Quotes from "Patton" - Part 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lt. Col. Charles R. "Cod" Codman (Paul Stevens)

In this scene General Patton is frustrated at the miserable weather impeding his progress in getting to Bastogne and preventing air cover. He says in a loud voice so all his staff can hear, "lf we're not victorious let no one come back alive." His aide Lt. Col. Codman (Paul Stevens) says this quote and Patton replies, "It's not important for them to know.

It's only important for me to know."

Answer: General George S. Patton Jr. (George C. Scott)

In this scene Patton is reading a "weather prayer", written for him by the Third Army Chaplain. The chaplain was at first reluctant to write this prayer, saying, "I don't know how this will be received, General. Praying for good weather so we can kill our fellow man." Patton says, "I assure you, because of my relations with the Almighty if you write a good prayer, we'll have good weather." After this reading the weather clears up and Patton says to his aide Lt. Col. Codman (Paul Stevens), "Cod, get me that chaplain. He's in good with the Lord and I want to decorate him."

Historical note: According to Msgr. (Col.) James H. O'Neill (Chief Chaplain of the Third Army and the writer of this prayer), it was not written on the drive to Bastogne, but in Nancy, France a few weeks earlier. He did, however, receive a Bronze Star for writing it.

Answer: Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (Richard Münch)

In this scene the German top officers have realized the gamble of The Battle of the Bulge has failed and that Germany has lost the war. General Jodl says this quote while burning maps and correspondence and adds, "I'll never let the Russians capture me."

Historical note: General Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces on May 7, 1945 in Rheims, France (as the representative of Karl Dönitz). After the war he was tried in the first of many Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (held 1945 to 1949), was found guilty, and was hanged October 16, 1946.

Answer: Captain Oskar Steiger (Siegfried Rauch)

In this scene Captain Steiger is burning his papers, after the failure of The Battle of the Bulge. Steiger pauses when he takes hold of a photograph of General Patton and says this quote.

Answer: General George S. Patton Jr. (George C. Scott)

In this scene, after WWII in Europe is over, reporters are asking General Patton some questions while he is in a horse riding stable. One asks, "You agree that national policy should be made by civilians, not by the military?" General Patton replies with this quote and the reporter asks, "You thinking about our Russian allies?"

Answer: General George S. Patton Jr. (George C. Scott)

In this scene one of the reporters questioning General Patton, while he is in a horse riding stable asks, "Did you say if you found your army between the Germans and the Russians you'd attack in both directions?" Patton replies to the question in this quote.

Answer: Major General Walter Bedell Smith (Ed Binns)

In this scene General Patton is called away from having his portrait painted for a phone call from Major General Walter Bedell Smith. General Smith, referring to a newspaper story about statements Patton had made, says, "Ike is furious. How could you compare Republicans and Democrats to the Nazi Party?" The conversation then turns to the Russians. Patton, who does not like the Russians, says, "Leave it to me. In ten days I'll have us at war with them and make it look like their fault!" An incredulous General Smith responds with this quote.

Answer: Lt. Col. Charles R. "Cod" Codman (Paul Stevens)

After the phone call from General Bedell Smith, aide Lt. Col. Codman asks Patton the question in this quote. Patton resignedly replies, "Nobody wants to see a portrait of me. I'm mad."

Answer: General George S. Patton Jr. (George C. Scott)

In this scene General Bradley has just pushed General Patton out of the way of a runaway oxcart. Patton says introspectively, "After all I've been through. Imagine getting killed by an oxcart," and adds this quote.

Answer: General Omar Bradley (Karl Malden)

In this scene, at the end of the movie when WWII in Europe has ended, Generals Patton and Bradley are discussing dinner plans. General Bradley says, "George, I want to say one thing. You've done a magnificent job here in Europe," and then adds this quote.

Historical note: After the war, General Patton was appointed as military governor of Bavaria, Germany. However, his temperament was better suited to military action rather than civilian administration and he was not very successful at this. He died in Dec 1945 at age 60 after lingering a few days after a car accident. He is buried in the U.S. military cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg, beside soldiers who died in the Battle of the Bulge.