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1.	The opening scene of the movie was set:
		In a driveway in Ohio
		In a graveyard in France
		On a naval base in Hawaii
		In a church in England

2.	Captain Miller's last words to the men in his boat before the attack were:
		"Keep your heads down"
		"Keep your helmets on"
		"Rally some place we won't get killed"
		"I'll see you on the beach"

3.	As the primary action of the invasion comes to a close, which of the soldiers adds to his collection of tins containing soil from different theaters?
		Carpazo (Vin Diesel)
		Jackson (Barry Pepper)
		Mellish (Adam Goldberg)
		Horvath (Tom Sizemore)

4.	As the camera pans over the carnage of the invasion, we see the body of one of the Ryan brothers:
		Lying face down on the beach
		Shot through the head in one of the invasion boats
		Floating face down in the ocean
		Right next to where Miller drinks from a canteen

5.	Which Army higher-up learned of the death of the three Ryan brothers and ordered Miller's mission to find James Ryan?
		George C. Marshall
		Dwight D. Eisenhower
		Omar Bradley
		George S. Patton

6.	Upham (Jeremy Davies) was attached to Miller's company because of his skill as:
		A sniper
		A mechanic
		An interpreter
		A scout

7.	Once Upham was attached, Miller's squad, including Miller, numbered:
		Six
		Ten
		Eight
		Twelve

8.	The first member of Miller's crew to be killed, Carpazo, was shot after he disobeyed orders. What did he do that lead to him being shot?
		He tried to dismantle a mine
		He tried to take a French girl from her family
		He tried to take out a sniper's nest
		He tried to save another soldier who had been shot

9.	Jackson, the sniper, goes through this ritual before he fires:
		Reciting the alphabet backwards
		Reciting scripture
		Counting to 13
		Closing his eyes tightly

10.	After the death of Carpazo, Miller's company finds a James Ryan - but it's not the one they were looking for. Instead of James Francis Ryan, Miller found a James ______ Ryan.
		Frederick
		Edward
		Anthony
		Baker

11.	No one in the company knows where Miller is from. At the beginning of the film, the pool to be awarded to the soldier who finds this out is:
		$150
		$300
		$2,000
		$500

12.	What was the rest of the company doing, in plain site of a passing airborne division, which Wade put a stop to?
		Stripping weapons off of corpses
		Mock goose-stepping
		Sorting through dogtags
		Fighting over whether or not to kill a German POW

13.	Which soldier told a story, wrenching in hindsight, about how he would pretend to be a sleep so he wouldn't have to talk to his mother when she arrived home from work late at night?
		Mellish
		Horvath
		Wade
		Jackson

14.	The soldier that knew James Francis Ryan and gave Miller the location of Ryan:
		Was shot and killed immediately after giving Miller the information
		Had only one leg
		Was all but deaf
		Was a major

15.	The status of Upham as an outsider in the company was illustrated by the fact that he didn't know what "FUBAR" meant. The other soldiers told him:
		It was the code name given to the mission
		It was the name of the village where they would meet Ryan
		It as a Latin word of blessing
		It was a German word

16.	Miller commanded his men - all of whom disagreed with the decision - to attack a German machine gun nest, which was located:
		At an abandoned radar station
		In a village
		Underneath a bombed-out bridge
		In a series of trenches

17.	In the raid, Wade was killed after sustaining wounds to:
		His head
		His neck
		His leg
		His belly

18.	The lone German who survived the attack on the machine gun nest - and who figured prominently in the conclusion of the film - was ascribed this cartoon related nickname:
		Steamboat Willie
		Mighty Mouse
		Road Runner
		Popeye

19.	Following the release of the German, which violence nearly erupts between which of the two soldiers?
		Horvath and Reiben
		Reiben and Upham
		Jackson and Horvath
		Mellish and Horvath

20.	Miller is able to diffuse the situation by finally telling the men where he is from and what he does for a living. Miller is a teacher of:
		American history and phys. ed.
		Math
		English composition
		Life science

21.	Miller's company finally met James Francis Ryan after destroying a German vehicle in a field of ______ flowers:
		Blue
		Violet
		Red
		Yellow

22.	When Miller informs Ryan he is being sent home, Ryan's is:
		Gleeful
		Reluctant to leave
		Disbelieving
		Too shaken from the new of the loss of his brothers to process the information

23.	The name of the French village where the climatic action in the film took place was:
		Ramelle
		Bergerac
		Marmande
		Carmaux

24.	During the defense of the village, Miller stationed Jackson:
		In a tree overlooking the bridge
		In a hotel penthouse
		In a bell tower
		In the balcony of a theater

25.	Miller's idea to defeat the tanks that rolled through the village was to use sticky bombs. What made them sticky?
		Tree sap
		Bubble gum
		Axel grease
		Mud

26.	Which of the following is the correct order in which the soldiers died?
		Horvath - Miller - Mellish - Jackson
		Jackson - Mellish - Horvath - Miller
		Miller - Jackson - Horvath - Miller
		Jackson - Horvath - Mellish - Miller

27.	Upham's job during the defense of the village was to:
		Act as a scout
		Distribute ammo
		Blow the bridge
		Bomb tanks

28.	Who kills Steamboat Willie?
		Miller
		Upham
		Reiben
		Ryan

29.	Excluding Ryan, how many of Miller's company survived the mission?
		None
		Six
		Two
		Four

30.	Miller's final words to Ryan were:
		Earn this
		Kill him
		We saved you
		Remember us

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