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

His father had briefly worked as a secret agent for the Kuomintang spy chief Dai Li and feared arrest by the communist government.

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

Jackie discovered the family history in the late 1990s and adopted the Chinese name Fang Shilong.

Q 03/05

Chan grew up at which foreign official's Victoria Peak residence, where his father cooked?

A) The British governor

B) The French consul

C) The American consul

D) The Portuguese consul

Answer · why

B) The French consul

He failed his first year at primary school, after which his parents withdrew him.

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

The school was run by Master Yu Jim-yuen; Chan took the stage name Yuen Lo in his honour.

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

Fellow members Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao became lifelong friends; the trio were later dubbed the Three Dragons.