War Film Mixture Trivia Quiz

Answer: "My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust."

Robert Rodat's inspiration for this Oscar-winning screenplay/film came from noticing that his son was born on the same date on which the Battle of Normandy began (June 6). In the movie, Private Daniel Jackson (Barry Pepper) was a skilled marksman who used to cite Bible passages every time he performed a shot.

While defending the bridge from German fire, one of their tanks spotted him and fellow soldier Parker (Demetri Goritsas) inside a bell tower which blew up after one shot, killing them instantly.

Answer: The Thin Red Line

Based on James Jones's 1962 war novel about the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II, 'The Thin Red Line' was first adapted into film by Hungrian-American director Andrew Marton in 1962. After a 20-year hiatus, legendary director Terrence Malick recruited several famous actors for his comeback project and readapted the story into this 1998 epic film, which received 17 different awards and seven Academy Award nominations.

Answer: Jason Isaacs

Based upon the 1999 book by American journalist Mark Bowden, 'Black Hawk Down' centers in the Battle of Mogadishu, a war strategy conducted by the U.S. Army to find and capture Mohammed Farrah Aidid (a Somali warlord). For his role as Captain Michael "Mike" Steele, Isaacs was nominated for the PFCS Best Acting Ensamble award.

He also played the role of Capitan Hook in the 2003 film 'Peter Pan', and Lucius Malfoy in the 'Harry Potter' film franchise.

Answer: Sylvester Groth

Sylvester Groth (Born March 31, 1958) is a German actor and singer whose extensive filmography is based mostly in German movies and TV series. He played the role of Dr. Joseph Goebbels both in Dani Levy's 2007 comedy 'My Führer - The Really Truest Truth about Adolf Hitler' and Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' (2009).

Answer: Dirk Bogarde

Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde, best known by the name of Dirk Bogarde, was an English actor who served in World War II as an intelligence officer and earned the high rank of "Major" circa 1945. He starred in several movies such as 'Victim' (1961), 'The Servant' (1963), 'The Angel Wore Red' (1960), and 'Death in Venice' (1971).

Answer: Platoon

'Platoon' remains one of Oliver Stone's most successful movies to date, having a total of four Academy Awards wins for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. The main cast features notable actors such as Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. It was also cited by AFI as the #83 best film on its "100 Years - 100 Movies" list.

Answer: Empire of the Sun

'Empire of the Sun' (1987) tell the story of a young boy named Jim Graham (Christian Bale) who gets captured and inprisoned by Japanese soldiers in Shangai during World War II. In the process he meets American sailor, Basie (John Malkovich), and Dr. Rawlins (Nigel Havers). This was one of Bale's first important roles, as well as his debut in a motion picture.

Answer: Richard Colby

After the U.S. military discover that Richard M. Colby has decided to stay under Kurtz's commands, they recruit a veteran officer who finds himself unable to live "outside the jungle" in order to take Colby's place and finish with Kurtz's regime. The film was included in AFI "100 Movies" and "100 Quotes" both for the movie and the famous quote, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" (Lt. Col. William "Bill" Kilgore).

Answer: True

'The Deer Hunter' was directed and co-written by Michael Cimino. A controversial film for its time due to the Russian roulette scenes and the conflicts involving the making of the screenplay (Deric Washburn and Michael Cimino). The movie won five Academy Awards and is considered as one of the best war films by the AFI and IMDb (Internet Movie Database).

Answer: Lt. Red Winkle

In Randall Wallace's movie, Sergeant Ernie Savage (Ryan Hurst) is the commander of one of U.S. Army's platoons who gets rescued after American forces break the Vietnamese's defending lines. Both Captain Tony Nadal (Jsu García) and Captain Matt Dillon (Jon Hamm) are minor characters in the film. Randall Wallace also wrote the screenplay for 'Pearl Harbor', in which Ewen Bremmer plays the role of Lt. Red Winkle. 'We Were Soldiers' wasn't nominated for any major accolades, although it had a somewhat remarkable cast (Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein, Barry Pepper, etc).