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Test yourself! Take this Superman Returns Quiz | Superman

I wasn't especially fond of this film, but tradition is tradition. So, here I am making a quiz about yet another movie based on a comic book character. Go figure.

A multiple-choice quiz by enfranklopedia. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
enfranklopedia

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
234,458

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
2369

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

1. We are informed by a title card - after the opening credits conclude - that Superman (Brandon Routh) has been away from Earth for five years. Where on Earth did he make his titular return? Hint

His mother's farm

Downtown Metropolis

The Fortress of Solitude

None of these

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Question 2 of 15

2. Just before Superman officially returns to Earth, his adopted mother Martha Kent (Eva Marie Saint) bids good-night to a neighborhood friend. The two are apparently playing a board game. Which one? Hint

Parchessi

Chess

Scrabble

Checkers

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Question 3 of 15

3. The morning after his return to Earth, Clark Kent awakens in his childhood bedroom. His ceiling is decorated with stars. All of the stars are white, except for one. What color is this anomalous star? Hint

blue

black

green

red

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Question 4 of 15

4. Superman returns to Earth in a spacecraft made of the same kind of crystals that make up his Fortress of Solitude. It crash-lands near the Kent farm. Clark later assures his mother that the spacecraft has been disposed of. What happens to it? Hint

He returns it to the Fortress of Solitude.

He buries it.

He vaporizes it with his heat vision.

He sends it into the sun.

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Question 5 of 15

5. How is Lois Lane's fianc� Richard (James Marsden) related to Perry White (Frank Langella), editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet? Hint

He isn't.

He is Perry's cousin.

He is Perry's son.

He is Perry's nephew.

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Question 6 of 15

6. Jimmy Olsen (Sam Huntington) takes Clark Kent to a bar, where Clark (surprisingly) imbibes alcohol. What does he drink? Hint

tequila

wine

whiskey

beer

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Question 7 of 15

7. Certain characters from the Superman mythos are known for speaking "signature" lines of dialogue. Which one do we hear in "Superman Returns"? Hint

"Jeepers, Mister Kent!" [Jimmy Olsen]

"Land sakes, Clark!" [Martha Kent]

"Great Caesar's ghost!" [Perry White]

"Great Rao!" [Superman]

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Question 8 of 15

8. Superman saves a space shuttle crew just before saving the life of Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth). What is the name of the shuttle? Hint

Peregrine

Victory

Genesis

Apogee

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Question 9 of 15

9. Diabolical genius Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey), Superman's arch-nemesis, spends much of the film aboard a magnificent yacht. What is its name? Hint

Gertrude

Agatha

Millicent

Hildegarde

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Question 10 of 15

10. After she has been kidnapped, Lois Lane sends an SOS in the form of a fax from Luthor's boat. Who, at the "Daily Planet", recognizes the handwriting as Lois'? Hint

Jimmy

Richard

Clark

Perry

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Question 11 of 15

11. Luthor's main henchman Brutus (Dave Fabrizio) is killed by use of an unusual object. An encounter with which object causes his death? Hint

a fax machine

a pen

a piano

a sculpture

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Question 12 of 15

12. Superman never punches a single person in this film.

True

False

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who kisses Superman while he is in a coma at the hospital? Hint

both

Lois' son, Jason

Lois

neither

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Question 14 of 15

14. According to the closing credits, what is the last name of Jason (Tristan Lake Leabu), Lois Lane's son? Hint

Lane

White

Mann

None of these

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Question 15 of 15

15. According to the closing credits, to whom is this film dedicated? Hint

both

Dana Reeve

Christopher Reeve

neither

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We are informed by a title card - after the opening credits conclude - that Superman (Brandon Routh) has been away from Earth for five years. Where on Earth did he make his titular return?

Answer: His mother's farm

Kal-El's ship lands right outside the Kent farm in Smallville, Kansas. His adoptive mother, Martha (Eva Marie Saint), drives her truck to the crash site and brings her son back to the farmhouse where he grew up.

Answer: Scrabble

As Superman's ship approaches his mother's farm, everything in her home rattles and shakes, including a Scrabble board that has not been cleared off.

Answer: red

This is apparently a bit of an in-joke for the comic book fans who know that Krypton, Superman's home world, orbited a red star. One has to wonder, though, how and why a single star on that ceiling would have been colored red when Clark was a child -- he didn't learn that he came from a world in a red star system until he was in his late teens. Oh, well.

Answer: He buries it.

I can't for the life of me imagine why Clark would bury the spacecraft, rather than disposing of it in any of the other manners I've suggested. If you bury something, someone can discover it someday. I'm just saying.

5. How is Lois Lane's fianc� Richard (James Marsden) related to Perry White (Frank Langella), editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet?

Answer: He is Perry's nephew.

Richard certainly seemed like a nice guy, but I saw no reason why it was important for him to be Perry's nephew.

6. Jimmy Olsen (Sam Huntington) takes Clark Kent to a bar, where Clark (surprisingly) imbibes alcohol. What does he drink?

Answer: beer

Jack Larson, who plays the bartender in this scene, played Jimmy Olsen in "The Adventures of Superman" in the 1950s. There's a mildly touching moment when, after Superman saves Metropolis, Larson's character and Huntington's character share a celebratory embrace. Jimmy, meet Jimmy!

7. Certain characters from the Superman mythos are known for speaking "signature" lines of dialogue. Which one do we hear in "Superman Returns"?

Answer: "Great Caesar's ghost!" [Perry White]

Perry (Frank Langella), Clark's boss at the "Daily Planet", finally gets to say the line for which his character, in the comic books, has always been famous. Neither Jackie Cooper (from the first four Superman films) nor Lane Smith (from the "Lois and Clark" TV show) ever got the chance to throw out that particular exclamation.

8. Superman saves a space shuttle crew just before saving the life of Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth). What is the name of the shuttle?

Answer: Genesis

The out-of-control shuttle is attached to the 747 carrying Lois Lane, until Superman separates the two craft with his heat vision.

9. Diabolical genius Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey), Superman's arch-nemesis, spends much of the film aboard a magnificent yacht. What is its name?

Answer: Gertrude

The yacht is presumably named for Gertrude Vanderworth, the elderly multi-millionaire whom Lex married, and from whom he inherited great wealth after her death. Gertrude is played by Noel Neill, who also played Lois Lane in the "Adventures of Superman" television series.

10. After she has been kidnapped, Lois Lane sends an SOS in the form of a fax from Luthor's boat. Who, at the "Daily Planet", recognizes the handwriting as Lois'?

Answer: Jimmy

Jimmy brings the fax over to Clark and Richard, saying that he would recognize Lois' handwriting anywhere. The message contains the coordinates of Lois' present position.

11. Luthor's main henchman Brutus (Dave Fabrizio) is killed by use of an unusual object. An encounter with which object causes his death?

Answer: a piano

Lois' son Jason shoves a piano across the room and fatally crushes Brutus. This is the moment in the film where the audience is given positive proof -- by way of the utilization of superhuman strength -- that Superman is Jason's father, so the less said about that, the better.

12. Superman never punches a single person in this film.

Answer: True

Given Superman's phenomenal strength, he would likely kill an ordinary human with a single swing. Even when he's "de-powered" on Luthor's island, he never gets a chance to strike back at any of the men beating him. Poor guy.

13. Who kisses Superman while he is in a coma at the hospital?

Answer: both

Lois whispers the truth about Jason's parentage in Superman's ear, then kisses him. Jason, before leaving with his mother, trots back to the hospital bed and kisses his father (though it's doubtful he knows that's who he is!) on the forehead.

14. According to the closing credits, what is the last name of Jason (Tristan Lake Leabu), Lois Lane's son?

Answer: White

Okay, let's see if I have this right. Jason is the result of the brief love affair that Lois had with (a de-powered) Superman in the film "Superman II". Just after the end of that film, Superman leaves to look for Krypton. (I say "just after" since Clark Kent seems shocked that Lois is a mother; hence, he must never have seen her pregnant.)

Five years later, Lois has a son who looks more like a six-year-old than a four-year-old, but...okay. Lois is engaged to marry Richard White, but she's clearly been pushing off the actual wedding. The boy calls Richard "Daddy", and the three live together.

How in the world is Jason's last name "White" if Lois and Richard aren't married yet? Did Richard adopt the boy?

This is all very confusing.

15. According to the closing credits, to whom is this film dedicated?

Answer: both

Christopher Reeve played Superman in the 1978 Richard Donner film, as well as its three (inferior) sequels. He died on 12 October 2004. His wife, Dana, died of lung cancer on 6 March 2006.

Source: Author enfranklopedia

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