Q 01/05

Ang Lee pitched Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as which of his earlier films "with martial arts"?

A) The Ice Storm

B) Sense and Sensibility

C) The Wedding Banquet

D) Eat Drink Man Woman

Answer · why

B) Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility, his 1995 Jane Austen film. He planned a story about two women with the men in supporting roles, and one American critic duly ca...

Q 02/05

Which film beat Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to Best Picture?

A) Traffic

B) Erin Brockovich

C) Gladiator

D) Chocolat

Answer · why

C) Gladiator

Gladiator took the top prize for 2000. Crouching Tiger still won four Oscars and thrilled the West, while audiences in China greeted it more coolly.

Q 03/05

Who plays Li Mu Bai in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?

A) Andy Lau

B) Jackie Chan

C) Chow Yun-fat

D) Tony Leung

Answer · why

C) Chow Yun-fat

Chow Yun-fat had made his name in John Woo's Hong Kong gangster thrillers. Known at home for taking public transport, he pledged in 2018 to leave his ...

Q 04/05

Before playing Yu Shu Lien in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Michelle Yeoh starred in which James Bond film?

A) GoldenEye

B) Tomorrow Never Dies

C) The World Is Not Enough

D) Die Another Day

Answer · why

B) Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies cast her as a Chinese agent who teams up with 007. For Crouching Tiger she had to learn her lines by sound, because she could not ...

Q 05/05

In Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, what is the name of Li Mu Bai's stolen sword?

A) Green Destiny

B) Jade Serpent

C) Heaven's Edge

D) Dragon Fang

Answer · why

A) Green Destiny

Green Destiny is the fabled blade Li Mu Bai gives away so that he can retire. Its theft soon afterwards drags him straight back into the fighting life...