Martial Arts and Action Mix Trivia

1. What did Wong Fei-hung lose in "Last Hero in China"?

From Quiz Jet Li Movies Part 2

Answer: His hearing.

In the movie, some children have lost their hearing due to taking a new kind of medicine. Wong decides to test the medicine on himself, and eventually he loses his hearing.

From Quiz Jet Li Movies Part 1

Answer: Mok Siu-chung

Mok Siu-chung was born in Hong Kong, 1960, and has appeared in over 70 movies. He was recruited by the Shaw Bros Studios and his first debut was in the 1983 "The Enchantress". His most famous role is of course playing Leung Foon in Parts 2-5 of the "Once Upon a Time in China" series.

From Quiz Jet Li's Female Movie Co-stars

Answer: Rosamund Kwan

Rosamund Kwan played Aunt Yee in all "Once Upon a Time in China" movies except Part Four. In Part Five her co-star was Vincent Chiu, who replaced Jet Li as Wong Fei Hung. Rosamund Kwan - also known as Kwan Chi-lam - was born in Hong Kong to parents who were both in the acting industry. Rosamund's first movie debut was in the 1982 "The Head Hunter", and she has appeared in over 50 movies. Fans of Jackie Chan may have seen her in "Armour of God" and "Project A Part 2". In 2007 she announced her retirement from the acting industry.

From Quiz Martial Movies Mayhem

Answer: Tom-Yum-Goong

This movie is about the bond between man and beast, Kham (played by Tony Jaa) and Por Yai his elephant and its calf, Kohrn. The elephants are stolen by a Vietnamese criminal who owns a restaurant in Australia called Tom Yum Goong Otob.

From Quiz Martial Arts Movies

Answer: Noriyuki Morita

Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was the endearing Mr Miyagi in the first four "Karate Kid" movies. Sadly, he passed away but he will always be one of my favourites. At first the producers were doubtful if they should cast him or not since he was a stand-up comedian and had no martial arts experience at all. His stunt double in many of the fight scenes was Fumio Demura, a well known Okinawan karate and kobudo master.

From Quiz Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting 3

Answer: Bruce Lee

Born Lee Jun Fan on November 27, 1940 in San Fransisco. Died 'mysteriously' July 20 1973 (of a brain edema). Developed Jeet Kune Do (Way of the Intercepting Fist). At the age of 18 he won the Crown Colony Cha-Cha Championship in Hong Kong. He studied Wing Chun Kung Fu under Yip Man.

From Quiz Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting 2

Answer: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

His big break came in the movie "The Last Emperor" in 1987. He generally is a 'bad guy' and has appeared with 2 James Bonds: Sean Connery in the 1993 movie "Rising Sun" and Timothy Dalton in "License to Kill" in 1989.

From Quiz Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting 1

Answer: Jet Li

Born Li Lian Jie on April 26, 1963, in Beijing, China. He began studying Wushu at the age of 9.

From Quiz Martial Arts Movie Titles

Answer: Armor of God I

This was the scene where Jackie was to jump from a wall to a tree. He jumped to the tree (unsuccessfully), fell, hit his head on a rock, and went into a coma temporarily. A permanent thimble-sized whole in the right side of his head.

From Quiz Martial Arts and the Movies

Answer: Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco. Jackie Chan was born in 1954, the year of the Horse, and Jet Li was born in 1963, the year of the Rabbit. Billy Blanks introduced Tae-Bo for the first time in 1989.

From Quiz All Guns Blazing

Answer: Sin City

"Sin City" is a 2005 crime anthology built around, predominantly, three Frank Miller graphic novels. One of those sees Officer Hartigan (Willis) on the trail of a seriously disfigured serial child murderer who has his sights on eleven year-old Nancy. The problem for Hartigan is that the killer (played by Nick Stahl) is the son of US Senator Roark, played by Powers Booth. Roark turns a blind eye to his son's evil ways and has paid off the police on several occasions to do likewise. He now pays Hartigan's partner to take "care" of Hartigan himself.

From Quiz Swishing Swashbucklers

Answer: Uma Thurman

All these actresses wielded swords and other blank weapons during these movies. Uma Thurman (born 1970) played the protagonist, The Bride (whose name Beatrix Kiddo is only revealed in the second movie). On a final rehearsal for her marriage, she was attacked by her former colleagues and left for dead. But after being in a coma for four years, she awoke and went out for revenge... Lucy Liu (born 1968) played O-Ren Ishii, a Chinese-Japanese contract killer. In the final scene of "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" The Bride and O-Ren Ishii used their swords for a duel in the snow. Vivica Fox (born 1964) played Vernita Green, the first of her former colleagues The Bride paid a visit. The duel in the kitchen is remarkable: the two women try to kill each other whilst keeping very polite... Chiaki Kuriyama (born 1984) played Gogo Yubari, a school kid armed with a ball-and-chain flail. She took on The Bride just before the showdown with O-Ren Ishii. 

From Quiz Donnie Yen Movie Mix

Answer: Drunken Tai Chi

On his way back to the US from Beijing, Donnie stopped over at Hong Kong where he met Yuen Woo-ping, the legendary martial arts choreographer. Yuen liked Donnie's skills and cast him in the 1984 movie "Drunken Tai Chi", thus starting Donnie's movie career. In the movie, Donnie plays Cheng Do, the second son of a rich merchant, and is highly skilled with martial arts. When he accidentally brain damages a young man in a fight, the family seeks revenge by murdering Cheng's whole family. Cheng runs away but an assassin is hired to kill him. Cheng meets a puppeteer who teaches him Tai Chi, and he uses his new skill to defeat the assassin.

From Quiz Jet Li Movies Part 2

Answer: He was cured by a hermit.

In the movie, Chang Mo-kei falls down a cliff and meets this weird hermit who is chained up to a massive ball of rock. The hermit finds out that Chang has been poisoned and decides to help him only if Chang slanders his Grandmaster. Chang tricks the hermit by saying he refuses to learn his martial arts at all costs. The hermit is incensed by this and forces Chang to learn his arts, thus curing Chang's poison.

From Quiz Jet Li's Female Movie Co-stars

Answer: Michelle Reis

Michelle Reis - otherwise known as Lee Ka-yan - was born on 20 June, 1970 to a Portuguese father and a Chinese mother. Michelle grew up in Hong Kong, and in 1988 won the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, which propelled her to stardom. She has appeared in over 30 movies since debuting in the 1990 movie "A Chinese Ghost Story 2". Michelle Reis also starred in "Swordsman 2" with Jet Li. She is also known to be one of Hong Kong's most beautiful actresses.

From Quiz Martial Arts Movies

Answer: Jeff Speakman

Jeff Speakman is an American martial artist and actor. He practices American Kenpo Karate and the movie "The Perfect Weapon" was dedicated to the memory of Ed Parker, founder of American Kenpo Karate. Jeff also starred in the movie "Street Knight".

From Quiz Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting 3

Answer: Wesley Snipes

Born July 31, 1962 in Orlando, Florida. He attended the High School for Performing Arts (Fame). His first screen appearance was in Wildcats in 1986. He was also in Michael Jackson's video for "Bad".

From Quiz Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting 2

Answer: Billy Blanks

Born on September 1 1955 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was the 4th of 15 children. Inventor of Tae Bo, he is dyslexic. He holds a 7th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and black belt in 5 other martial arts. He was captain of the US Karate team, winning 36 international gold medals.

From Quiz Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting 1

Answer: Benny Urquidez

Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez was born in 1952, in California. He has earned black belt in 9 different martial arts. He also has a professional full-contact fight record of over 200 wins with no losses.

From Quiz Martial Arts Movie Titles

Answer: Jet Li

This was when Nixon was in the White House and Jet Li was a wee lad.

From Quiz Martial Arts and the Movies

Answer: Oddjob

All but Kato are James Bond villains. Kato, played by Bruce Lee, is the martial arts expert chauffeur and sidekick of the Green Hornet.

From Quiz All Guns Blazing

Answer: Get Carter

Stallone is Jack Carter in this film, a remake of the 1971 film (with the same name) that starred Michael Caine in the title role. Caine, this time, takes on the role of Cliff Brumby, one of the people involved in the murder of Carter's brother. Suspicious at the start about his brother's death, Carter starts a series of enquiries that lead him toward a club that is owned by Brumby that Carter's brother used to manage. In the process he uncovers a web of prostitution and porn. The film also stars Miranda Richardson and Mickey Rourke.

From Quiz Swishing Swashbucklers

Answer: Elizabeth Swann

Keira Knightley (born 1985) is an English actress. She played Elizabeth Swann, the pirate captain of the "Empress" and later pirate king, in the movies "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006) and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (2007). At first her role was that of a teenage girl of wealthy descent, who happened to get entangled in pirate wars quite by accident. But during the movie series, Elizabeth Swann went over to the pirates and became one of the most formidable leaders of those outlaws, and the wife of that other great pirate, Will Turner (role of Orlando Bloom). Elizabeth Bennet was the main role in "Pride and Prejudice" (2005) and Anna Karenina was the title role in a movie from 2012. Keira Knightley played both these romantic heroines. Keira Knightley's role as Hélène Joncour was in the movie "Silk" (2007). Hélène Joncour was the wife of a French silk merchant and smuggler who fell in love with a Japanese concubine during one of his business trips.

From Quiz Donnie Yen Movie Mix

Answer: Wong Kei-ying

Contrary to popular belief, Donnie did not play the title character, which went to Yu Rongguang. Donnie played Wong Kei-ying, the father to the famous Wong Fei-hung, who in this movie was actually played by a girl called Angie Tsang. In the movie, Wong Kei-ying and his son travel into town and get entangled with the Iron Monkey (a Robin Hood-type hero). Wong believes the Iron Monkey is a vigilante and tries to apprehend him. At the end, they both team up to defeat a group of rogue Shaolin monks.

From Quiz Jet Li Movies Part 2

Answer: Xiong Xin-xin (Hung Yan-yan)

Xiong Xin-xin (also known as Hung Yan-yan) is a prolific stuntman/martial artist working in the Hong Kong movie business since 1986. He was discovered by director Lau Kar-leung and hired him to be Jet Li's double in the 1986 movie "Martial Arts of Shaolin". Later, Xiong would become Jet Li's double in many movies including the "Once Upon a Time in China" series. Xiong practiced martial arts at an early age in China and won numerous awards on the mainland. He has excellent martial arts capabilities as shown in the movies. Xiong eventually became an action choreographer and director.

From Quiz Jet Li Movies Part 1

Answer: Fearless

Collin Chou played a good guy in "Fearless", where he portrayed the father of the young Huo Yuan-jia (Fok Yuen-gap). In the movie, Huo becomes a fearsome fighter, winning every single fight he participates in. He becomes reckless and egotistic, eventually causing his own downfall by killing another martial artist who has no quarrel with him. Huo goes into hiding and learns the true nature of martial arts in a remote village. He comes back to participate in fights against foreigners, and to spread the true message of learning martial arts to the masses. Collin Chou is a Taiwanese martial artist. During his early years in the business he was known by his stage name Ngai Sing, and appeared in numerous martial arts movies in the 1990s and 2000s, usually playing the bad guy. In the West, he is best known for his role as Seraph in "Matrix Reloaded" and "Matrix Revolutions" movies.

From Quiz Jet Li's Female Movie Co-stars

Answer: Michelle Yeoh

"The Evil Cult" ended on a cliffhanger, and there was supposed to be a sequel in the planning, but due to poor box office returns it was canned. Michelle Yeoh was also in Jet Li's "Tai Chi Master" ("The Twin Warriors"), and had a brief cameo in "Fearless". She is probably most famous for her roles in the James bond movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" with Pierce Brosnan, and with Chow Yun-Fat in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

From Quiz Masters of Martial Arts

Answer: Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal ran an Aikido dojo in Japan before transferring his career to Los Angeles and the movies. He was cast in 'Above the Law' after impressing studio executives with a display of martial arts during his screen test. As well as acting in a number of action films, he directed 'On Deadly Ground'(1994)and acted as a martial arts consultant for a number of movies.

From Quiz Martial Arts Movies

Answer: Muay Thai

In the movie, Tony Jaa is a Muay Thai practitioner who must save two elephants who have been kidnapped. Muay Thai is an ancient form of Thai boxing and considered by many to be the toughest stand up fighting art in the world.

From Quiz Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting 3

Answer: Dolph Lundgren

Born Hans Lundgren on November 3, 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden. He has a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering. He was European Heavyweight Karate Champion in 1980-81 and Australian Champion in 1982. He was captain of the Swedish full-contact karate team. He is a black belt in Kyokushin karate. He was Team Leader for the 1996 Olympic US Pentathlon team. (Various sources.)

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