Darkest Hour (film) - Quiz
  • 1. Who provides the voice for Franklin D. Roosevelt in the film?
A) David Strathairn
B) John Hurt
C) Ronald Pickup
D) Gary Oldman
  • 2. Who wrote the screenplay for Darkest Hour?
A) David Strathairn
B) Dario Marianelli
C) Anthony McCarten
D) Joe Wright
  • 3. Which actor was initially cast as Neville Chamberlain?
A) Ben Mendelsohn
B) John Hurt
C) Stephen Dillane
D) Ronald Pickup
  • 4. Who played King George VI in the film?
A) Ben Mendelsohn
B) Stephen Dillane
C) John Hurt
D) Gary Oldman
  • 5. How much did Gary Oldman spend in time having make-up applied for his role?
A) Over 500 hours
B) Exactly 400 hours
C) Over 200 hours
D) Over 100 hours
  • 6. Approximately how much were the cigars smoked by Gary Oldman worth?
A) $20,000
B) $10,000
C) $5,000
D) $40,000
  • 7. Which city served as a filming location for the Houses of Parliament?
A) Manchester
B) London
C) Wentworth
D) Westerham
  • 8. Which location was used as the interior for Buckingham Palace?
A) Wentworth Woodhouse
B) John Rylands Library
C) Chartwell House
D) Fort Amherst
  • 9. What was the worldwide box office total for Darkest Hour?
A) $150.2 million
B) $33.4 million
C) $56.5 million
D) $93.8 million
  • 10. Who composed the score for the film?
A) Dario Marianelli
B) John Hurt
C) Joe Wright
D) Anthony McCarten
  • 11. Which company acquired the screenplay for Darkest Hour?
A) Working Title Films
B) Warner Bros
C) Mangapps Railway Museum
D) Focus Features
  • 12. What percentage of the film's audience was over the age of 25?
A) 30%
B) 50%
C) 85%
D) 21%
  • 13. Who played the role of Clementine Churchill?
A) Whitrow
B) Kristin Scott Thomas
C) Elizabeth Layton
D) No one
  • 14. What train stock was used for the London Underground scene?
A) 1959 stock
B) 1945 stock
C) 1970 stock
D) 1965 stock
  • 15. Which location featured as the site for the Calais garrison?
A) Manchester Town Hall
B) Wentworth Woodhouse
C) Chartwell House
D) Fort Amherst
  • 16. Who directed the 2017 film Darkest Hour?
A) Anthony McCarten
B) Christopher Nolan
C) Joe Wright
D) Steven Spielberg
  • 17. Which actor portrayed Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour?
A) Ronald Pickup
B) Ben Mendelsohn
C) Gary Oldman
D) Stephen Dillane
  • 18. At which film festival did Darkest Hour have its world premiere?
A) Cannes Film Festival
B) Venice Film Festival
C) Sundance Film Festival
D) Telluride Film Festival
  • 19. What award did Gary Oldman win for his performance in Darkest Hour at the Academy Awards?
A) Best Supporting Actor
B) Best Picture
C) Best Actor
D) Best Director
  • 20. In the film, what was Elizabeth Layton's role?
A) Diplomat
B) Translator
C) Secretary
D) Nurse
  • 21. Who was the British Prime Minister before Winston Churchill in the film?
A) Paul Reynaud
B) Lord Halifax
C) King George VI
D) Neville Chamberlain
  • 22. What phrase did Churchill use in his first speech to Parliament as Prime Minister?
A) The few and the many
B) A day of infamy
C) We shall never surrender
D) Blood, toil, tears and sweat
  • 23. Why was the King initially skeptical of Churchill?
A) Because of his poor health
B) Because he supported Hitler
C) Because he was a member of the Labour Party
D) Due to his actions during the abdication crisis
  • 24. Who served as Foreign Secretary in Churchill's government?
A) Lord Halifax
B) King George VI
C) Neville Chamberlain
D) Paul Reynaud
  • 25. What mission did Churchill order for the 30th Infantry Brigade in Calais?
A) To surrender to the Germans
B) To distract the enemy
C) To retreat immediately
D) To assassinate Hitler
  • 26. How did Churchill decide to gauge the public's opinion on the war?
A) By holding a public rally
B) By visiting a local pub
C) By riding the London Underground
D) By reading newspaper editorials
  • 27. What was the name of the operation to evacuate troops from Dunkirk?
A) Operation Sea Lion
B) Operation Dynamo
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Barbarossa
  • 28. What was the signal for Conservative MPs to support Churchill at the end of the film?
A) Chamberlain mopping his brow with a handkerchief
B) Halifax standing up and cheering
C) A nod from King George VI
D) Chamberlain clapping his hands
  • 29. Who was the French Prime Minister Churchill visited in the film?
A) Paul Reynaud
B) Philippe Pétain
C) Giuseppe Bastianini
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 30. Which country's Ambassador did Halifax and Chamberlain want to use as an intermediary?
A) France
B) Italy
C) United States
D) Germany
  • 31. What happened to Churchill after the end of World War II in Europe, according to the epilogue?
A) He was voted out of office
B) He became King
C) He was appointed to the UN
D) He retired voluntarily
  • 32. What is the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating for the film Darkest Hour?
A) 75%
B) 95%
C) 84%
D) 90%
  • 33. What was the Metacritic score for Darkest Hour based on 50 critics?
A) 90
B) 84
C) 75
D) 73
  • 34. Who described the film as a 'near-perfect companion piece' to Dunkirk?
A) Peter Travers
B) Brian Tallerico
C) Damon Wise
D) David Ehrlich
  • 35. Stuart McGurk of GQ criticized the director, Joe Wright, for what?
A) Dumbing-down the script
B) Choosing a poor lead actor
C) Ignoring historical advice
D) Over-spending on production
  • 36. When was Darkest Hour released on digital streaming platforms?
A) 28 May 2017
B) 6 February 2018
C) 12 June 2018
D) 4 June 2018
  • 37. Which historical figure did Adam Gopnik argue was under-dramatized in the film?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Viscount Halifax
C) Clement Attlee
D) King George VI
  • 38. What claim about British radio did the text use to point out a historical inaccuracy in the film?
A) Radio broadcasts from Parliament did not start until the 1970s
B) The King refused to be on the radio with Churchill
C) The radio was not invented until after 1945
D) Churchill never gave radio speeches during the war
  • 39. According to the text, when was the 'beaches' speech actually delivered?
A) 12 June 1940
B) 28 May 1940
C) 10 May 1940
D) 4 June 1940
  • 40. What potential subject for a Darkest Hour sequel did Gary Oldman mention?
A) The formation of the United Nations
B) The invasion of Normandy
C) The end of the war in the Pacific
D) The 1945 Yalta Conference
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