30 Marvel quiz questions and answers: How well do you know the MCU?

It's been a bumpy year for Marvel fans, but many true believers are holding out hope for a blockbuster year to come, with a new Spider-Man film and the first of two Avengers crossovers just around the corner.

What better way to get excited than with a good old fashioned quiz? Your friends at RadioTimes.com have compiled this list of 30 MCU-related questions to get your memory of the hit franchise working.

Spanning from the very first phase of the epic project to its most recent entries, including the Halloween-themed Marvel Zombies and retro-future delight Fantastic Four: First Steps, this quiz should work out whose been paying the closest attention.

If you find yourself struggling, don't worry! There should be plenty of time to brush up on your MCU knowledge ahead of Avengers: Doomsday, with no new films planned until next July's Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

That said, the franchise's small screen escapades will continue, with meta comedy Wonder Man scheduled for January and a second season of Daredevil: Born Again to follow in the spring.

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Marvel quiz questions

1. Who made Captain America's shield?
2. What is the name of the Fantastic Four's android assistant, who lives with them in the Baxter Building?
3. Which beloved comic book writer cameoed in every Marvel film up to Avengers: Endgame?
4. Who was the first deaf superhero to be introduced to the MCU?
5. Which fictional element is the source of global political tension in Captain America: Brave New World?
6. Which infamous character made cameos in each entry of the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy?
7. What is Black Widow's real name?
8. On what planet was the Soul Stone hidden in Infinity War?
9. In Marvel Zombies, which MCU character appears as a floating head in a jar?
10. What was the final film in Marvel Studios' "Phase Four"?
11. Which Marvel film did Kenneth Branagh direct?
12. Which MCU character is described as having "the power of a thousand exploding suns"?
13. In which film's post-credit scene did Thanos first appear?
14. Name the two MCU films in which Blade has made an appearance.
15. What is the name of the magical book that corrupts Wanda Maximoff?
16. Who was the first female superhero to appear in the title of an MCU film?
17. What is the comical real name of Gael García Bernal's character in Werewolf by Night?
18. Which Phase 5 film saw the return of Kelsey Grammer as the X-Men's science genius Hank McCoy aka Beast?
19. Harrison Ford played Thaddeus Ross in Captain America: Brave New World – but who did he inherit the role from?
20. Who is Tony Stark's favourite band, whose songs feature prominently in the first two Iron Man films?
21. What species is Loki revealed to be?
22. What country does Wanda Maximoff come from?
23. Before becoming Vision, what is the name of Iron Man's AI butler?
24. Which TWO MCU movies are tied with the lowest critic scores on Rotten Tomatoes (as of October 2025)?
25. What Top Gun character is Captain Marvel's cat named after?
26. Who was the first actor to play James Rhodes (aka War Machine) in the MCU?
27. Which long sought-after Marvel villain finally debuted in Ironheart – and who played them?
28. Who killed Tony Stark's parents?
29. Agent Phil Coulson went on to become the main character on which spin-off TV show?
30. Which SIX characters made up the Illuminati in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?

Marvel quiz answers

1. Howard Stark
2. HERBIE
3. Stan Lee
4. Makkari (in The Eternals). Maya Lopez aka Echo is incorrect, as she debuted about two weeks later (in Hawkeye).
5. Adamantium (best known as the material of Wolverine's claws)
6. Howard the Duck
7. Natasha Romanoff
8. Vormir
9. Scott Lang / Ant-Man
10. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
11. Thor
12. Bob / The Sentry (from Thunderbolts*) – trivia: in the comics, it's actually a million exploding suns.
13. The Avengers
14. Eternals (played by Mahershala Ali in a voice cameo) and Deadpool & Wolverine (played by Wesley Snipes)
15. The Darkhold
16. Wasp
17. Jack Russell
18. The Marvels
19. William Hurt
20. AC/DC
21. Frost Giant
22. Sokovia
23. JARVIS
24. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Captain America: Brave New World (both at 46% approval)
25. Goose
26. Terrence Howard
27. Mephisto (played by Sacha Baron Cohen)
28. Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier
29. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
30. Baron Karl Mordo, Captain Peggy Carter, Blackagar Boltagon AKA Black Bolt, Maria Rambeau AKA Captain Marvel, Reed Richards AKA Mr Fantastic and Charles Xavier AKA Professor X.

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