1. | John Wayne’s 1968 pro-Vietnam War film was titled after what elite group of US servicemen? | ||
The Navy Seals | |||
The US Army Rangers | |||
The Green Berets | |||
Tiger Force | |||
2. | The 1972 documentary Winter Soldier filmed the Winter Soldier Investigation. US service members testified to war crimes they had witnessed or participated in. What future US politician gave testimony that was in the documentary? | ||
Albert Gore Jr. | |||
John Kerry | |||
George W. Bush | |||
Donald J. Trump | |||
3. | Which Vietnam themed movie was the first to win the Academy Award for Best Picture? | ||
The Deer Hunter | |||
Coming Home | |||
Apocalypse Now | |||
Platoon | |||
4. | Which of following movies featuring Vietnam combat sequences did not win the Academy Award for Best Picture? | ||
The Deer Hunter | |||
Forrest Gump | |||
Apocalypse Now | |||
Platoon | |||
5. | The following movies were all released in 1978. Which one featured Craig Wasson (of 2006’s Sasquatch Mountain fame) playing a pro-Vietnam war soldier who is the only one to survive a fight with the Viet Cong at the end of the film? | ||
The Deer Hunter | |||
Coming Home | |||
The Boys in Company C | |||
Go Tell The Spartans | |||
6. | The following films were all released in 1978. Which one featured Craig Wasson (of 2006’s Sasquatch Mountain fame) playing a draft dodger, forced by the FBI into the military, who participates in a soccer game which they are told to throw to the South Vietnamese to bolster their morale or get sent to Khe Sanh, and they win it anyways? | ||
The Deer Hunter | |||
Coming Home | |||
The Boys in Company C | |||
Go Tell The Spartans | |||
7. | The film Apocalypse Now is based upon a novella from which turn of the century British writer? | ||
Joseph Conrad | |||
Thomas Hardy | |||
Rudyard Kipling | |||
Arthur Conan Doyle | |||
8. | Apocalypse Now had many memorable scenes and lines, but perhaps none more so than Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore bellowing “Charlie don’t surf!”. Who played Kilgore? | ||
Marlon Brando | |||
Martin Sheen | |||
Harrison Ford | |||
Robert Duvall | |||
9. | In Apocalypse Now, Harrison Ford’s character was given a name based on one of Francis Ford Coppola’s fellow 1970s directors. What was Harrison Ford’s character’s name? | ||
Sargeant M. Scorsese | |||
Colonel. G. Lucas | |||
Colonel S. Kubrick | |||
Captain M. Cimino | |||
10. | In Apocalypse Now, R. Lee Ermey appeared as a First Air Cavalry chopper pilot. Which Vietnam war film won R. Lee Ermey a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor? | ||
The Boys in Company C | |||
Purple Hearts | |||
Full Metal Jacket | |||
The Siege of Firebase Gloria | |||
11. | In 1982’s First Blood, a troubled Vietnam War veteran suffers abuse at the hands of a small town’s sheriff’s department. What was the veteran’s name in the film? | ||
John Rambo | |||
Walter Kurtz | |||
Chris Taylor | |||
James Davis | |||
12. | Chuck Norris had a three Vietnam War film franchise in the 1980s. What was the name of Chuck’s franchise? | ||
Uncommon Valor | |||
Rambo | |||
Good Guys Wear Black | |||
Missing In Action | |||
13. | Oliver Stone achieved widespread fame and won the Academy Award for Best Director for 1986’s Platoon. What was Stone’s actual experience with the Vietnam War? | ||
By the time he turned 26 in January 1967 and was no longer eligible for the draft, he had asked for and received five deferments, four because he was a student and one for being a new father. | |||
He served in the Texas Air National Guard with controversy as to why he lost his flight status, and whether he fulfilled the requirements of his military service contract. | |||
He enlisted in the United States Army and requested combat duty in Vietnam. For his service, his military awards include the Bronze Star with "V" Device for heroism, the Purple Heart with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to denote two awards, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and others | |||
He received four educational deferments and a coveted 1-Y medical deferment for bone spurs which he now says have healed up on their own. | |||
By way of explanation.....
Fun fact: a) is Dick Cheney; b) is George W. Bush; d) is Donald Trump. |
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14. | Reportedly Oliver Stone considered an actor for the lead role of Chris Taylor. But the actor was unknown and supposedly too young for the part even though he is two years older than Charlie Sheen. So he gave the actor the part of Private Lerner. Which one of these actors who are two years older than Charlie Sheen played Lerner? | ||
Johnny Depp | |||
Brad Pitt | |||
Jerome Flynn | |||
David Thewlis | |||
15. | In Platoon, at the end of the film, which actor is given command of Second Platoon? | ||
Charlie Sheen | |||
John C. McGinley | |||
Kevin Dillon | |||
Forest Whitaker | |||
16. | Which actor in Full Metal Jacket broke Robert DeNiro’s Raging Bull record for most weight gained for a role by gaining 70 pounds? | ||
Matthew Modine | |||
Vincent D’Onofrio | |||
Adam Baldwin | |||
Dorian Harewood | |||
17. | The last half of Full Metal Jacket is set during what real battle in Vietnam? | ||
Battle of Ia Drang | |||
Battle of Khe Sanh | |||
Battle of Dien Bien Phu | |||
Battle of Hue | |||
18. | Forrest Gump receives a “million dollar wound”. “Million dollar wounds” are also referenced in several other Vietnam War films. What is a “million dollar wound”? | ||
A wound so bad the US Government pays you a million dollars | |||
When a bullet is fired at groin level but it hits your ass instead of your junk | |||
A wound serious enough to get you sent away from fighting but is not fatal, nor will it leave you seriously crippled. | |||
A wound causing brain damage, one you’d pay a million dollars to avoid | |||
19. | The Battle of Ia Drang, the first major engagement fought between the US Army and the North Vietnamese Army was detailed in what film? | ||
Full Metal Jacket | |||
Hamburger Hill | |||
The Killing Fields | |||
We Were Soldiers | |||
20. | What song from the Good Morning Vietnam soundtrack was re-released after the film came out and reached #32 on the Top 40 twenty years after it was originally released? | ||
"Nowhere to Run" | |||
"Game of Love" | |||
"The Warmth Of The Sun" | |||
"What A Wonderful World" | |||