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1 (Hint: there is an episode told from his point of view in the second half of the series.) Aside from veterans, who is the first person you see in the series?
Answer: Roe

He's first, then Compton, then Welsh and Ranney, and so on.
  From Quiz: Easy Company
2 Which central character has "no vices, no flaws, no sense of humor," at least according to Nixon?
Answer: Richard Winters

Nixon explains Winters to the newly-arrived Welsh in this manner. Winters does not drink and rarely swears.
    Your options: [ Richard Winters ] [ Carwood Lipton ] [ Ronald Speirs ] [ Thomas Meehan ]
  From Quiz: Who's Who in Easy Company
3 "I'm not a Quaker."
Answer: Winters

Guarnere has somehow got the idea in his head that Winters is a Quaker. Winters sets the record straight in "Day of Days."
    Your options: [ Nixon ] [ Winters ] [ Roe ] [ Liebgott ]
  From Quiz: Who Said That? Who Broke Silence?
4 In what year did Easy Company, second Battalion of the 506th PIR, officially form?
Answer: August of 1942

When Easy was officially formed at Camp Toccoa in Georgia, they were not yet attached to the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles.
  From Quiz: All About the "Band of Brothers"
5 Who was the first commander of Easy Company at the time of its inception in July of 1942?
Answer: Herbert Sobel

Thomas Meehan took over command just prior to DDAY, after the NCO "mutiny" (which re-assigned Sobel to Chilton Foliat to oversee chaplains and news correspondents jump training) and was killed on DDAY when the plane he was in was shot down. The command then was given to Richard Winters.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers"
6 When was Winters given command of Easy Company?
Answer: D-Day

Winters was given command after Lt. Meehan's plane was shot down on D-Day. He moved up to Major by the end of the war.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 10 "Points" Part 2
7 What country does Easy start in at the beginning of the episode?
Answer: Austria

Enjoying the great scenery and fresh air of post-war Austria must have been one of the most amazing experiences for a soldier surviving the horrors of war.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 10 "Points" Part 1
8 Who composed the piece of music that the musicians were playing?
Answer: Beethoven

Leibgott comments on the music and says it is Mozart. Nixon tells him that it is not Mozart, but in fact it is Beethoven.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 9 "Why We Fight"
9 What number is on the jeep that Webster gets out of?
Answer: USA 207723-5

Webster was at the aid station, followed by rehab and replacement depot, from upwards of four months. Most of the wounded soldiers managed to go AWOL from the hospitals. Webster was looked down upon by fellow soldiers for not doing so.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 8 "The Last Patrol"
10 What was it that Easy Company were not permitted to build?
Answer: fire

By building a fire, you would expose your position to the enemy. The Nazis apparently saw the fire and started to shell Easy Company.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 7 "The Breaking Point"
11 What does Winters pour over Nixon to wake him up?
Answer: urine

Thinking it was anything but, Winters throws a jar full of urine on Nixon to wake him up. Great way to start the day.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 5 "Crossroads"
12 What is Winters doing at the start of the episode?
Answer: shaving

While shaving, he was picking the ice out of his water. This shows the miserable conditions that the soldiers had to endure in the harsh winters near Bastogne. They lacked food, ammo and warm clothes for one of the coldest winters in that area's history.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 6 "Bastogne"
13 What number on the dart board does Heffron say he will hit?
Answer: double 7

All the men were enjoying a nice night in an English Pub when they heard the news that they were heading out to Holland.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 4 "Replacements"
14 What is Blithe looking at at the start of the episode?
Answer: the sky

He apparently hid in a ditch as soon as he landed, and didn't really do much until members of Easy found him.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 3 "Carentan"
15 Who got hit in the plane and didn't jump?
Answer: Cobb

He eventually rejoins the company. He is later seen hasselling a new recruit who had a medal the regiment was given for D-Day, as the recruit was not involved with the jump. Neither was Cobb.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 2 "Day of Days"
16 Where is Captain Sobel from?
Answer: Chicago

It comes up in a conversation between Winters and Nixon. Captain Sobel hated Easy Company from the day he was demoted, and eventually ended up shooting himself in 1988 after a life of hatred towards E Company.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 1 "Currahee"
17 Who is the first person you see (after the interviews with veterans) in episode 2?
Answer: Guarnere

There were twelve men and two pilots per aircraft. Several planes were hit before the men could even jump.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" - Episode 2
18 What United States Army item(s) do Malarkey and More steal in "Carentan" that Malarkey has to explain away to Sobel in "Replacements"?
Answer: A motorcycle

They have a grand ol' time cruising the countryside in one of the lighter scenes in the series. Malarkey now has a book out called "Easy Company Soldier" in which he talks about his war experiences.
  From Quiz: Easy Company
19 "You got to admit, he's got no chance. Either the Krauts'll get him, or one of us." Which officer (who does not have the respect of the men) is Cobb talking about?
Answer: Captain Sobel

While the real Sobel was great at basic training, and the real men of Easy Co. believe that it was his harsh training that kept them alive during the war, Sobel's methods were petty, he could not read a map, and he got the men "killed" in a training exercise. In the series, Liebgott suggests that he will "accidentally" fumble a grenade to kill Sobel. When the NCOs mutiny, Sink removes Sobel from command and replaces him with Lt. Meehan.
    Your options: [ Captain Sobel ] [ Major Winters ] [ Major Horton ] [ Lieutenant Dike ]
  From Quiz: Who's Who in Easy Company
20 "George, what would I do without George Luz?" Who's happy to be playing darts with Luz?
Answer: Compton

George Luz and "Buck" Compton are playing darts. Buck has been shooting with his left hand all night. After the two make a bet for cigarettes with some other soldiers, Luz asks if Buck will continue to shoot as he has, because he is actually right-handed. Buck says the above and switches hands. They win the cigarettes.
  From Quiz: Who Said That? Who Broke Silence?
21 Who was the first X.O. of Easy Company?
Answer: Lt. Clarence Hester

Herbert Sobel was the original C.O., or commanding officer. As X.O., Hester was Sobel's right-hand man.
  From Quiz: All About the "Band of Brothers"
22 Who was the first commander of 2nd battalion 506th PIR?
Answer: Robert Strayer

2nd battalion commander Robert Strayer held the rank of Major at the inception of the 506th PIR but was promoted to Lt. Colonel soon after.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers"
23 One of the German officers said he had been in every country that participated in the war. Which one did he say was the best?
Answer: France

He said "France was beautiful and best, Italy was second, and that Russia was not desirable". This was heard in a conversation at a checkpoint between himself and Pfc. John Janovec.
    Your options: [ France ] [ Russia ] [ Italy ] [ Holland ]
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 10 "Points" Part 2
24 Nixon heard a report about something down by the water. What was it?
Answer: Red-headed Eskimo

Nixon was joking to Winters, calling him a red-headed Eskimo in reference to Winters' red hair.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 10 "Points" Part 1
25 What was Nixon demoted to?
Answer: Battalion S3

Sink was upset with Nixon's drunk nights. He was demoted as a result of the alcohol.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 9 "Why We Fight"
26 How long had Webster been in the hospital?
Answer: 4 months

Webster didn't have a serious wound like other soldiers and was not accepted back in the company very easily.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 8 "The Last Patrol"
27 What is the name of the forest just outside of Foy?
Answer: Bois Jacques

This was the forest that Easy had to go through to get to Foy.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 7 "The Breaking Point"
28 How many British troops needed to be rescued?
Answer: 140

Easy went in, with Canadian Engineers and rescued 140 trapped British soldiers.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 5 "Crossroads"
29 Who does Roe get an aid kit from?
Answer: Penkala

Usually in battle, the medic has sufficient supplies. This was a different story during the Bastogne battle. The Allies were basically out of supplies before they even moved in.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 6 "Bastogne"
30 Whose idea was it to make a single thrust into Germany, which turned out to be the strategy for Operation: Market Garden?
Answer: General Montgomery

This was a highly risky Operation that, with victory, would have ensured a clear path to Berlin for the Allies. It, of course, failed and many casualties resulted.
    Your options: [ General Montgomery ] [ Corporal Roe ] [ Captain Nixon ] [ Colonel Sink ]
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 4 "Replacements"
31 How many watches does Perconte have on his wrist?
Answer: 5

These were recently obtained off of deceased German soldiers.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 3 "Carentan"
32 What company does Hall belong to?
Answer: Able

Hall is the first soldier Winters runs in to. He is also the first soldier to die under Winters' command.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 2 "Day of Days"
33 Whose canteen is not full after the 12 mile hike?
Answer: Christenson

As a result, Sobel orders him to walk the hike over again.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 1 "Currahee"
34 How did Winters lose his gun?
Answer: His leg bag fell off

Easy Company didn't test the leg bag until the actual jump, as a result many lost their guns.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" - Episode 2
35 Who tries to get coffee and a bacon sandwich from Winters' orderly in "Crossroads"?
Answer: Nixon

Nixon tries to exploit Winters' orderly like this. It doesn't work.
  From Quiz: Easy Company
36 "Be careful if he offers you a cigarette!" From whom should the men be wary of accepting cigarettes?
Answer: Ronald Speirs

Throughout the series, the men tell stories about how, on D-Day, Speirs supposedly gave cigarettes to some German prisoners of war before shooting them all. Speirs lets the rumors circulate so that the men will fear and respect him. To this day, nobody knows for sure what really happened because Speirs died in 2007, having never told anybody the truth.
  From Quiz: Who's Who in Easy Company
37 "Really? It's hot in Africa?"
Answer: Malarkey

One soldier expresses his fear that the company might be sent to Africa instead of Europe. Guarnere says, "My brother's in North Africa, he says it's hot there," to which Malarkey responds with the above.
  From Quiz: Who Said That? Who Broke Silence?
38 What is the name of the mountain the men had to run up and down constantly?
Answer: Currahee

Currahee means "we stand alone" in Indian. Alas the 506th's motto.
  From Quiz: All About the "Band of Brothers"
39 What was the complete length of the run up and down Mount Currahee?
Answer: 6 miles

"3 miles up, 3 miles down" was their battle cry.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers"
40 How many points did Webster have?
Answer: 81

Webster only needed 4 points and then he could have gone home. Webster mentioned this to Janovec when they were switching shifts at the checkpoint. Janovec was killed shortly after in a car accident.
  From Quiz: "Band of Brothers" Episode 10 "Points" Part 2
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