The Deer Hunter Trivia Questions

Answer: "What do you mean, trying?"

Michael is always in control and prepared, while Nick is still polishing his shoes.

Answer: Falling from a helicopter

Steven, Nick, and Michael are rescued from the POW camp by helicopter and hold on to the landing skids as it flies through the air. Steven, weakened, lets go and falls into a river, breaking his legs. Michael lets go as well, falling into the water to rescue his friend.

Answer: playing bingo

We see Steve playing bingo at the VA Hospital. He gets called away from the game because Mike called him.

Answer: Socks

Steven shows Michael the cash in his bedside table at the Veterans Hospital. Michael then forces Steven to leave the hospital.

Answer: "I like the trees, the way the trees are."

Michael and Nick talk about their town in the trailer before the wedding and before Vietnam.

Answer: American

"Chevotarevich - is that a Russian name?" asks the military doctor. "No," replies Nick, "It's American." Nick later breaks down when being asked about his parents.

Answer: socks and money

Angela keeps sending him socks and Nick is sending him cash from Saigon. Steve has several hundred dollars stashed in socks in his drawer. He has no other use for the socks, since he lost both of his legs.

Answer: He is playing Russian Roulette and shoots himself dead.

When Michael is facing him in Russian Roulette, there is a moment right before Nick pulls the trigger that he realizes that it's Michael.

Answer: bologna

Stan with no socks and no boots!

Answer: Drink a toast to him

After Nick's funeral, they gather for breakfast. After singing "God Bless America". they raise their glasses in a toast to their friend, the image freezes on the screen, and the scene fades to the closing credits.

Answer: he shoots himself in the head

At the end of the movie, Mike goes back to Saigon to bring Nick home. Nick plays Russian roulette with Mike and shoots himself in the head.

Answer: Five

Best Picture, Best Director (Cimino), Best Supporting Actor (Walken), Best Sound and Best Editing (Zimmer).

Answer: He is pretending to sleep.

Such a shock to go from the scene before of John (George Dzundza) playing piano in the bar to Vietnam, and all that is to come.

Answer: John

Drinking and being wild before the wedding and then all cleaned up and singing in church!

Answer: Serving God and Country Proudly

I'll never forget the three huge pictures of Nick, Michael and Steven hanging up in the reception hall.

Answer: Welch's Lounge

This was not easy to find in the movie and never said.

Answer: Because her Dad is abusive.

Her Dad is obviously very ill, a drug addict, an alcoholic or a combination. Not a good situation. After that day, I imagined that Linda came to check on her father, but only when absolutely necessary.

Answer: Nick

Nick says this in the locker room at the steel mill when they are leaving the steel mill and Stan is looking at himself in the mirror.