How Much Do You Know About "Saving Private Ryan"? Quiz

Answer: 5

"Saving Private Ryan" won 5 Academy Awards which were; Best director, best cinematography, best sound effects, best editing, and best sound in 1998. It was placed in over 150 top ten lists around the country. "Steven Spielberg's often staggeringly powerful World War II epic, "Saving Private Ryan," is hands down the best film of 1998." -CNN.

Answer: WWII

"Saving Private Ryan" is set during WWII. Eight men risk their lives to save one. They are surrounded by the brutal realities of war, and each man must find his own answer.

Answer: No

"Saving Private Ryan" does not start with the historic D-Day Invasion, it actually starts with the aging Private Ryan at the cemetary at Normandy.

Answer: Matt Damon

Matt Damon plays Private Ryan who loses 3 brothers in the war. Even after being told about his loss he stays and fights bravely.

Answer: Yes

Vin Diesel plays Private Caparzo. Caparzo gets shot and killed by a sniper when he ignores orders and tries to help a family and takes their little girl.

Answer: False

The scene was filmed on a beach in Ireland. Omaha Beach is a protected historal landmark and had become far too developed over the years for the "Saving Private Ryan" crew to use.

Answer: True

Spielberg's dad used to tell him stories, that is how he became so interested in wars. His dad told him how unglamorous they were, and Spielberg's knowledge of the reality of war shows in "Saving Private Ryan" where the fight scenes are very gory and very realistic.

Answer: Captain John Miller

Tom Hanks plays Captain John Miller. He is the highest ranking officer to be sent out to save Private Ryan. He eventually gets shot and killed in the end of the movie.

Answer: True

Eight actors, including Tom Hanks, were put through boot camp run by retired Marine Corps Captain, Dale Dye. The men were called only by their character names. They had ten days of training, which included individual maneuvers and tactics, World War II-era military lingo and hand signals.

Answer: Private Jackson

Private Jackson (Barry Pepper) says this to Captain Miller to express his thoughts on their mission. He is basically saying that the mission is pointless and that he is, and I quote, "a fine instrument of warfare" would be of better use somewhere else in the war, than trying to save Private Ryan.