# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/41 "2006-04-28T00:05:33Z")
Yeah, “odd man out” questions are very hard to make so there’s only one answer and it’s not ridiculously easy. There can be reasons to pick any one of the three. Manhunter, for instance, is the only one with an unconnected, Golden Age character with the same name. You need to ask specific questions, like this: What’s the full name of the the character usually billed as “the world’s maddest mad scientist”? ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/42 "2006-04-28T13:49:52Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Yeah, “odd man out” questions are very hard to make so there’s only one answer and it’s not ridiculously easy. There can be reasons to pick any one of the three. > > Manhunter, for instance, is the only one with an unconnected, Golden Age character with the same name. > > You need to ask specific questions, like this: > > What’s the full name of the the character usually billed as “the world’s maddest mad scientist”? Mad Doctor Doom (no, not **that one** ), arch-enemy of, well, Archie, in his guise of Pureheart The Powerful. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/43 "2006-04-28T15:06:21Z")
Nope. I was thinking of the original claimant to the title, not later imposters. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/44 "2006-04-28T16:21:26Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Who was the first servant of Galactus the Fantastic Four fought? The Punisher. Not that one. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/45 "2006-04-28T16:24:22Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > What’s the full name of the the character usually billed as “the world’s maddest mad scientist”? Would that be Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/46 "2006-04-28T16:32:57Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > The Punisher. Not that one. But didn’t they fight the Silver Surfer in FF #48, then the Punisher in FF#49? If it’s not the Silver Surfer, I can’t figure out who it is. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/47 "2006-04-28T16:57:09Z")
RealityChuck is apparently offline, so I’ll just assume I’m right and post a new question: Q: The nefarious Fabian Stankowicz was better known (slightly) by another name. Who was he, what was his most infamous (or best known) deed, and who defeated him in this moment in the spotlight? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/48 "2006-04-28T17:08:06Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > Would that be Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana? Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/49 "2006-04-28T17:22:05Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > But didn’t they fight the Silver Surfer in FF #48, then the Punisher in FF#49? If it’s not the Silver Surfer, I can’t figure out who it is. Did they actually fight the Surfer in 48? Or was the Surfer just there? IIRC the first “fight” between the FF and the Surfer was Thing knocking the Surfer off the roof of the Baxter Building. If that was in 48, maybe **Bosda** isn’t counting that as a “fight”? [The Punisher](http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/punisherrob.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/50 "2006-04-28T17:26:58Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > Q: The nefarious Fabian Stankowicz was better known (slightly) by another name. Who was he, what was his most infamous (or best known) deed, and who defeated him in this moment in the spotlight? The Mechano-Marauder. As for his most infamous deed, that’s pretty subjective. Are you thinking of his attack on Avengers Mansion while the Wasp was entertaining/recruiting female Avengers? Didn’t the Wasp defeat him by getting into his armor and stinging him or something? I suppose I should ask a question now, even though I guess I haven’t actually gotten anyone else’s right yet. Name three wanna-be Spider-Man sidekicks who teamed up, and their former villainous connections. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/51 "2006-04-28T17:29:59Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > The Mechano-Marauder. As for his most infamous deed, that’s pretty subjective. Are you thinking of his attack on Avengers Mansion while the Wasp was entertaining/recruiting female Avengers? Didn’t the Wasp defeat him by getting into his armor and stinging him or something? Right guy - but I was thinking of a slightly more public (mis)adventure of his… ---
**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 28, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/52 "2006-04-28T18:13:51Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I suppose I should ask a question now, even though I guess I haven’t actually gotten anyone else’s right yet. Name three wanna-be Spider-Man sidekicks who teamed up, and their former villainous connections. Spectacular Spider-Kid (formerly a Doc Ock wanna-be) Fabulous Frog-Man (whose father was the original villain Frog-Man) The Toad (Brotherhood of Eeeevil Mutants) Q: What did Hobgoblin add to his arsenal to help get around Spider-Man’s spider-sense (hint: it wasn’t a gas bomb) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/53 "2006-04-28T18:27:42Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Did they actually fight the Surfer in 48? Or was the Surfer just there? IIRC the first “fight” between the FF and the Surfer was Thing knocking the Surfer off the roof of the Baxter Building. If that was in 48, maybe **Bosda** isn’t counting that as a “fight”? > > [The Punisher](http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/punisherrob.htm) Yeah, at the end of 48, the Surfer appears, zig-zags past the Human Torch, and lands on the Baxter building, where the Thing knocks him off and into Alicia Masters’ apartment. In the next issue, the Punisher shows up and defeats the Fantastic Four. The Punisher’s fight was arguably much more “fightlike,” I suppose, but the first punch was thrown at the Surfer by the Thing. Maybe it depends on whether you have to fight all four of them to be fighting “the Fantastic Four.” ---
**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 28, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/54 "2006-04-28T18:42:26Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Yeah, at the end of 48, the Surfer appears, zig-zags past the Human Torch, and lands on the Baxter building, where the Thing knocks him off and into Alicia Masters’ apartment. In the next issue, the Punisher shows up and defeats the Fantastic Four. The Punisher’s fight was arguably much more “fightlike,” I suppose, but the first punch was thrown at the Surfer by the Thing. Maybe it depends on whether you have to fight all four of them to be fighting “the Fantastic Four.” That’s basically what I had in mind, with one addenum: the Surfer _made no attempt_ to fight. He knew the Thing’s punch could not harm him significantly, & he just rolled with it. ---
**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 28, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/55 "2006-04-28T18:57:32Z")
The New And Improved Superman: > [@](#): > > Right guy - but I was thinking of a slightly more public (mis)adventure of his… I imagine you’re thinking of his attack on Late Night with David Letterman when a bunch of second-string Avengers were his guests? ---
**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 28, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/56 "2006-04-28T19:09:55Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I imagine you’re thinking of his attack on Late Night with David Letterman when a bunch of second-string Avengers were his guests? “That…that doorknob…” “It’s just so darned big, isn’t it?” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/57 "2006-04-28T20:11:16Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > The New And Improved Superman: > > I imagine you’re thinking of his attack on Late Night with David Letterman when a bunch of second-string Avengers were his guests? Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452/58 "2006-04-29T05:14:40Z")
I have a toughy: Who was in the second Lethal Legion that was headed by the Hangman? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-your-super-villains-a-quiz/354452.md?page=2)