Comic book knowledge

Last night, The Lady was reading to me from a book of baby names (100,000 Baby Names, by Bruce Lansky). I either dismayed or impressed her (I think the former) by getting 23 out of 25 for the "Comic Book Superheroes Alter Egos" list (page 43).


How do you do?

1. Arthur Curry
   
2. Barbara Gordon
3. Ben Grimm [misspelled as "Grim"...]
4. Bruce Wayne
5. Charles Xavier
6. Clark Kent
7. Diana Prince
8. Dick Grayson
9. Emma Frost
10. Frank Castle
11. Hal Jordan [misspelled as "Jordon" in the book!]
12. Henry McCoy
13. Jean Grey [misspelled as "Gray"]
14. Logan Howlett [I guessed it based on the first name; but I thought part of the mystique was that he didn't know his surname...!]
15. Matt Murdock
16. Oliver Queen
17. Peter Parker
18. Reed Richards
19. Scott Summers
20. Selina Kyle
21. Steve Rogers
22. Susan Richards
23. Tony Stark
24. Wally West
    
25. Warren Worthington III (I named him by his "original" name, not his new/current name)

I missed #1 (I got this one wrong, although afterwards the first name did sound familiar; if it had been "Namor", I would've got it), and #24 (Got this one wrong, foolishly saying "Captain Marvel"; but when I was told, I elaborated with, "Ah! I know him more as "Kid Flash")

You can e-mail me to get the answers -- although you'll get a faster response by just Googling it. :)

Just too much time reading comic books, I suppose.


I also scored pretty well on the "Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artists" list (page 61) -- even though it's not my "genre" of music. I'm curious to see how guitar cousin did (and whether DJ Char does well, based on her wide-ranging musical knowledge).

1. Alice Cooper
2. Angus Young
3. Axl Rose
4. Bon Scott
5. Chris Cornell
6. Courtney Love
7. David Lee Roth
8. Eddie Van Halen
9. Gene Simmons
10. James Hetfield
11. Joe Perry
12. Jon Bon Jovi
13. Kurt Cobain
14. Layne Staley
15. Lita Ford
16. Marilyn Manson
17. Maynard James Keenan
18. Ozzy Osbourne
19. Rob Halford
20. Robert Plant
21. Scott Weiland
22. Sebastian Bach
23. Steven Tyler
24. Sully Erna
25. Tommy Lee

For this one -- again, not my main area of music -- I missed #17, #19, #22, and #24. So, 21 out of 25 -- decent enough.


--GG

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