who is Black Panther’s little sister?
Answer: Shuri
11. Question: What is the name of Thor’s hammer? (Bonus points for spelling it correctly!)
Answer: Mjölnir
12. Question: What is Black Panther’s suit made of?
Answer: Vibranium
13. Question: What do Sif and Volstagg do with the infinity stone at the end of Thor: Dark World?
Answer: Give it to the Collector
14. Question: What is Loki’s real race?
Answer: Frost Giant
15. Question: Which infinity stone do the Guardians have to save in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1?
Answer: The power stone
16. Question: What is Thanos’s home planet?
Answer: Titan
17. Question: What is the name of the character Hawkeye becomes after Avengers: Infinity War?
Answer: Ronin
18. Question: What object does Goose swallow in Captain Marvel?
Answer: The tesseract
19. Question: What three items does Rocket say he needs in order to escape prison in Guardians of the Galaxy?
Answer: A security band, a battery and a prosthetic leg
20. Question: What does the acronym J.A.R.V.I.S. stand for?
Answer: Just A Really Very Intelligent System
21. Question: After Tony says the S-word in Avengers: Age of Ultron, who scolds him for bad language?
Answer: Steve
22. Question: In Spider-Man: Homecoming, what is Stan Lee’s cameo role?
Answer: He plays a neighbor disturbed by a car alarm.
23. Question: What were the last words said by Thanos in Avengers: Endgame?
Answer: “I am inevitable.”
24. Question: Who says, “The hardest choices require the strongest wills” in Avengers: Infinity War?
Answer: Thanos
25. Question: What is the name of Star Lord’s mother?
Answer: Meredith Quill
How are you doing so far on this Marvel trivia quiz? Beyond the MCU, here’s more pop-culture trivia to test your knowledge.
26. Question: Which actor voices the character of Groot?
Answer: Vin Diesel
27. Question: What does Justin Hammer, former CEO of Hammer Industries, do in Iron Man 2?
Answer: He’s a military contractor.
28. Question: What are the names of Wanda’s kids?
Answer: Billy and Tommy
29. Question: What singer does Dr. Strange compare Wong to when he says he just goes by Wong?
Answer: Adele (also Drake, Bono and Eminem!)
30. Question: Which three Avengers were introduced in Captain America: Civil War?
Answer: Black Panther, Spider-Man and Ant-Man
31. Question: What is the name of the dwarf who made Thanos’s gauntlet?
Answer: Eitri
32. Question: What does Morgan Stark tell Happy Hogan she wants, after father’s funeral?
Answer: Cheeseburgers
33. Question: What does Tony tell Loki after Loki brags he has an army and the tesseract in Avengers?
Answer: “We have a Hulk.”
34. Question: What type of doctor is Dr. Strange?
Answer: A neurosurgeon
35. Question: What is Korg made of?
Answer: Rocks
36. Question: What is the suit of armor Iron Man uses to defeat Hulk in Avengers: Age of Ultron?
Answer: Hulk Buster
37. Question: Which Avenger does Loki enslave in The Avengers?
Answer: Hawkeye
38. Question: What is the name of the man who traps Thor in Thor: Ragnarok?
Answer: The Grand Master
39. Question: What does Dr. Strange say to the Ancient One in Dr. Strange?
Answer: “Teach me.”
40. Question: What is the name of the villain in Ant-Man?
Answer: Yellowjacket
41. Question: Where is Captain America originally from?
Answer: Brooklyn
42. Question: What is the name of the drone piloted by Sam Wilson in Captain America: Civil War?
Answer: Redwing
43. Question: What shape is the herb that gives Black Panther his powers?
Answer: Heart-shaped
44. Question: In Iron Man 2, what does Tony tell Nick Fury he doesn’t want to join?
Answer: His super-secret boy band
45. Question: In Avengers, Age of Ultron, what does Steve Rogers say you should do if you get killed?
Answer: “Walk it off.”
46. Question: Besides Thor, who can lift Thor’s hammer?
Answer: Captain America and Vision
47. Question: What is Tony Stark’s father’s name?
Answer: Howard
48. Question: Where was Red Skull banished to after he held the tesseract?
Answer: Vormir
49. Question: What is Killmonger’s Wakanda name?
Answer: N’Jadaka
50. Question: Which eye does Nick Fury wear a patch over?
Answer: His left eye
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51. Question: What was the name of Iron Man’s first suit?
Answer: Mark 1
52. Question: How are T’Challa and Killmonger related?
Answer: They’re cousins.
53. Question: What is Valkyrie’s scrapper number in Thor: Ragnarok?
Answer: 142
54. Question: Scott hides an Ant-Man suit under a trophy in Ant-Man and the Wasp. What was written on the trophy?
Answer: World’s Best Grandma
55. Question: What university’s name is on the sweatshirt worn by Dr. Strange when Peter visits him at his Sanctum Santorum in Spider-Man: No Way Home?
Answer: Columbia
56. Question: What kind of scientist is Dr. Jane Foster?
Answer: An astrophysicist
57. Question: What is the name of the song Peter Quill dances to in the beginning of Guardians of the Galaxy?
Answer: “Come and Get Your Love”
58. Question: What is Happy Hogan’s phone password in Spider-Man: Far from Home?
Answer: “Password”
59. Question: Who did Captain America give his shield to in Avengers: Endgame?
Answer: Falcon
60. Question: Drax thinks he killed the beast at the start of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but who actually did it?
Answer: Gamora
61. Question: What song does Baby Groot dance to at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 1?
Answer: “I Want You Back” by The Jackson 5
62. Question: What is Carol’s nickname for Monica in Captain Marvel?
Answer: Lieutenant Trouble
63. Question: In Avengers: Infinity War, what is Drax eating when he’s watching Peter and Gamora kiss?
Answer: Zarg nuts
64. Question: What is the name of the agency led by Red Skull?
Answer: Hydra
65. Question: What was the first name of Dr. Erskine, the man who turned Steve Rogers into Captain America?
Answer: Abraham
66. Question: What does Dr. Strange come to do with Dormammu?
Answer: He comes to bargain.
67. Question: What is the name of the alien race who invaded New York in The Avengers?
Answer: The Chitauri
68. Question: Does Groot ever say anything other than “I am Groot?”
Answer: No
69. Question: Who does not like being called “young lady” in Captain Marvel?
Answer: Maria Rambeau
70. Question: What part of Iron Man’s suit keeps him alive?
Answer: The arc reactor
71. Question: What’s the name of the mix-tape Peter Quill’s mother left him as a memento?
Answer: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
72. Question: In a post-credits scene, what do the Avengers eat after the Battle of New York in The Avengers?
Answer: Shawarma
73. Question: What animal does Darren Cross unsuccessfully use as test subjects in Ant-Man?
Answer: Lambs
74. Question: Which European city does Black Widow say the Battle of New York reminds her of in The Avengers?
Answer: Budapest
75. Question: What’s the name of the little boy who helps Tony Stark repair his suit in Iron Man 3?
Answer: Harley
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76. Question: What kind of animal does Thor say he needs after walking into a pet store in Thor?
Answer: A horse
77. Question: Spider-Man and Mysterio battle on which bridge in the finale of Spider-Man: Far from Home?
Answer: Tower Bridge
78. Question: Where does Hank Pym keep an army tank in Ant-Man?
Answer: His keychain
79. Question: How did Captain Marvel get her powers?
Answer: From the light-speed engine
80. Question: What name does Natasha use when she first meets Tony Stark in Iron Man 2?
Answer: Natalie Rushman
81. Question: What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for?
Answer: Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division
82. Question: Who is the first person to turn to dust in Avengers: Infinity War?
Answer: Bucky
83. Question: In Thor, what drink does Thor discover he loves?
Answer: Coffee
84. Question: What is Agent Coulson’s first name?
Answer: Phil
85. Question: What is the name of Odin’s trusted Asgardian horse in Thor?
Answer: Sleipnir
86. Question: What is Wakanda’s war cry?
Answer: Yibambe
87. Question: According to Korg, Thor goes from “dad bod” to what in Thor: Love and Thunder?
Answer: “From dad bod to God bod”
88. Question: What is the name of the artificial intelligence in Spider-Man’s suit?
Answer: Karen
89. Question: Which elective class does Thor say he took on Asgard?
Answer: How to Speak Groot
90. Question: In Captain America: Civil War, where in Africa does Captain America fight Crossbones?
Answer: Nigeria
91. Question: What does Peter Quinn call Rocket after Rocket gets angry for being called a raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy?
Answer: Trash panda
92. Question: What is the name of Dr. Strange’s amulet?
Answer: The Eye of Agamotto
93. Question: In Black Panther, where does Kalue put the vibranium axe for safe keeping?
Answer: A paper bag
94. Question: How many legs does Odin’s horse have?
Answer: Eight
95. Question: Who is Loki’s real father?
Answer: Laufey
96. Question: What kind of scientist is Bruce Banner?
Answer: A physicist
97. Question: Who are Tony Stark’s four AI assistants?
Answer: Karen, E.D.I.T.H., J.A.R.V.I.S. and F.R.I.D.A.Y.
98. Question: Which Spongebob character does Tony call Ebony Maw in Avengers: Infinity War?
Answer: Squidward
99. Question: Who was the main foe in Thor: Dark World?
Answer: Malekith
100. Question: Who cries, “I’m Mary Poppins, y’all!” in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2?
Answer: Yondu
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