Soldiering On Trivia Quiz

Answer: Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett's first major film role was as John Tate, son of Laurie Strode/Keri Tate (Jamie Lee Curtis), in the 1998 movie "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later". Some of his other work includes, "The Faculty" (1998), "The Black Dahlia" (2006), and "I Come with the Rain" (2009).

Hartnett's role in "Pearl Harbor" (2001) earned him nominations for a Teen Choice Award, an MTV Award, and a Razzie. He played the part of Danny Walker, who was best friends with Ben Affleck's character, Rafe McCawley. The movie followed their story leading up to Pearl Harbor and what happened afterward, including them falling in love with the same woman.

For his role in "Black Hawk Down" (2001), Josh Hartnett was also nominated for a Teen Choice Award. The movie was based off the book "Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden. He and his unit were sent into Mogadishu on a mission to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid. After one of the Black Hawks was shot down, he and his group made it to the site of the crashed helicopter to protect the wounded men until they could be extracted.

Answer: Tom Hanks

In "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), Hanks's character, Captain John Miller, received orders to search for the last of the four Ryan brothers that was still alive so that at least one of them could make it home. This role earned him an honorary spot in the US Army Ranger Hall of Fame in 2006.

A very prolific actor, Tom Hanks's long list of movies includes, "Forrest Gump", "Splash", "Big", and "Cast Away". His performances in "Forrest Gump" and "Philadelphia" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. He also won Golden Globes for "Forrest Gump", "Big", "Philadelphia", and "Cast Away".

Answer: Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis and the Accelerators participated in the USO tour in 2003, but a year before that, Bruce also bought 12,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies from his daughter to send to US troops. Movies in which he played a military role include "Tears of the Sun" (2003), "Hart's War" (2002), "The Siege" (1998), and "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" (2013).

In "Tears of the Sun", Bruce's character was part of a Navy SEAL detachment that was sent to extract some important people from Nigeria after a coup d'etat took place.

Answer: Matthew Modine

Matthew Modine kept a diary while filming the movie, which was something that the director, Stanley Kubrick, suggested he do. The book, titled "Full Metal Jacket Diary", not only has Modine's diary entries, but also pictures he took while making the film, something that reflects his role in the movie, since he played the part of Pvt. J. T. "Joker" Davis whose assigned duty was Military Journalism.

Some of Modine's other films include, "Birdy", "Orphans", and "Memphis Belle". For their work on the movie "Short Cuts", he and the other members of the cast won a Special Golden Globe.

Answer: Jeremy Renner

In "The Hurt Locker" (2008), Renner played the part of Sergeant First Class William James, who took over the EOD after the previous leader was killed. His team was often not happy with his methods or attitude, and this caused tension among them. The movie followed his team as they completed missions and survived attacks by enemy insurgents. Renner's performance earned him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

Jeremy Renner was born in California. A supporter of the NFL team the San Francisco 49ers, he narrated an episode on the rivalry between the 49ers and the Cowboys for the NFL Network's docuseries "The Timeline".

Answer: Charlie Sheen

In "Platoon", Charlie Sheen's character, Chris Taylor, arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to a platoon near the Cambodian border. The platoon was divided into two groups based on which of two different Staff Sergeants they followed and got along with. The movie followed Taylor and the events and atrocities that he witnessed, which included illegal killing by some of his fellow soldiers.

Charlie Sheen was born as Carlos Irwin Estevez, part of an acting family that includes Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez. He announced to the public that he was HIV positive in 2015, which actually created what has been called "The Charlie Sheen Effect", which caused more people to search the Internet for HIV-related topics, as well as an increase in the purchase of over-the-counter HIV tests.

Answer: Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando Jr. was born in 1924 and died in 2004. Brando acted on Broadway for several years before beginning his career in film. Though he had a role in the 1950 film "The Men", it was his performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire" that really boosted him into stardom.

His role in "Apocalypse Now" (1979) was that of a renegade officer in the Army Special Forces operating in Cambodia. A military assassin was sent into the jungle to find and kill him because he had gone AWOL and established himself as a ruling god over a native village.

Answer: Bill Murray

Bill Murray was a comedian before he began acting, and he started his work as a comedian with The Second City troupe in Chicago. He began appearing on TV in 1975 in "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell" (an ABC show), and he joined the cast of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in 1977.

"Stripes" (1981) was one of his earlier films, and his character decided to join the Army after losing everything--his job, his car, his girlfriend, and his apartment. The film then followed his comedic experiences at basic training, where he slacked off and was often in trouble with the drill sergeant.

Answer: Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt began acting in the late 1980s, and he studied under Roy London when he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. He had a few small roles in the late 80s and early 90s, but he began to get his break in 1994 with his movies "Interview with the Vampire" and "Legends of the Fall". His role in "Legends of the Fall" earned him his first nomination for a Golden Globe.

Pitt's character in "Fury" was the commander of the tank crew in charge of the tank nicknamed 'Fury' during WWII. The movie followed the tank and its crew as they attempted to take control of towns and strategic points along the road.

Answer: George C. Scott

George Campbell Scott (1927-1999) was well-known as a stage actor, but he also had success as a film and TV actor. When he refused to accept the Academy Award for his performance in "Patton", he became the first actor to do so, but he did send word to them months in advance that he would not be accepting it if he won. He had also turned down a nomination for his role in the 1962 movie "The Hustler".

For the role in "Patton" (1970), he spent a lot of time studying for the role by watching videos of Patton and talking to anyone who knew him. In "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", his character was the Air Force Chief of Staff, who briefed the president about a nuclear attack against the Soviets that General Ripper had started and tried to convince him to allow the nuclear attack to continue.