Dunkirk Quizzes

Dunkirk Quiz 1

1 During which war does the film take place?
The Civil War

World War I

The Korean War

World War II
2 Where is Dunkirk?
Germany

France

Canada

England
3 Who directed the film?
Quentin Tarantino

Francis Ford Coppola

Steven Spielberg

Christopher Nolan
4 Which Academy Award did the film NOT win?
Best Sound Editing

Best Sound Mixing

Best Score

Best Film Editing
5 Which of the following is not a Christopher Nolan film?
Memento

Interstellar

Gravity

The Dark Knight
6 For which film was Christopher Nolan nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director?
The Prestige

Dunkirk

Memento

Interstellar
7 Where is Christopher Nolan from?
England

Germany

Denmark

The United States
8 In what year does the film take place?
1940

1938

1942

1918
9 What is the first image of the film?
The beach before the war

Papers falling from the sky

Captain Bolton looking worried

Tommy at home in England
10 Which other country's army has been pushed to the shore?
Germany

Switzerland

France

America
11 What do the papers communicate?
They are tourist pamphets about the beaches of Dunkirk

They are messages from English commanders giving instructions

That the Germans have them surrounded

That the Germans are retreating
12 Who survives the initial shooting?
Farrier

Alex

Gibson

Tommy
13 Who plays Tommy?
Harry Styles

Jack Lowden

Fionn Whitehead

Aneurin Barnard
14 Where are the soldiers lining up on the beach?
Along the mole

Into the water

Near a provisions tent

Along the shore
15 What are members of the Royal Navy back in England planning to do?
To stop the evacuation and abandon it

To have a party for the soldiers when they get back

Send private civilian boats

To send a submarine
16 Who is planning to go over and save soldiers himself?
Mr. Bolton

Mr. Dawson

Mr. Farrier

Mr. Winnant
17 Who plays Mr. Dawson?
Mark Rylance

Brendan Gleeson

Tom Hardy

Ben Mendelsohn
18 Who wants to join Dawson and Peter on their mission at the last minute?
Gibson

Tommy

George

Alex
19 What are Farrier and Collins' positions in the army?
Medics

Soldiers

Pilots

Naval officers
20 Who plays Farrier?
Tom Hardy

Christian Bale

Cillian Murphy

Jude Law
21 Who plays Collins?
Guy Pearce

Jack Lowden

James Norton

Tom Glynn-Carney
22 What do Tommy and Gibson do to try and get on a destroyer?
Pretend to be medics with a stretcher

Climb onto a cart that's being pushed down the mole

Pretend to be wounded and need medical attention

Swim to the side of it and climb onto it
23 What does George say as they push off?
I am scared

I'll be useful, sir

I will save the soldiers

I want to be brave
24 What does Dawson do that is unique?
He goes ahead without the instruction or supervision of the Navy

He brings an extra lifeboat

He uses sails rather than a motor

He tells his son to plot their course
25 Where do Tommy and Gibson hide after bringing the stretcher on the boat?
In a lifeboat

Below deck on the destroyer

In a tent that is set up on the mole

In the mole

Tommy finds a soldier on the beach putting on new boots. Where did he get these boots?

The soldier had taken the boots from a corpse.

Tommy notices the corpe’s stockinged feet, then watches Gibson stoop to tie his boots..

Asked by alec w #1212784

Answered by jill d #170087 on 6/28/2023 11:02 AM

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How does Dunkirk depict society?

When the commanders at Dunkirk are informed that the British government does not plan to send any destroyers or big ships to evacuate them, they became discouraged. It seems that they will die stranded on the beach. Soon enough, they find out that...

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What do the leaflets falling from the sky say?

The leaflets say, "YOU ARE SURROUNDED".

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 6/9/2021 11:21 AM

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