Marvel Villains quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   In which civilization was the X-Men villain Apocalypse born?

   Answer: Ancient Egypt

   Why: The Akkaba tribe left the gray-skinned baby to die in the desert; the raider Baal found him and named him En Sabah Nur, The First One.

2. 2 Medium

   Why does Doctor Doom wear his metal mask in the comics?

   Answer: To hide a small facial scar

   Why: In Fantastic Four #278, Doom has the freshly forged mask pressed on before it cools, burning his face far worse than the accident did.

3. 3 Hard

   What type of energy does the Hellfire Club's Sebastian Shaw absorb?

   Answer: Kinetic energy

   Why: Punching him is a mistake: Shaw sometimes has his own mercenaries beat him up so that he can skip sleeping for a while.

4. 4 Easy

   What is the real name of the villainous Red Skull?

   Answer: Johann Schmidt

   Why: In Captain America Comics #1 (1941) the Red Skull was unmasked as George Maxon, later retconned into a decoy for the real Skull, Johann Schmidt.

5. 5 Medium

   Why did the alien symbiote pair with Eddie Brock to form Venom?

   Answer: Shared hatred of Spider-Man

   Why: Spider-Man had shed the symbiote in a church bell tower; it waited there and gave Brock the hero's secret identity when they bonded.

6. 6 Hard

   Who created the villainous AI Ultron in the original comics?

   Answer: Hank Pym

   Why: Pym imprinted his own brain patterns on the machine, which then rebuilt itself again and again into an adamantium body.