9 Degrees of 'Name the Person' 3 Quiz

Answer: Gene Kranz

After an explosion on the service module cripples their fuel cells, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert (Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon) endure a cold journey as they wait for gravity to bring them back to Earth. Meanwhile, the lead flight director, Gene Kranz (Harris), and his teams are working on solutions to the command module's power problems. "Apollo 13" (1995) was directed by Ron Howard.

Answer: Twister

Bill (Bill Paxton) visits his wife, Jo (Helen Hunt), to pick up signed divorce papers, but ends up chasing a series of tornadoes with her and her team. As Bill and Jo spend time together, they realize that they still love each other. "Twister" (1996) also stars Jami Gertz as Bill's fiancee, and Cary Elwes as a rival tornado researcher.

Answer: False

"Frank and Jesse" is a western which tells of the exploits of the notorious James brothers. Rob Lowe plays Jesse, and Bill Paxton plays Frank. Dana Wheeler-Nicholson plays Frank's wife, Annie, and Todd Field plays Bob Younger, a member of the James-Younger gang.

Answer: Wyatt

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson plays Mattie Blaylock Earp, the wife of Wyatt. Although intending to run a gambling business, the Earps reluctantly enter back into law enforcement after a run-in with the Cowboys. "Tombstone" (1994) stars Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott and Bill Paxton as Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp, respectively.

Their younger brother, Warren, was not depicted in the movie. Historically, Warren Earp did not participate in the gunfight at the OK corral, but did join Wyatt on the vendetta ride after Morgan was killed.

Answer: He survives by getting on a lifeboat.

After trying to buy his way onto a lifeboat fails, Cal passes off a lost child as his own, in order to escape the sinking ship on a lifeboat. The Irish mother (who is not credited with a name) played by Jenette Goldstein despairs of getting onto a lifeboat, and instead chooses to put her children to bed and tell them a story as they wait for the ship to sink.

The story of the 'Titanic' is told to a wreck expedition leader (Brock Lovett, played by Bill Paxton) by a very old woman, Rose (played by Gloria Stuart), who was a passenger on the ship.

Answer: Aliens

"Aliens" (1986), the sequel to "Alien" (1979), finds Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) coming out of hypersleep to find that the moon where her ship was attacked by aliens has now been colonized. Since she is the only survivor of the alien's previous attack, she is sent with the Marine force to LV-426 to find out what happened to the colony.

Answer: True

The SEALs rescue a captured helicopter crew, but are unable to destroy the weapons cache which they find. They then make it their priority to find and destroy the missiles, losing members of their team in the process. Charlie Sheen, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer and Bill Paxton also starred in "Navy SEALs".

Answer: military academy

"The Lords of Discipline" takes place at a southern military academy in the 1960s. David Keith stars as Will, a student in his final year, who is asked to look out for the school's first black student. Rick Rossovich, Michael Biehn, Judge Reinhold and Bill Paxton also played students in the movie.

Answer: U-571

Lt. Tyler (McConaughey), who was just turned down for a command position, now finds himself in charge of helping his men operate a captured German U-boat. Bill Paxton, Jake Weber and Harvey Keitel also starred in "U-571" (2000).

Answer: Bill Paxton

A versatile actor, Bill Paxton has also appeared in many other movies including "Weird Science" as Chet, Wyatt's older brother; "Next of Kin" as one of the Gates brothers; "The Evening Star" as Aurora's much-younger boyfriend, Jerry; "Mighty Joe Young" as zoologist Greg O'Hara; and "True Lies" as the used car salesman, Simon. Paxton has also delved into directing, with "Frailty" in 2001, and producing, with "Traveller" in 1997.