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This Kung Fu Panda trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers all four DreamWorks films plus Legends of Awesomeness, The Dragon Knight and the holiday special. It starts with questions any young fan can answer, like what animal Mr. Ping is and what Po finds inside the Dragon Scroll, then works up to the voice cast, the working titles the sequel almost had, why the Wuxi Finger Hold fails on Kai, and which YouTuber sneaks into the fourth film. About a third of the questions are easy enough for kids of eight and up, so it works for a family movie night or a classroom reward. The rest will keep parents and grown-up fans honest. Every question is multiple choice with a short explanation after you answer. Every answer has been checked against a primary source, and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01What kind of animal is Po?
Giant panda
He is a bumbling, noodle-loving kung fu fanatic who is unexpectedly named the Dragon Warrior.
Q 02Who provides the voice of Po in the films?
Jack Black
He also sings a rewritten 'Kung Fu Fighting' with Cee-Lo Green over the first film's end credits.
Q 03What is the name of the place where Po lives and works in his father's noodle shop?
Valley of Peace
Po works there in his father's noodle shop until the day of the tournament.
Q 04Po's adoptive father Mr. Ping is what kind of animal?
Goose
He runs a noodle restaurant and hopes Po will take it over one day.
Q 05Master Shifu, voiced by Dustin Hoffman, is what kind of animal?
Red panda
He raised the snow leopard Tai Lung as his own son before Tai Lung turned on the valley.
Q 06Which of these is NOT one of the Furious Five?
Cobra
The five are Tigress, Monkey, Crane, Viper and Mantis.
Q 07Grand Master Oogway is what kind of creature?
A tortoise
He is described as an ancient Galápagos tortoise and is Shifu's mentor.
Q 08Tai Lung, the villain of the first film, is what kind of big cat?
Snow leopard
He escaped prison to seize the Dragon Scroll he had once been denied.
Q 09Who voices Tai Lung?
Ian McShane
The actor returned for Kung Fu Panda 4, where the Chameleon takes Tai Lung's form.
Q 10Which martial-arts movie star voices Master Monkey?
Jackie Chan
He also reprised the role for the film's Chinese-language dub.
Q 11Angelina Jolie voices which member of the Furious Five?
Tigress
Lucy Liu voices Viper, David Cross voices Crane and Seth Rogen voices Mantis.
Q 12When Po finally opens the Dragon Scroll, what does he find?
A blank golden mirror
He realises the message matches his father's secret: there is no secret ingredient.
Q 13What is the 'secret ingredient' in Mr. Ping's secret ingredient soup?
Nothing at all
Ping tells Po that believing something is special is what makes it special.
What is the name of the finishing move Po uses to defeat Tai Lung?
Q 21Which composer, later joined by John Powell, scored the first Kung Fu Panda and visited China to prepare?
Hans Zimmer
He also used the China National Symphony Orchestra in the recording.
Q 22Which Stephen Chow martial-arts comedy is reported to have inspired the directors of the first film?
Kung Fu Hustle
The look drew on artier films like Hero, House of Flying Daggers and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Q 23The rhinoceros warden of the prison holding Tai Lung, Commander Vachir, was voiced by which actor?
Michael Clarke Duncan
Dan Fogler voiced Zeng, the nervous messenger goose sent to warn the prison.
Wuxi Finger Hold
He taught himself the move; in the third film he uses it on himself to reach the Spirit Realm.
Q 15Why does Tai Lung's paralysing nerve strike fail against Po?
Po's body fat
The same technique had taken down all of the Furious Five moments earlier.
Q 16Shifu discovers Po can perform amazing physical feats when he is motivated by what?
Food
Shifu builds an entire training style around dumplings and bowls of noodles.
Q 17The hand-drawn opening sequence of the first film was designed to resemble what Chinese art form?
Shadow puppetry
It was directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, who went on to direct the second and third films.
Q 18Where did the first Kung Fu Panda hold its world premiere in May 2008?
Cannes Film Festival
It reportedly received massive, sustained applause at the end of the screening.
Q 19Roughly how much did the first Kung Fu Panda gross worldwide?
$632 million
That made it the highest-grossing animated film of 2008.
Q 20The first Kung Fu Panda swept the Annie Awards, winning how many out of sixteen nominations?
Ten
The haul was so lopsided that critics accused DreamWorks of buying voting memberships for its staff.
Q 24Kung Fu Panda 2's villain, Lord Shen, is what kind of bird?
Peacock
He is voiced by Gary Oldman.
Q 25Lord Shen's family, rulers of Gongmen City, invented what?
Fireworks
Shen realised the gunpowder could be weaponised and built cannons to conquer China.
Q 26The Soothsayer prophesied that Shen would be defeated by 'a warrior of' what?
Black and white
Shen took it to mean a panda and tried to wipe out every panda in China.
Q 27Mr. Ping found baby Po in a shipment of what?
Radishes
Po's mother had hidden him in the crate while she led Shen's wolves away.
Q 28Which Oscar-winning actress voices the Soothsayer, a wise goat, in Kung Fu Panda 2?
Michelle Yeoh
Jean-Claude Van Damme joined the same film as Master Croc.
Q 29Kung Fu Panda 2 was the top-grossing film solely directed by a woman until Wonder Woman. Who directed it?
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
She had been head of story on the first film and directed its shadow-puppet opening.
Q 30Before it was simply titled Kung Fu Panda 2, the sequel had which working subtitles?
Pandamonium and Kaboom of Doom
Both were dropped by the time of release in 2011.