FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Rock The Quizzes, Trivia and Puzzles
Rock The Quizzes, Trivia

The Rock Trivia

The Rock Movie Trivia Quizzes

  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. Movie Trivia
  6. »
  7. Movies Q-T

Fun Trivia
Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Ed Harris star in this 1996 action thriller about Alcatraz. Connery and Cage both won Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for their work on the film, and as a pair they were awarded the MTV Movie Award's Best On-Screen Duo.
4 The Rock quizzes and 50 The Rock trivia questions.
1.
  Welcome To "The Rock"    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
"The Rock" is a fun and exciting action movie starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Ed Harris. See how much you know about it with this quiz.
Average, 15 Qns, Castleton, Apr 28 10
Average
Castleton
6405 plays
2.
  The Rock    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is one of my favorite movies, and features one of the best actors who ever lived.
Easier, 10 Qns, boufy, Apr 28 10
Easier
boufy
5163 plays
3.
  Target: "The Rock"!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A short quiz about one of my favourite movies. Full of famous notable actors, interesting plot and great action sequences, this is with no doubt one of the best action movies made back in 1996.
Average, 10 Qns, Arny, Apr 28 10
Average
Arny
904 plays
4.
  Quotes from "The Rock"    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This movie has some of the funniest quotes. Here are a few of my favorites. Enjoy!
Average, 15 Qns, snydeka, Apr 02 10
Average
snydeka
4661 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Who is the general in charge of the counterattack against Hummel?

From Quiz "Welcome To "The Rock""





The Rock Trivia Questions
1. At the beginning of the movie, whose grave is General Hummel visiting?

From Quiz Target: "The Rock"!

Answer: his wife's

The name of his wife was Barbara Hummel. As he puts the flowers down, he also explains that he can now proceed with his plan to steal the rockets with V-X gas and kisses the grave right afterwards. The following scene depicts Hummel and his men, from the United States Marine Corps, breaking into a military base and stealing those dangerous weapons.

2. What was the name of Sean Connery's character in this movie?

From Quiz The Rock

Answer: John Mason

This character is the only person who was able to escape The Rock.

3. 'What about Mr. ________________ head?'

From Quiz Quotes from "The Rock"

Answer: Henderson's

Mason saved Mr. Henderson's head.

4. Why does Goodspeed receive his new Beatles album at work?

From Quiz Target: "The Rock"!

Answer: His girlfriend Carla thinks it's too expensive.

After Goodspeed receives it, his colleague and good friend Marvin is curious about why does he received it there, at work. Goodspeed explains that his girlfriend Carla doesn't like the idea of buying an LP for $600.

5. What type of rockets do General Hummel's men steal from the base?

From Quiz Welcome To "The Rock"

Answer: VX Gas

One of his soldiers drops a bead of the poison on the floor, causing it to break. They have to lock him inside, and he is killed rather violently by the gas.

6. 'Let's cut the chit chat ______________.'

From Quiz Quotes from "The Rock"

Answer: a-hole

Said when Stanley finds Mason at the Palace of Fine Arts.

7. Which two Marines serve under General Hummel's command for the first time?

From Quiz Target: "The Rock"!

Answer: Frye and Darrow

Captains Frye and Darrow accompany Hummel for their first time, as is also mentioned by the General himself. Most of the other men have already served with him, notably Major Tom Baxter, who is his best friend. Hummel has seen combat in Vietnam, Grenada and the Desert Storm operation. Frye and Darrow are two of the toughest marines in the movie, determined to do almost anything to get their money and if not, kill the hostages and fire off the captured rockets. At the end, both are killed by Doctor Goodspeed.

8. What weapon do the Marines plan to launch on San Fransisco?

From Quiz The Rock

Answer: V-X Gas

One teaspoon of this weapon in the atmosphere is lethal up to a 100 block radius.

9. Why is Carla especially upset, about not being married?

From Quiz Welcome To "The Rock"

Answer: She's pregnant

Stanley had a pretty bad day that day: He almost got killed, Carla tells him she's pregnant, and then he gets called off to San Francisco.

10. 'I drive a Volvo, a ________ one.'

From Quiz Quotes from "The Rock"

Answer: beige

Stanley is trying to get Mason to say and help him stop Hummell.

11. What does Mason use to break the glass, while he is being held in the interrogation room?

From Quiz Target: "The Rock"!

Answer: coin

The FBI tries to convince Mason, an imprisoned British ex-agent and the only man who has escaped from Alcatraz, to help them with the infiltration of Alcatraz. Mason suspects his long-time enemy, Womack, to be responsible for the operation. He thus moves to the glass, uses the coin to draw a little circle on it and breaks it with his hand only to discover the FBI director behind it.

12. Who is the team leader of Navy SEALS?

From Quiz Welcome To "The Rock"

Answer: Commander Anderson

Anderson and his men are ambushed in the shower room. The alarm was set off by the "anti-motion trembler device" installed above the drain.

13. 'Now he has _______________.'

From Quiz Quotes from "The Rock"

Answer: all the guns

Stanley tries to strong arm Mason into staying on the island and helping, but Mason takes his gun.

14. What is name of the hotel in San Francisco that John Mason wishes to stay in?

From Quiz Target: "The Rock"!

Answer: Fairmont & Hotel Fairmont & Fairmont Hotel

John Mason agrees that he will help in the planning of the Alcatraz infiltration, but only if all of his wishes are fulfilled. After finishing his stay in the interrogation room, he says that he wants an apartment at hotel Fairmont, since it's one of the best hotels in the city, a hairdresser, shower and new suit. He gets everything he asks for. The whole floor of the hotel is closed due to Mason's arrival. Enjoying his nice spacious apartment, Mason is always surrounded by FBI agents. This soon turns into a dramatic scene: he attacks Womek, escapes and is being chased down in the streets of San Francisco.

15. What is the official name of The Rock?

From Quiz The Rock

Answer: Alcatraz

"Nobody was believed to have escaped Alcatraz and made it to shore, alive at least". The tour guide in the movie says this.

16. What is the name of Mason's daughter?

From Quiz Welcome To "The Rock"

Answer: Jade Angelou

He goes to her after breaking out of his suite at the Fairmont Hotel.

17. 'How's your __________ ______?'

From Quiz Quotes from "The Rock"

Answer: bowling arm

Mason says this to Womack after throwing him off the balcony.

18. What type of car does Stanley steal when chasing Mason through San Francisco?

From Quiz Welcome To "The Rock"

Answer: Ferrari

Stanley races the Ferrari through San Francisco chasing after Mason's Hummer. He hits several water containers, crashes through a storefront, and the car is destroyed when it is run over by a derailed trolley.

19. 'Let's not romanticize what happened between you two. You met at a _______ concert and I was the result.'

From Quiz Quotes from "The Rock"

Answer: Led Zeppelin

Jade tells Mason this when he wants to start a relationship with her.

20. What is name of the Navy Seals' member who is ordered to guard Mason during their mission in Alcatraz?

From Quiz Target: "The Rock"!

Answer: Shephard

Lieutenant Shephard (played by Danny Nucci) is a member of Navy Seals team under Commander Anderson (Michael Biehn). Right before the mission is launched, he is ordered to watch Mason for the whole time. He is the last one to get killed by Hummel's renegades. The Navy Seal team under Commander Anderson is ambushed and massacred by Hummel's dog soldiers, leaving only Mason and Godspeed alive. These two later decide that they will cooperate and stop Hummel's diabolic plan.

21. What does Stanely Goodspeed force into his heart at the end of the movie?

From Quiz The Rock

Answer: Antidote

A lot of people, for some reason, believe that he plunged a screw driver into his heart!

22. What does Stanley do when he finds out he is going to Alcatraz?

From Quiz Welcome To "The Rock"

Answer: vomits

Stanley always seemed like he was about this close to having a nervous breakdown!

23. 'It's you, you're the ___________.'

From Quiz Quotes from "The Rock"

Answer: Rocket Man

Stanley says this before firing a rocket at a marine!

24. What did Mason steal from the government?

From Quiz Welcome To "The Rock"

Answer: microfilm

He stole the microfilm that J. Edgar Hoover had on many prominent people and events. Supposedly, the alien landing at Roswell and the JFK murder were among them.

25. 'How in the name of Zeus's __________ did you get out of your cell?'

From Quiz Quotes from "The Rock"

Answer: butthole

Mason gets himself and Stanley out of their cells.

26. How is captain Frye killed?

From Quiz Target: "The Rock"!

Answer: a VC - gas bottle is stuffed to his mouth

Frye is trying to locate Goodspeed to get back the rocket chip and is suddenly attacked. A hard fight ensues, ending with Goodspeed stuffing one of the small VX bottles into Frye's mouth. Goodspeed then gets the antidote and runs outside, holding two flares in his hands, which represent a sign that all of the threats were eliminated and there is no reason to bomb out the whole area.

27. Mason says this when Goodspeed is getting on his nerves: "Don't tempt me". What does he do after he says this?

From Quiz The Rock

Answer: Points his gun at Goodspeed

In many of Connery's movies, he points his gun at the characters who get on his nerves.

28. What happens to the first missile fired from Alcatraz?

From Quiz Welcome To "The Rock"

Answer: its course is aborted by Hummel

Hummel fires the missile and then aborts its course just before it reaches its target.

29. 'I'd take pleasure in ________ you, boy.'

From Quiz Quotes from "The Rock"

Answer: gutting

Stanley mocks this statement in the jail.

30. What is name of the person to which this movie is dedicated?

From Quiz Target: "The Rock"!

Answer: Don Simpson & Simpson

Don Simpson, a film producer, was one of Michael Bay's good friends and team members and was cooperating on some of his movies. HE tragically died due to cardiac arrest from Combined Drug Intoxication (CDI) in January 19, 1996. The movie "The Rock" is dedicated to him.

This is category 9404
play trivia = Top 5% Rated Quiz, take trivia quiz Top 10% Rated Quiz, test trivia quiz Top 20% Rated Quiz, popular trivia A Well Rated Quiz
new quizzes = added recently, editor pick = Editor's Pick editor = FunTrivia Editor gold = Gold Member

Teachers / educators: FunTrivia welcomes the use of our website and quizzes in the classroom as a teaching aid or for preparing and testing students. See our education section. Our quizzes are printable and may be used as question sheets by k-12 teachers, parents, and home schoolers.

 ·  All questions, answers, and quiz content on this website is copyright FunTrivia, Inc and may not be reproduced without permission. Any images from TV shows and movies are copyright their studios, and are being used under "fair use" for commentary and education.