Imagine you’re Superman. You have limitless power — but there’s still only so much time in the day.
1. Stop Rampaging Robots or Save an Old Man?
In downtown Metropolis, a squadron of evil robots is robbing a bank. If you don't stop them immediately, they'll tunnel into the earth and escape.
On the other side of town, a 90-year-old man is choking on a jelly bean. If you don't rush to his assisted living facility and give him the Heimlich, he will die.
2. Disarm a Mugger or Save a Malaysian Orphanage?
Right outside the Daily Planet, a mugger is stealing Lois Lane's purse. You can either stop him or…
Fly to Malaysia, where a fire at an orphanage will claim the lives of seven orphans whom you'd never even meet otherwise.
3. Save Smallville or Stop Financial Malfeasance?
Perry White gives you a hot tip — Lex Luthor is planning to unleash his Earthquake Machine. His target? Smallville.
At the exact same moment, the board of directors at the Bank of Metropolis approves a risky plan to leverage toxic real estate assets. When it fails, it could destroy the economy and leave thousands homeless.
4. Protect the Eiffel Tower or Raise the Minimum Wage?
Darkseid, the cunning, alien ruler of the planet Apokolips, is threatening to destroy the Eiffel Tower.
Meanwhile, a march in support of a bill to raise the minimum wage is happening in Metropolis's Suicide Slum. If Superman shows up, his support will guarantee the measure passes.
5. Another Orphanage Fire?
Remember that Malaysian orphanage fire from Question 2? At the same time, a different Malaysian orphanage also caught on fire, but you were unaware and could do nothing.
6. Save a Falling Construction Worker or Fundamentally Alter Our Nation's Health Care System?
A construction worker is falling off a skyscraper to their certain death. Assuming this happens once per day and you fly by and scoop up every falling construction worker, you'll save 365 people per year.
Meanwhile, inadequate access to health care kills 45,000 people per year in America.
7. Save a Cat, Save a Friend, or Cure Cancer?
A cat is stuck in a tree.
Jimmy Olsen got turned into a gorilla — again.
Your good friend Ray Palmer, the smartest man in the world, is busy working on a shrink ray instead of curing cancer.
8. Destroy Doomsday or Run for Office?
Brainiac is plotting to revive the rampaging alien-clone, Doomsday. You can infiltrate Brainiac's living spaceship and destroy the still-gestating monster.
But will that fix Metropolis's crumbling public schools? You could run for school board president, provide an influx of Kryptonian technology, and offer a brighter future for generations of students.
9. Put Out Yet Another Orphanage Fire With Your Breath or Declare Yourself Leader for Life?
Yes, there's yet another Malaysian orphanage fire. Is this a ploy by the villainous Metallo? No, it's just the sad state of the world. You could use your freeze breath to put out the fire.
But you could also declare yourself the Forever Sovereign of Malaysia and root out the structural problems that are causing both the fires and the large number of children to become parentless in the first place.
10. Confront the Unknown or Shield Your Mind From the Harsh Truths of Existence?
Like all mortal beings, you will one day die.