Q 01/05

Jackie Chan's parents arrived in Hong Kong as political refugees from which conflict?

A) The Chinese Civil War

B) The Second Sino-Japanese War

C) The Korean War

D) The Cultural Revolution

Answer · why

A) The Chinese Civil War

The Chinese Civil War uprooted them: his father had worked for Nationalist intelligence and left for Hong Kong once the Communists won, a past he kept...

Q 02/05

Chan's father originally had which surname before fleeing to Hong Kong?

A) Wong

B) Lee

C) Fang

D) Yuen

Answer · why

C) Fang

Fang was the name his father shed on reaching Hong Kong. Told the family secret as an adult, the star took the Chinese name Fang Shilong.

Q 03/05

Chan grew up in the grounds of which diplomat's Victoria Peak residence, where his father was the cook?

A) The Dutch consul

B) The French consul

C) The Italian consul

D) The Portuguese consul

Answer · why

B) The French consul

The French consul's residence gave the Chans one of Hong Kong's smartest addresses on servants' pay: his father cooked there and his mother kept house...

Q 04/05

At the China Drama Academy, Chan trained in what tradition?

A) Cantonese puppetry

B) Shaolin temple boxing

C) Classical ballet

D) Peking Opera

Answer · why

D) Peking Opera

Peking Opera meant a decade of acrobatics, singing and martial arts drills, and the tumbling it taught him is what first got him hired as a film stunt...

Q 05/05

The elite performing group of the China Drama Academy, which included Chan, was called what?

A) The Five Golden Dragons

B) The Eight Immortals

C) The Three Brothers

D) The Seven Little Fortunes

Answer · why

D) The Seven Little Fortunes

The Seven Little Fortunes also featured Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, and the bond outlived the school: the three went on to star together in a run of 198...