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  'Memphis Belle': The Story Behind the Film   popular trivia quiz  
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The plot and characters seem pretty much covered by the other quizzes on this film. So here's one on how it got off the ground.
Tough, 10 Qns, Plumbus, Sep 25 06
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  Test yourself! Memphis Belle Quiz    
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Hope you enjoy this quiz about one of the best true story movies ever made.
Average, 10 Qns, zoomie1231, Sep 30 05
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  Memphis Belle Quiz Challenge    
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Who thinks they can pass my 'Memphis Belle' quiz? Come on, I dare you to do it! :)
Average, 10 Qns, chickie2_au, Aug 16 06
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Where was 'Memphis Belle' filmed?

From Quiz "'Memphis Belle': The Story Behind the Film"





Memphis Belle Trivia Questions
1. Where was 'Memphis Belle' filmed?

From Quiz 'Memphis Belle': The Story Behind the Film

Answer: England

It was filmed at three locations in England. Its producer and director were British, as were many others in the crew. Many of the extras who played the ground crew were British actors pretending to be Americans.

2. Where were the men stationed at the beginning of the film?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: England

The Memphis Belle flew it's 25th, and final mission on May 17, 1943.

3. How many enlisted men were part of the crew of the Memphis Belle?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: 6

The ten man crew was made up of four officers and six enlisted men, all sergeants.

4. What inspired Catherine Wyler, then the Senior Vice President of Production at Columbia Studios, to initiate the project of a film about the 'Memphis Belle'?

From Quiz 'Memphis Belle': The Story Behind the Film

Answer: Her father had made a wartime documentary about it.

William Wyler, the legendary Hollywood director, was the father of Catherine. He had flown five missions with the 'Memphis Belle' as a war correspondent, making a propaganda film - clips of which are often shown today in many a documentary. Catherine fleshed out the idea with David Puttnam while they were both at Columbia during the mid-1980s but it was grounded, apparently indefinitely, upon Puttnam's return for England.

5. What actor played the part of the radio operator?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: Eric Stoltz

He played the part of Danny Daly.

6. A reporter from which publication wanted to interview the crew of the Memphis Belle?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: 'Life'

Phil thought that the guy was going to jinx them on their last mission.

7. There were four types of World War Two aircraft used to make the film. What were they?

From Quiz 'Memphis Belle': The Story Behind the Film

Answer: B-17s, Me.109s, P-51s and a B-25.

There were only eight B-17s still flying in the world by the late 1980s, and the film used five of them. In addition to these, it also used three Me.109s and eight Mustangs, as well as a B-25 which was a flying camera platform.

8. Which cast member's father played the part of a famous guy named Gomez?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: Sean Astin's

Sean Astin, son of John Astin, played the part of Richard "Rascal" Moore.

9. What was the name of the guy who owned the stuff that Clay was rummaging through?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: Sgt Becker

Clay wanted to make sure that nothing dodgy got sent to his wife back home.

10. When Eugene lost his St. Anthony medal, what did Danny give him for good luck?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: a rubberband

Jack supposedly threw the medal out the window to get even with Eugene, but he really didn't. After Danny got hurt, Eugene placed the rubberband around Danny's wrist.

11. What did Virge do for a living, before he joined up to go to war?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: He worked in his family diner, back home.

He was the youngest of six, and wrote home every week.

12. Who was the director of 'Memphis Belle'?

From Quiz 'Memphis Belle': The Story Behind the Film

Answer: Michael Caton-Jones

Although the Scottish Caton-Jones became famous just before the release of 'Memphis Belle', with his first film 'Scandal' (1989), he was selected by Puttnam on the strength of some short films he had made while still at film school.

13. What is the name of the girl that Rascal was wooing at the dance?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: Faith

Rascal was known as a lady's man, at least that is what he said. Virg Hoogesteger ended up with Faith.

14. What was the 'Belle named after?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: Dennis's girlfriend, who he met in Memphis, Tennessee

Dennis used to keep a picture of his girlfriend on the plane's control panel.

15. At which famous British film studios were many of the interior and cockpit scenes filmed?

From Quiz 'Memphis Belle': The Story Behind the Film

Answer: Pinewood

In addition to Pinewood, the exterior shooting was carried out at the RAF Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire and RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire.

16. What is the name of the rookie plane?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: Mother and Country

Mother and Country got split in half when it was hit by an enemy plane that got shot out of the sky.

17. Where was the last mission that the movie 'Belle flew on?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: Bremen

The real Memphis Belle flew her last mission to Wilhelmshafen.

18. Although the actual 'Memphis Belle' still exists today, it did not take part in the film. Why?

From Quiz 'Memphis Belle': The Story Behind the Film

Answer: It stands as an non-flying exhibit in a museum.

The real B-17F that was the 'Memphis Belle' was patched up and preserved for posterity after the war. It now stands as an exhibit at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio. It is in a non-flyable condition.

19. Which airman snuck a bottle of champagne on the plane?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: Danny

He was hoping to celebrate their 25 mission victory.

20. Which airman is the only one on the plane who doesn't wear a parachute?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: Rascal

Rascal is in the ball turrett gunner under the plane and the space is too small for him to wear a parachute. He has a safety strap to secure him in so he will not fall out if the ball turrett is destroyed.

21. What did Danny sneak onto the plane, in honour of their last mission?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: a bottle of champagne

Rascal was shocked that he was going to sneak the champagne on board the 'Belle.

22. Who really wrote the poem that Danny recited to the crew?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: W.B. Yeats

The poem is entitled 'An Irish Airmen Foresees His Death'.

23. Who really wrote the poem that Danny Daly read out to his crewmates as they waited to go on the final mission?

From Quiz 'Memphis Belle': The Story Behind the Film

Answer: William Butler Yeats

It did sound suspiciously polished and professional for an amateur poet's scribblings! It was 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death', a poem from the First World War by Yeats. Danny did credit the poet in one of the later scenes of the film.

24. Which city in Germany did the airmen have to bomb?

From Quiz Memphis Belle

Answer: Bremen

They called it dropping the bombs in the pickle barrel.

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