Q 01/05

What code of conduct guided the samurai, emphasizing loyalty, honor and martial mastery?

A) Shinto

B) Bushido

C) Kokugaku

D) Zenrin

Answer · why

B) Bushido

Bushido was for centuries a shifting set of unwritten expectations rather than one written code, and individual clans interpreted it in their own way.

Q 02/05

Which modern Japanese martial art, fought in armour with flexible practice swords, grew out of samurai sword training?

A) Iaido

B) Kendo

C) Aikido

D) Kyūdō

Answer · why

B) Kendo

Kendo, 'the way of the sword', grew from the kenjutsu drills of the samurai; once armour and split practice swords were brought into training, student...

Q 03/05

In which Quentin Tarantino film does the swordsmith Hattori Hanzō forge a blade for the Bride?

A) Pulp Fiction

B) Jackie Brown

C) Kill Bill

D) Reservoir Dogs

Answer · why

C) Kill Bill

Kill Bill gave its master swordsmith, played by Sonny Chiba, the name of a real Tokugawa retainer whom legend remembers as a leader of ninja, not as a...

Q 04/05

Which Star Wars character's headgear did concept artist Ralph McQuarrie model on a samurai helmet?

A) Boba Fett

B) Darth Vader

C) Kylo Ren

D) Captain Phasma

Answer · why

B) Darth Vader

Darth Vader: George Lucas asked for a tall, dark figure in a cape, and McQuarrie joined a samurai helmet to a breathing mask because the script had th...

Q 05/05

The title shogun is short for seii taishōgun, a commander-in-chief sent to subdue whom?

A) Pirates

B) Rebel monks

C) Barbarians

D) Rival emperors

Answer · why

C) Barbarians

Barbarians: the title first went to generals sent against the Emishi people of northern Japan in the 8th century, and only four centuries later became...