Q 01/05

Goku is based on the Monkey King, hero of which classic 16th-century Chinese novel?

A) Journey to the West

B) Outlaws of the Marsh

C) The Plum in the Golden Vase

D) Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Answer · why

A) Journey to the West

Journey to the West stars Sun Wukong, whose name is read Son Goku in Japanese, so Toriyama's hero carries the Monkey King's own name.

Q 02/05

Which signature energy beam does young Goku copy after seeing his teacher fire it only once?

A) Galick Gun

B) Kamehameha

C) Special Beam Cannon

D) Final Flash

Answer · why

B) Kamehameha

Kamehameha took its inventor about 50 years to perfect, yet Goku fires one as a child after a single demonstration.

Q 03/05

What sight turns young Goku into the giant ape that unknowingly kills his adoptive grandfather?

A) A solar eclipse

B) A shooting star

C) A full moon

D) A blazing sunset

Answer · why

C) A full moon

A full moon triggers the Ōzaru form, and Goku has no idea afterwards that he was the monster responsible.

Q 04/05

What birth name was Goku given as a Saiyan infant before being sent to Earth?

A) Tarble

B) Paragus

C) Turles

D) Kakarot

Answer · why

D) Kakarot

Kakarot was replaced on Earth, where the old hermit who found the infant renamed him Goku.

Q 05/05

Which Hong Kong star did Akira Toriyama say was the only one who could play Goku in live action?

A) Chow Yun-fat

B) Sammo Hung

C) Jackie Chan

D) Donnie Yen

Answer · why

C) Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan's 1978 film Drunken Master helped inspire Dragon Ball, and the actor has since called Goku his favourite character in the series.