The Ultimate Marvel Cinematic Universe Quiz

The 2019 solo hero film "Captain Marvel" explains how Nick Fury became the default boss of The Avengers. His "origin story" in this film ties up with his last action in "Avengers: Infinity War" right before he got turned to dust. No spoilers, but watch out for a cat and what it does to him!

We first hear of the MCU's wonderful element called "vibranium" extensively when Tony Stark's dad bragged of using it to create Captain America's shield. This fictional element takes center stage in "Black Panther," as we discovered that it's abundant there in Wakanda.

Hawkeye is one of the Avengers' core members in the MCU. We briefly see him as Clint Barton in "Thor." In "Avengers: Age of Ultron," we saw him as a family man when the heroes temporarily took shelter in his house. Losing his family in "Infinity War" prompted him to turn dark in "Endgame."

Vin Diesel could have easily played any MCU hero or villain, but his schedule didn't permit it during that earlier time. In an interview, he said that the Marvel executives offered him to be the voice of Groot instead. Hesitant to play "only a tree," it was his children that convinced him to do the role.

Loki is one of those characters you love but you also hate; then he turns around and does something lovable while being good or being bad! Tom Hiddleston's nuanced portrayal of this Asgardian character adds to this unique characterization.

Valkyrie's Asgardian comics character is bisexual and, just like Thor, she had a romantic relationship with a human female. She first appears in the MCU in "Thor: Ragnarok," and we saw her back up Captain Marvel in a climactic all-female featured fight scene in "Avengers: Endgame."

"Guardians of the Galaxy" entered the MCU in 2014 with Chris Pratt in the lead. His Star-Lord character's back story originated in the late '80s to show his human origins. His alien heritage is unraveled in this film and in the 2017 sequel.

Gamora's brown-nosing android sister Nebula appeared in "Guardians of the Galaxy" as a villainous character. But she got her MCU redemption arc when she sided with the good folks and helped them destroy Thanos. Her storyline delivered crucial plot points which made "Avengers: Endgame" possible.

In the comics, Russian spy Natasha Romanoff's original design was as a nemesis to Iron Man who later gave up her Russian ways and joined S.H.I.E.L.D. to do "good deeds." In the MCU, though, we saw her as a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. already when she first appeared in "Iron Man 2."

A neurosurgeon works on the body parts associated with the nervous system. Aside from the brain and spine, this basically covers working on all arteries and veins. Such sensitive work needs nerves of steel; Dr. Strange sadly lost his, prompting his character's new journey for healing.

Since he came of age in the '80s, Star-Lord experienced the analog joys of sound tripping with cassettes played on a tape deck. A portable Walkman device with that unmistakable orange foam-covered headphones played his mixed tape. That was how older folks created a playlist back in the day, kiddos!

Since "Avengers: Endgame" finished filming before "Captain Marvel" started filming, analysts pointed out the differences in Brie Larson's characterization of this hero. For one, "Endgame" Marvel wore more makeup, which goes against her established natural look in the stand-alone movie.

In an "Avengers: Endgame" sequence, Captain America played on the aspect of knowing "Hail Hydra" when they time-traveled to retrieve an Infinity Stone. Hydra's terrorist-focused R & D origins unfolded in Captain America's own 2011 film.

Tobey Maguire was the non-MCU face of Spider-Man in the 2000s under the direction of Sam Raimi. The early 2010s saw a non-MCU reboot with Andrew Garfield in the lead. The MCU Spider-Man first appeared in "Captain America: Civil War" before spinning off into his own stand-alone MCU film.

Eric Bana became the Hulk in director Ang Lee's 2003 non-MCU version. while Edward Norton appeared in the 2008 MCU version. Another Hulk actor was also in that MCU version: '70s TV Hulk, Lou Ferrigno, who provided the voice for the green guy whenever he's on screen.

Even heroic groups form factions; this happened when the Avengers took opposing sides in "Captain America: Civil War." Not surprisingly, leading one side was Tony Stark, while the other was Steve Rogers. The rest of the Avengers, along with other recruits, also took sides behind Iron Man or Captain America.

Hope van Dyne's connection to the MCU might be tighter than Ant-Man's since her parents worked for S.H.I.E.L.D. Her dad created the Pym Particle, which makes it possible to shrink or enlarge humans. This technology was crucial in the "Avengers: Endgame" in their plan to retrieve the Infinity Stones.

In the Marvel comics, they classify Thanos as a "supervillain," since this character type gets pitted against superheroes. But in the MCU, his villainous portrayal has a more philosophical aspect. This is evident in the way he delivers speeches to rationalize his plan of wiping out the universe.

To continue its "transmedia storytelling" nature, MCU developed Peggy Carter in interlinked TV series. One was in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," while the other was in her own "Agent Carter" show. Hayley Atwell portrayed her; she also appears in Captain America's MCU film storylines.

The African king T'Challa succeeded his father-king T'Chaka in "Black Panther." But we first saw this Wakandan father and son tandem in "Captain America: Civil War," where the elder king got killed in a United Nations explosion.

Stan Lee filmed several MCU cameos before his death; that's why you can still spot him in "Avengers: Endgame." He's the car-driving '70s hippie that Tony Stark and Steve Rogers passes by on the way to the New Jersey military base. In "Captain Marvel," Carol Danvers smiles at him inside a subway.

Actor Terrence Howard originally played the Jim Rhodes character in "Iron Man" but without donning the War Machine ensemble yet. It was Don Cheadle who had that chance in the "Iron Man" sequels and in the subsequent MCU films.

"Avengers: Endgame" introduced to us the real-life Edwin Jarvis, butler and driver to Howard Stark. He was Tony Stark's inspiration in creating the artificial intelligence entity J.A.R.V.I.S., which acted as his "assistant" of sorts. The acronym stands for "Just Another Rather Very Intelligent System."

Robert Downey Jr. portrayed the iconic silent-film star Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic "Chaplin," where Marisa Tomei played actress Mabel Normand. The two reunited in the MCU playing Tony Stark and Peter Parker's Aunt May.

MCU actually goes beyond mere cross-platform storytelling; it's technically considered as "transmedia storytelling" because of their shared universe. Their interconnected stories where characters appear and continue their story arcs from one movie to another is what makes it "transmedia."

Spoiler alert: this line came from Tony Stark's young daughter in "Avengers: Endgame" which he later uses as his goodbye line. Katherine Langford, who played Hannah Baker in "13 Reasons Why," portrayed an older version of this daughter. Her scenes got cut when producers decided to tighten the story.

In "Captain Marvel," the younger Nick Fury noticed Air Force pilot Carol Danvers' call sign "Avenger" painted on the side of her jet. Military pilots also have their call signs on their uniforms and other items. Tom Cruise's 1986 movie "Top Gun" highlighted this call-sign use prominently.

Angela Bassett essayed the role of Queen Mother Ramonda in "Black Panther," while Rene Russo played Queen of Asgard Frigga in "Thor." As parents of the titular heroes, they served as caring mothers and wise counsel to their often conflicted children. They both appeared in "Avengers: Endgame."

To turn muscle-ripped "Captain America" into skinny Steve Rogers (or, well, the other way around!), the visual-effects studio combined old-school in-camera tricks with today's tech. Chris Evans crouched to fit Steve's short height. They later digitally re-scaled him painstakingly, somewhat similar to resizing a picture on Photoshop.

From her accent alone, one can guess that Wanda Maximoff originated in Eastern Europe; her surname also sounds like it. She hails from the fictional MCU-created country called Sokovia. In "Avengers: Age of Ultron," a map shows that Sokovia is a small landlocked country near the Czech Republic.

If you noticed Tony Stark interacting with friend and colleague Happy Hogan, then you just spotted two-time MCU director Jon Favreau. He helmed the first two "Iron Man" films and appeared in the funeral scene in "Avengers: Endgame" and in other MCU films with Tony Stark and Peter Parker storylines.

In the BBC's "Sherlock," Benedict Cumberbatch played the titular detective character, while Martin Freeman played Dr. John Watson. "Black Panther" showed how his MCU character, CIA agent Everett Ross, links with T'Challa's storyline. But we see him first in "Captain America: Civil War."

If you noticed in the "Avengers: Endgame" end credits, the original Avengers team included a literal "signing off" when their names flashed on-screen. The actors whose signatures flashed above their names were the ones who held the MCU story together as the Avengers, the core heroes of this saga.

Knighted Shakespearean actor Sir Kenneth Branagh sometimes crosses over to the director's side. In the MCU, he helmed 2011's "Thor," but his directing career started way back in 1988. Among his recent directed films are "Cinderella," "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" and "Murder on the Orient Express."