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 Post subject: Superboy Quiz (From New Adventures of Superboy #3, 1980)
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:18 am 
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Where did Ma Kent get the material for the Superboy costume?

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From the blue and yellow blankets Superboy was wrapped in when he came to Earth. She unraveled the threads and rewove them.

Who designed the "S" emblem he wears?

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Pa Kent

When did the Kents move from their farm into Smallville and open their general store?

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Just before Clark started school.

How old was Superboy when he started his crime-fighting career?

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Eight years old

What is the name of Smallville's Police Chief?

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Douglas Parker

Who is Clark Kent's best friend?

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Pete Ross

What secret does this friend know which he has never told Clark?

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He once saw Clark switching identities, but never let his pal know he have learned he was Superboy

What job did Jonathan Kent have before he was married?

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He was a racing car driver

What is Professor Lang's first name?

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Lewis

What happened to Lex Luthor's parents after Lex turned criminal?

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They disowned him and left town, with his bay sister, Lena, and changed their name to Thorrul to avoid the shame of being known as a criminal's parents. Soon after, they were killed in an auto accident. Lena survived, and grew up to be friends of Supergirl.

What's was Superboy's name on Krypton?

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Kal-El

Has Lana Lang always been an only child?

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Not in some of the 1950s stories. Then she had a kid brother, though he was given more than one name in different stories. (A Lois Lane story mentions Lana's sister, but this was a clear error.)

Name the first Kryptonian that Superboy met on Earth.

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Krypto the Superdog

Where does Superboy keep his Clark Kent clothes when he is in action?

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In a secret pouch in his cape

What is Clark Kent's hobby?

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He collects minerals.

How did that hobby almost cause his death?

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Pa Kent found a new mineral which he placed with Clark's collection. It turned out to be Kryptonite - the first superboy ever saw.

Why was he named Clark?

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Clark was Martha Kent's maiden name

What are the names of Jonathan Kent's two brothers?

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Burt and Kendall

Why don't Clark's glasses melt when he uses his heat vision while wearing them?

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They are made of pieces of heat-proof windows of the rocket that brought him to Earth. The windows shattered when the rocket's fuel exploded soon after it landed.

Which of the following Smallville citizens have had superpowers in the past? (a) Jonatha Kent (b) Lana Lang (c) Bash Bashford (d) Pete Ross

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All have had super-powers at one time or other.

Once Superboy aided the curator of the Smallville museum. What friend of Superman is this man's son?

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Jimmy Olsen

Why did Superboy pay a call on a blind doctor?

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Clark needed a certificate that he had been vaccinated - yet no needle could penetrate skin. So Superboy visited a doctor who had lost his sight and let him try to vaccinate him. The doctor then signed the certificate, though he could not reed the name on it.

How did Clark handle the problem when the local barber wondered why he never got a haircut?

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He confided that he lost his hair due to a childhood disease and he wore a wig.

Who was the first Phantom Zone villain that Superboy fought?

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Jax-Ur

Where did Lois Lane first meet Lana Lang and Superboy (but not Clark Kent)?

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At Camp Hiawatha

Where did Lois first meet Clark?

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In Metropolis, when both worked for Perry White briefly during school vacation

Name the first three members of the Legion of Superheroes Superboy met.

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Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad

Who first tipped Superboy that he should trick Master Mxyzptik into saying his name backwards?

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Mxyzptik's father

Who inveted the imperfect duplicator ray that created the first Bizarro Superboy?

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Professor Dalton

what was the first name of the greyhound that temporarily gained super-powers and became a rival of Krypto?

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Swifty


There are 30 questions and I managed to get a measly 6 right; how well can you do?

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Nice Trip down Memory (lois) Lane (grin)
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Glad you enjoyed it. How many did you get right?

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I got eight right, and they were just lucky guesses. I never really knew much about Superboy.
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Got 12 right, though a few of them were guesses.

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anyone else think its weird that they say pa kent designed the superman symbol :superman:
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