Watching Over the Bridge Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Bridge on the River Kwai

The film "The Bridge on the River Kwai" was released in 1957 and is based on the 1952 novel written by the Frenchman Pierre Boulle, which tells the saga of Allied POWs forced by the Japanese to work on the construction of a railway called the Japanese Thailand-Burma-Link-Railway.

"The Bridge on the River Kwai", a co-production between companies in Britain and in the United States, was set in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), directed by David Lean and starred among others by William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins. The film won seven awards at the 30th Academy Awards and was considered a public and box office success.

Answer: Photographer

"The Bridges of Madison County" was released in 1995, based on the best-selling novel of the same name. The film was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood. Eastwood and Meryl Streep are the main stars of the movie.

Francesca (Meryl Streep) is a housewife who lives in Madison County. Her husband and children are traveling when she meets the "National Geographic" photojournalist, Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood), who comes to Madison County to photograph its covered bridges. The couple have an intense love-affair.

Answer: Drama/Biographical

The film "Bridge to the Sun" was based on the autobiography of Gwen Harold Terasaki (1908-1990), published in 1957. The film tells the love story of the interracial marriage of a young American Gwen H. Terasaki with Hidenari Terasaki (known as Terry), a Japanese diplomat. The movie explores the difficulties the couple had during World War II and after the surrender. The film poses a real problem of being a foreigner in an enemy country and being married to a person who serves this enemy country.

The film, an American and French production, was directed by Belgian Etienne Périer and stars Carroll Baker (Gwen Terasaki), James Shigeta (Hidenari Terasaki) and Emi F. Hirsh (as Mako Terasaki, at different ages).

Answer: Waterloo Bridge

"Waterloo Bridge" (1940) is a remake of a 1930 film with the same name. The film is in flashback. When Colonel Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor) is going to the front in WWII, he stops his car on the Waterloo Bridge and recalls when, during WWI, he met the ballet dancer Mira Lester (Vivien Leigh) at the very same place.

The film was directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and based on a play by the same name written by Robert E. Sherwood.

Answer: The Bridges at Toko-Ri

"The Bridges at Toko-Ri" (1954) is an American film directed by Mark Robson, based on the book of the same name by writer James Michener. In the film Harry Brubaker (William Holden), a WWII veteran, is a Naval Reserve officer, who is called on a dangerous mission in the Korean War. Brubaker is forced to leave his civilian career as an attorney, his wife Nancy Brubaker (Grace Kelly) and their children to attend the summons.

Answer: Joanne Woodward

"Mr. and Mrs. Bridge" (1990) is an American film based on the twin novels of the same name by Evan S. Connell. Kansas City set, directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismaili Merchant, the film takes place during the '30s and early '40s.

In the film, Paul Newman and his wife Joanne Woodward represent a traditional couple, Walter and India, who live a monotonous life, unable to understand the needs of their children. The actors acted together in many films and had one of the most long-lived marriages in Hollywood. Joanne, after the death of actress Olivia de Havilland in July 2020, became the oldest living Best Actress Academy Award winner.

Answer: Sean Connery

"A Bridge Too Far", 1977, is a film which depicts Operation Market Garden held in September 1944, when the Allied Forces attempted to capture several bridges in the Netherlands in an attempt to cross German lines.

The movie was based on the book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, directed by Richard Attenborough and produced by Joseph and Richard Lavine. The film starred Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine and Sean Connery, among others. Sean Connery (1930-2020) at this time was already well known for his performance as Ian Flemming's 007.

Answer: Bridge of Spies

"Bridge of Spies" (2015) takes place during the Cold War and is based on real events. Lawyer James B. Donovan (played by Tom Hanks) is recruited by the CIA in order to defend a Soviet spy who will be judged in the United States and subsequently assist the CIA in an exchange for an American spy pilot captured by the Soviets. The name of the film is linked to the Glienicke Bridge, which connects Berlin to Potsdam, where the prisoner exchange took place.

The film, an American-German co-production, was directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Matt Charman and Ethan and Joel Cohen. The main actors in the film are Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan and Alan Alda.

Answer: The Bridge (1999)

The French actress Carole Bouquet is the main character in the film "The Bridge" (1999), whose original title is "Un pont entre deux rives", based on the novel by Alain Leblanc. The film is set in Normandy in the 1960s. Mina (Carole Bouquet), a woman approaching middle age, has a monotonous marriage to Georges (Gérard Depardieu) with a teenage son. One day at a cinema she meets Matthias (Charles Berling) and ends up starting a romance, much to the sadness of her son and husband. The film shows the fragility of human relationships.

"The Bridge" was directed by Frédéric Auburtin and Gérard Depardieu, produced by Gérard Depardieu, screenplay by François Dupeyron and music composed by Frédéric Auburtin.

Answer: Paris

The original name of the film "The Lovers on the Bridge", 1991, is "Les amants du Pont-Neuf", and is related to the location where filming took place. Pont-Neuf, the oldest bridge over the River Seine in Paris, which was under renovation at the time of filming. It was directed and written by Leos Carax and produced by Christian Fechner.

In the film, Alex (Denis Levant), homeless and addicted to alcohol, meets Michèle Stalens (Juliette Binoche), a young artist who is losing her sight. They build a relationship while living under the bridge. To know what happens in the end, you'll have to watch the movie.