Saving Private Ryan Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: John Williams

Four-time Academy Award winner John Williams did a superlative score for this movie.

Answer: Up, not down

Captain Miller was answering a question of what his gripes would be. He said that if he were going to gripe, it would be to his superior officer, and not to those under his command ("Gripes go up, not down").

Answer: 8

There were 8 people at the beginning, before the death of Coparzo. Spielberg made an interesting mistake, given his status as one of the best Directors of his time, and accidentally showed 8 people after Coparzo's death!

Answer: Set up field operations

Instead of guns, the 104th walked up the beach carrying typewriters.

Answer: He thought it would cause a German assault.

Mellish was behind the car yelling for Caparzo to put the letter down in case the Germans thought it was important information, and would possibly cause a German assault.

Answer: Giovanni Ribisi

Ribisi, born in 1974 in Los Angeles, California played Irwin Wade. Irwin was a medic for Captain Miller's unit and was often seen tending to their wounds. There was one particular scene where Irwin managed to stop a soldier's bleeding but then became distressed once a bullet hit the soldier in the head. Irwin was shot in the stomach with Captain Miller and Corporal Upham nearby so both of them asked Irwin how they could help him. Irwin suggested they give him some morphine to help alleviate the pain, so Captain Miller instructed Sergeant Horvath to inject some morphine into him. Unfortunately, their best efforts did not save Irwin Wade and he died. Ribisi guest starred on the TV shows, "Entourage", "Chicago Hope" and "The X-Files".

Answer: One Thousand Paces

At the German radar site, none of the squad members wanted to take the risk, but Captain Miller felt it was his duty to not leave the burden for the next squad that came along. In the raid, the squad lost their second member, T/4 medic Wade. There was only one surviving German, whom the squad abused liberally in their grief. After burying the dead soldiers, most of the squad wanted to execute the German P.O.W., but Upham convinced Miller to do the decent, humane thing to do, which was to let the P.O.W. go. They blindfolded him and told him to walk 1000 paces in the direction they pointed. Once he had done that, he was to turn himself into the next Allied patrol he came across.

Answer: Dog Green

Before the landings start, subtitles fade up that read "June 6th, 1944, Dog Green sector Omaha Beach."

Answer: Ramelle

In the movie, this bridge was wanted by the Nazis so they could move heavy equipment over it. It was the Americans' job to hold the bridge or, if that became impossible, to destroy it so the Nazis could not use it.

Answer: Francis

At the beginning of the movie, the group thinks that they have found James F. Ryan but, the man turns out to be James Frederick Ryan. The correct one is James Francis Ryan.

Answer: Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel plays Private Caparzo, who dies by a sniper in a bombed French village.

Answer: Those were his orders

Hundreds of iron "hedgehogs" cluttered the beach. They provided cover for the infantry but had to be destroyed so the tanks could get ashore. Unfortunatly, only a small fraction of the armour dispatched actually made it ashore.

Answer: Prays

'...let not my enemy triumph over me...'

Answer: Sergeant Horvath

Wade kept asking for someone to put his legs up and Horvath finally did.

Answer: A tank cannon

It was during the battle for the bridge at Rommel. Jackson and another soldier were in a bell tower firing at enemy troops when Jackson looked down and saw a tank taking aim at them. Seconds later, it fired, destroying the top of the bell tower.

Answer: Fubar

At the end of the movie, Upham finally realizes the meaning of the word. It is an acronym for Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition (clean version).

Answer: Captain John Miller

Tom Hanks plays Captain John Miller. He is the highest ranking officer to be sent out to save Private Ryan. He eventually gets shot and killed in the end of the movie.

Answer: Fox, Able, and George Companies

While they played a major part in D-Day, they did not go ashore any beach.

Answer: 2nd Rangers

'Miller, Charlie Company, 2nd Rangers.'

Answer: Minnesota

His brothers were still in grammar school.

Answer: Timothy

Captain Miller says Upham's entire name when he was looking for someone who could speak French and German on Omaha Beach.

Answer: A Bazooka

The squad was walking through a grassy field when a German half track came out. It was blown up soon after it appeared, and the squad saw its three hidden allies after securing the area. Private James Ryan was the one holding a bazooka when he stood up in the tall grass. This was the first time the squad saw who it was that they were trying to save.