Quotes from Tom Clancy Based Movies Quiz

Answer: Clear and Present Danger

"Clear and Present Danger" is the third Clancy movie to be released. It centers around CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence Jack Ryan uncovering an illegal war being fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel. Jack Ryan tells detectives investigating the murder of a senior level assistant that they have a recording of the killer's voice.

The CIA are able to use the voice of this "latin Jack Ryan" in this and other intercepted recordings to identify cartel leader Ernesto Escobato's intelligence officer, Felix Cortez.

Answer: The Hunt for Red October

"The Hunt for Red October" is set in the middle of the cold war between the USSR and the US. A senior and well respected Russian Sub commander, Marco Ramius, and his handpicked crew use a state of the art nuclear submarine that runs nearly undetectable by modern sonar to defect to the United States.

In the film's climax Captain Ramius and CIA analyst Jack Ryan join together to neutralize a KGB saboteur who is trying to foil the defection plot by igniting a missile and incinerating the ship. Ramius instructs Ryan to be careful discharging his firearm in the hold of Red October's missile room, but the saboteur is not as reserved in his discretion to shoot, firing and missing numerous times at Ryan and Ramius. Ryan is ultimately successful in shooting the KGB plant and thus bringing the ship out of danger.

Answer: Clear and Present Danger

"Clear and Present Danger" centers around CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence Jack Ryan uncovering an illegal war being fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel. Cartel leader Ernesto Escobedo is the unfortunate victim of betrayal by his own intelligence officer, Felix Cortez. Cortez has aspirations of taking over the Medellin Cartel and makes a back room deal with senior White House official, James Cutter: they deliver the US Special Forces in Colombia to his mercenaries and he'll "take care" of Escobedo.

Answer: Patriot Games

While in London delivering a lecture, a civilian Dr. Jack Ryan spoils an assassination attempt on the British Royal Family by a renegade faction of the Irish Republican Army. After escaping from custody and in order to settle a personal vendetta for Ryan killing his younger brother while thwarting the assassination attempt, IRA member Sean Miller targets the Ryan family. Ryan is subsequently brought into the CIA full time and works to eliminate the threat from Miller and this splinter group. This quote is from a scene where Jack Ryan squeezes an IRA representitive for information on the men gunning for his family.

He will later get the information he was looking for after unwanted attention is placed upon the IRA.

Answer: The Sum of All Fears

"The Sum of All Fears" centers on a young Jack Ryan who is at this point of the Clancy timeline a junior analyst for the CIA. The plot of the film revolves around an Eastern European terrorist group's plot to detonate a nuclear device at a sporting event in Baltimore in an effort to create a war between the US and Russia. Ryan and his superior, CIA Director William Cabot, are on a mission to inspect a Russian nuclear weapon facility.

While in country, they are invited to the Kremlin to meet with newly elected Russian Federation President Alexander Nemerov. President Nemerov uses this analogy to suggest that the US keep out of the current Russian-Chechen crisis.

Despite this tacit threat, Ryan manages to wins Nemerov over on this trip and will take advantage of the Russian President liking him later on in the film to help thwart nuclear war between the two super powers.

Answer: The Hunt for Red October

"The Hunt for Red October" is set in the middle of the cold war between the USSR and the US. A senior and well respected Russian Sub commander, Marco Ramius, and his handpicked crew use a state of the art nuclear submarine that runs nearly undetectable by modern sonar to defect to the United States.

This plot is unknown to US officials who are unsure of this rouge submarine's intentions and must decide whether or not to seek and destroy Red October or to assist her attempt to evade her Soviet pursuers to safe harbor in America.

After arguing a theory that the Red October's crew's intent is indeed to defect and not to attack to a group of high level military officers and security officials, CIA analyst Jack Ryan is reluctantly sent on a mission to prove his theory correct.

This mission will bring him right to the front of the cold war and will put his life in the hands of the very men he believes to be defectors.

Answer: The Sum of All Fears

"The Sum of All Fears" centers on a young Jack Ryan who is at this point of the Clancy timeline a junior analyst for the CIA. The plot of the film revolves around an Eastern European terrorist group's plot to detonate a nuclear device at a sporting event in Baltimore in an effort to create a war between the US and Russia.

The above words are spoken by the head of this terroist faction Richard Dressler as he delivers a speech via the web. He describes his plan while we watch an atomic device being smuggled into the United States.

The device detonates and subsequently the United States and Russia square off against one another bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Answer: Patriot Games

While in London delivering a lecture, a civilian Dr. Jack Ryan spoils an assassination attempt on the British Royal Family by a renegade faction of the Irish Republican Army. One of the would-be assassins, Sean Miller, is broken out of custody by his fellow IRA conspirators on his way to prison.

Included in Miller's guard detail is Inspector Robert Highland who is also Irish. Despite an offering of understanding, the good Inspector would not be saved when the Miller's team came to free their man.

After escaping from custody and in order to settle a personal vendetta for Ryan killing his younger brother while thwarting the assassination attempt, Miller targets the Ryan family.

Answer: Clear and Present Danger

"Clear and Present Danger" centers around CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence Jack Ryan uncovering an illegal war being fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel. Jack Ryan seeks advice from his mentor and friend Admiral Greer. Greer urges Ryan to continue to investigate suspicious actions among high level US officials in both the CIA and the White House despite the fact that it may uncover some disturbing information.

Answer: The Hunt for Red October

"The Hunt for Red October" is set in the middle of the cold war between the USSR and the US. A senior and well respected Russian Sub commander, Marco Ramius, and his handpicked crew use a state of the art nuclear submarine that runs nearly undetectable by modern sonar to defect to the United States. Determined to stop the senior officers from defecting and, probably more importantly, prevent the Red October and her cutting edge propulsion technology to get into US hands, a KGB agent planted among the crew by Moscow attempts to assassinate Ramius. Once it is clear that the senior officers have gone rouge against the Soviet government the agent follows his protocol and shoots at Ramius while commanding on the bridge of the submarine.

It was the First Officer Vasili Borodin who jumped in front of the bullet meant for the Captain and thus sacrificing himself and his dream of living in Montana. Borodin's final words were, "I would have liked to have seen Montana".