Q 01/05

Samurai Jack's fast-talking robot assassin Scaramouche was modelled on which Rat Pack entertainer?

A) Frank Sinatra

B) Sammy Davis Jr.

C) Dean Martin

D) Peter Lawford

Answer · why

B) Sammy Davis Jr.

Scaramouche, modelled on Sammy Davis Jr., spent season five trying to tell Aku that Jack had lost his sword, and Aku destroyed him on finding Jack arm...

Q 02/05

Which 1970s TV drama inspired Samurai Jack?

A) Shogun

B) Longstreet

C) Kung Fu

D) The Master

Answer · why

C) Kung Fu

Executive Mike Lazzo said 'Remember David Carradine in Kung Fu? Wasn't that cool?' was literally the whole pitch.

Q 03/05

Which Frank Miller comic provided the premise of a nameless samurai in a dystopian future?

A) 300

B) Sin City

C) Elektra: Assassin

D) Ronin

Answer · why

D) Ronin

Miller's 300 separately inspired the episode 'Jack and the Spartans'.

Q 04/05

Jack's father received his magic katana from which trinity of gods?

A) Zeus, Thor and Vishnu

B) Amaterasu, Horus and Tyr

C) Apollo, Shiva and Baldr

D) Ra, Rama and Odin

Answer · why

D) Ra, Rama and Odin

Ra, Rama and Odin return Jack's lost sword in season five, but only once he lets go of the anger that had kept him from finding it.

Q 05/05

How does the samurai come to be called 'Jack'?

A) It's his father's name

B) Aku mocks him with it

C) Locals call him that as slang

D) He reads it on a poster

Answer · why

C) Locals call him that as slang

Locals call him that as slang, so the prince first introduces himself as Jack to three dog archaeologists he vows to protect.