# Know Your Super Villains: A Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452 "2006-04-27T15:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/1 "2006-04-27T15:11:30Z")
Comics Supervillains only–no capes, no death rays, no service, so to speak. 😉😃 The poster who can answer the previous question, can post a new question. I’ll begin. Given what we know about the Joker, he has a college degree. What field does the Joker hold a degree in? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/2 "2006-04-27T15:24:23Z")
Sociopathology? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/3 "2006-04-27T15:31:40Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > Sociopathology? WRONG. ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/4 "2006-04-27T15:32:30Z")
I seem to recall Chemistry, with an Art minor. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/5 "2006-04-27T15:34:54Z")
> [@dasgupta](#): > > I seem to recall Chemistry, with an Art minor. Close enough. He was employed as a chemical engineer at Ace Chemicals, ergo that’s his most likely degree. You ask, now, **dasgupta**. ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/6 "2006-04-27T15:46:15Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Close enough. > > He was employed as a chemical engineer at Ace Chemicals, ergo that’s his most likely degree. > > You ask, now, **dasgupta**. Hmm… I was always more of a Batman reader, so I’ll stay in that 'verse. What serial killer cum Batman villian kept a tally of each kill, and as a bonus, how did was the tally kept? ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/7 "2006-04-27T15:47:54Z")
Preview is my friend :smack: You can mentally remove that “did” from the question. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/8 "2006-04-27T15:55:46Z")
> [@dasgupta](#): > > What serial killer cum Batman villian kept a tally of each kill, and as a bonus, how did was the tally kept? Victor Zsasz, by cutting it into his body. ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/9 "2006-04-27T15:56:50Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Victor Zsasz, by cutting it into his body. Right you are! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/10 "2006-04-27T15:59:06Z")
Victor Zsasz, who carved a mark on his body for every victim. What Superman villain murdered the son of _Daily Planet_ reporter Cat Grant? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/11 "2006-04-27T16:01:00Z")
_sigh_ I was so excited I knew that … and too late. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/12 "2006-04-27T16:13:11Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Victor Zsasz, who carved a mark on his body for every victim. > > What Superman villain murdered the son of _Daily Planet_ reporter Cat Grant? Toyman. Winslow Schott. Which Superman villain was depicted on an amusing cover riding Superman like a bucking bronco? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/13 "2006-04-27T16:13:56Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > _sigh_ I was so excited I knew that … and too late. ☹ It’s one of the very few things I can remember from reading some random comics a friend has. I’m not very up on this kind of detail, though, so I can’t think of a question myself - just go with yours. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/14 "2006-04-27T16:14:49Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Victor Zsasz, by cutting it into his body. You know, until you said that I thought the guy that was put in Arkham in _Batman Begins_ was supposed to be Charles Victor Szasz, “The Question.” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/15 "2006-04-27T16:19:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Which Superman villain was depicted on an amusing cover riding Superman like a bucking bronco? Terra-Man? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/16 "2006-04-27T16:21:01Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Terra-Man? You are correct! I love that cover - it’s just so wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/17 "2006-04-27T16:22:02Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Toyman. Winslow Schott. > > Which Superman villain was depicted on an amusing cover riding Superman like a bucking bronco? 😉 Terra Man. Aquaman has had two sons. Both were killed. Who killed each one? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/18 "2006-04-27T16:30:36Z")
Black Manta, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/19 "2006-04-27T16:36:24Z")
Oh, hang on, Spectre killed the other one! (The annoying one) when he smashed up their city, correct? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/20 "2006-04-27T16:41:34Z")
If so…hmm. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen have had three (human) opponents who might be charactersied as “supervillains”. Who were they, and, for a bonus point, what happened to each of them? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452.md?page=2)