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