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  "Empire of the Sun" Part I    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
The heart and soul of this movie belongs to Steven Spielberg and the amazing performance of Christian Bale.
Average, 20 Qns, mariannafunk, Mar 28 06
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  "Empire of the Sun" Part II    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
More trivia out of this wonderful film! Enjoy!
Average, 15 Qns, mariannafunk, Apr 04 20
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trivia question Quick Question
What nickname does Basie give Jamie?

From Quiz ""Empire of the Sun" Part I"





Empire of the Sun Trivia Questions
1. Who does Jim think will win the war?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: The Japanese

Jim says that the Japanese will win because they have better planes and bravier pilots.

2. In what year does the movie begin?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: 1941

In 1941, China and Japan had been in a state of undeclared war for four years.

3. When Jim and the others are sent to the Soochow Internment Camp, what are they forced to help build?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: an airfield

The proud and proper British get a real wake-up call in this environment.

4. Who directed "Empire of the Sun"?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: Steven Spielberg

This is such a classic Spielberg movie with the moving story, cinematography, bold spirt, inspired performances and uplifting music.

5. When Jim arrives at the camp and sees the Japanese planes and goes over to one of the planes and hugs it, what happens next?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: Jim comes face to face with three pilots and salutes.

This is such a moving moment in the film with him being allowed to take a minute and just embrace something he has so much respect for. It is so beautifully filmed and the music lifts you up.

6. Who played Jamie Graham?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: Christian Bale

He definitely should have gotten a special Best Actor Oscar for his performance. Brilliant!

7. Who composed the musical score?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: John Williams

A prime example of the wonderful blending of music and film.

8. In the sequence when you see Jim running all of his errands at the camp, what year appears on the screen?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: 1945

This means that Jim was at least held prisoner for four years, which is a very long time relative to Jim's youth.

9. What school did Jamie attend?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: The Cathedral School

Jamie lives such a sheltered way of life. Going to a school with other British kids, singing in a choir, playing with toy airplanes, listening to his mother play piano and watching his dad chip golf balls over their pool.

10. What does Jim steal from the sergeant to give to Basie?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: a bar of soap

He drops off a pair of shined shoes to the sergeant and steals the soap in two swift moves. He also gives Basie a tomato.

11. What street do the Grahams live on?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: Amhurst Avenue

The Grahams lived at 13 Amhurst Avenue. An avenue of white pianos and crystal chandeliers, but not for long.

12. When Jim goes over the barbed wire to set the pheasant traps for Basie for Thanksgiving, what does Basie call Jim?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: a black cat

Everybody is betting that Jim will be caught but as Basie puts it, Jim's a black cat. Basie believes that Jim will not only set the traps but get out of there without getting shot, and he's right. In addition, what Basie really wanted to know is whether or not there were mines in the field, but of course he didn't tell Jim that! Nice!

13. During the invasion of Shanghai, in the crowd scene, what does Jamie drop?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: His toy Japanese airplane

He lets go of his mother's hand! Jamie, go home. Little does he know that he will not see his parents for a very long time.

14. What does Jim get to do if he sets the traps successfully?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: He gets to move into the American dorm.

Jim is covered with mud, walks into the dorm and gets saluted by all the Americans.

15. What does Jamie ask the Chinese servant to give him to eat at bedtime?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: Butter biscuits

"Miss Graham not want you to eat before bed." I never trusted that servant. I don't think Jamie liked her either.

16. Why doesn't Jim stay very long at the American dorm?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: Jim is supposed to watch Basie's stuff but when he visits Basie at the infirmary eveything is stolen.Jim leaves before he gets kicked out.

It's a cold, cruel world for Jim.

17. In order of one, two, three, what costumes are Jamie, his mother and father wearing at the Lockwood's costume party?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: sultan, clown, pirate

Mr. Lockwood still has his Santa Claus costume on or over his shoulder when he sees Jamie at the first internment camp.

18. When one of the Americans bets against Jim and says, "That's a dead boy Basie. My harmonica and my next meal against your wristwatch." What does Basie reply?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: You're on, my friend.

Basie has so much confidence in Jim. Even when the sergeant is walking right by him in the mud.

19. After Jim runs his errands and runs into the infirmary, what does the doctor have him do first?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: He does chest compression on a female patient.

Jim trys so hard to bring the patient back, she looks at him, he gets all excited, but as the doctor said, "you pumped some blood into her brain, but only for a moment."

20. Why did Jamie resign from the scouts?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: He has become an atheist.

Jamie asks his mother about God and she claims, I don't know about God.

21. When the Americans bomb the airfield, where does Jim go?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: He goes to the top of a building at the camp and waves.

Talk about excited! It's great when the one American pilot waves to him.

22. What prominent movie poster does Jamie walk by in Shanghai?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: Gone With the Wind

Such a contrast to see this gigantic movie billboard of "Gone With the Wind" and all that it represents, set against the chaos going on in Shanghai as it plays out in another epic film.

23. Who plays Mrs. Victor?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: Miranda Richardson

She was slowly dying and not really capable mentally of ever dealing with the conditions at the camp or her feeling for Jim.

24. When Jamie goes home and sees his parents' room all disturbed with powder on the floor and their footprints in it, what does he do?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: He opens the window and blows the footprints away.

How frightening this must have been. He looks around with such a range of expressions crossing his face as he quickly realizes that they must have been taken away.

25. When Basie and his friends find Jim back at the camp, what happens right away?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part II

Answer: They kill the Japanese boy.

Jim is so furious that they killed his Japanese friend, but it was a little frightening when he lifts that sword to cut the fruit in Jim's hand. Maybe he was going to kill Jim. I don't like to think so.

26. Why doesn't Jamie stay at 13 Amhurst Avenue?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: He has no food or water.

He did the best he could for as long as he could to stay there, but without water, food or power, he couldn't stay. The Japanese would have picked him up soon anyway, since they were about to move into his house.

27. When Jamie gets chased by the street kid, what does he steal from Jamie?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: His shoes

"Hey, Boy! No mamma, no pappa!" Very creepy.

28. Who almost runs over Jamie?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: Frank

He needed someone at that moment. Not the best person to run into but at least he got him away from that street kid.

29. What nickname does Basie give Jamie?

From Quiz "Empire of the Sun" Part I

Answer: Jim

Jim, a new name for a new life.

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