All About Jack Ryan Trivia Quiz

Answer: Patrick

John Patrick Ryan is the son of Emmet Ryan. In the novel "Without Remorse" we meet the father and the son having a conversation together, the only novel where they both appear.

Answer: True

After rescuing the royal family in "Patriot Games", Jack was made an honorary knight by the Queen herself. The American government allowed this request to Her Majesty especially, as American citizens are not ordinarily allowed to hold titles.

Answer: 4

He has 4, two daughters and two sons: Sally (Olivia), Jack Jr., Katie and Kyle.

Answer: Police lieutenant

Emmet Ryan makes a cameo appearance in "Without Remorse" as the officer assigned to the killings accredited to John Kelly (Mr. Clark).

Answer: Crete

As a US Marine lieutenant, Jack Ryan was on a NATO training operation in Crete when his helicopter crashed. He was hospitalized in Bethesda but was crippled in his back. After he met Cathy, she looked over the x-rays of his back and the problem was fixed when she referred him to a surgeon friend.

Answer: Debt of Honor

Ryan rises politically and in "Debt of Honor" he is to be sworn in as Vice-President, but a Japanese pilot flew his airliner into the Capitol killing off most of Congress, the cabinet, and the President, and Ryan is sworn in as President.

Answer: Wall Street broker

He worked at Merrill Lynch, and made quite a hefty sum for himself through shrewd trading. He met Cathy because he was working under her father there, and they soon fell in love, much to her father's disapproval.

Answer: Cathy

He married Caroline Muller Ryan while working for her father. Much to her father's distaste, Ryan left the brokerage business, and they fell out of touch with him. Over the years, the relationship with her father was strengthened.

Answer: eye surgeon

She makes more money than Jack does! She is internationally known, and an expert in the use of lasers in eye surgery techniques. Her character is based on an actual surgeon at Johns Hopkins hospital, much to the amusement of the medical staff there.

Answer: Georgetown

He got a degree in history, the one thing he really likes to work in. He teaches it at the US Naval Academy, and has written two historical books. It is through these books that Marko Ramius first knew of Jack Ryan, and gave them something to talk about while on the 'Red October'.

Answer: The Prince of Wales and his family

In "Patriot Games", Jack is vacationing in London when he foils an attempt to kill the Prince of Wales and kidnap his newborn baby. This incurs the wrath of the offshoot of the IRA that attempted the kidnapping (the ULA), and to their subsequent attack on Ryan's home in the United States when the Royal Family come to visit.

Answer: Greer

Admiral James Greer is the one who recruited Ryan into the ranks of the CIA, and the one who backs him up every step of Jack's career. Ironically, when Greer dies of cancer, Jack is on a mission and can't attend the funeral.

Answer: Robby Jackson

Robby Jackson was a fighter pilot, then an Admiral, and finally Jack makes Robby his Vice-President when he runs for, and wins, the race for the Presidency.

Answer: Zimmer

Carol Zimmer is the wife of Sergeant Buck Zimmer, a gunner on a helicopter that Jack is on. While on a mission in South America, Buck Zimmer is shot and dies in Jack's arms. Jack vows to take care of Buck's family.

Answer: The attack on Jack's home and family at Peregrine Cliff

When Jack's home in Maryland is attacked by Sean Miller and friends, Jack decides to take Admiral Greer up on his offer and to join the CIA for good, first as an analyst, then as special assistant to Greer, then DDI, and finally Deputy Director of the CIA.

Answer: helmsman

Captain Ramius didn't like the fact that he had an American 'spy' aboard his submarine, but placed Jack at the helm of the boomer. Jack quickly grasps the basics, and pilots the 'Red October' to America.

Answer: Sergey Golovko

In "The Cardinal of the Kremlin", Ryan is arrested by Golovko on the runway of the Sheremetyevo airport, as he sprained his ankle and is not able to get on the VC-137 of the American delegation, the same plane that will take Filitov and Gerasimov out of the USSR.

Answer: Felix Cortez

Igor Loginov is the GRU agent doubling as a cook aboard the 'Red October'. Aref Raman is a US Secret Service bodyguard who is also a sleeper agent for the Iranians. Sean Miller is the ULA activist who has a personal vendetta to settle with Ryan. Felix Cortez is a Cartel boss that sets up Admiral Cutter in "Clear and Present Danger" to strand the American light infantrymen operating in Colombia.

Answer: True

The 300 year old execution sword was given to Jack Ryan as a gift from Prince Ali bin Sheik of Saudi Arabia after executing Qati and Ghosn, the two terrorists responsible for blowing up the Superbowl in the novel "The Sum of All Fears".

Answer: flying

Readers' opinions differ as to why, but either because of the helicopter crash that ended Jack Ryan's military career, or because both his parents were killed in a plane crash, Jack has a fear of flying.