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"Crimson Tide" was nominated for three Academy Awards. The movie, adapted from the bestselling novel, is packed full of acting heavy-hitters and brings intense drama right to the very end. How much do you remember about this hit 1995 film?
Finish the quote " We're here to preserve democracy, ______________________."
"…Not to practice it."
"Do you agree with that policy, sailor? …We're here to preserve democracy, not to practice it."
"…Not to overthrow it."
"…Not to complicate it."
"…Not to discuss it."
What was the name of the submarine?
The Memphis.
The Nautilus.
The Jimmy Carter.
The Alabama.
"Welcome aboard the Alabama, son. Do me proud."
Which actor played Ramsey?
Clint Eastwood.
Al Pacino.
Dustin Hoffman.
Gene Hackman.
Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) has also performed in classics, such as "The Poseidon Adventure," "Superman" (1978), "Hoosiers", and "The Unforgiven." He left home at the age of 16 and served in the Marines after lying about his age.
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Who did Hunter say was the true enemy in a nuclear world?
The President of the opposing nation.
Ourselves.
War.
"In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself."
Anyone against us.
Lieutenant Commander Hunter was played by which actor?
Samuel Jackson.
Will Smith.
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Denzel Washington.
"Crimson Tide" was the first of five films Denzel Washington (born December 28, 1954) worked on with director Tony Scott. A devout Christian, he reads the Bible and Daily Word every day.
What was the name of the Russian rebel leader?
Boris Medvedev.
Dmitry Brezhnev.
Vladimir Radchenko.
Ultra-nationalist leader, Vladimir Radchenko, denounced the U. S. pressure as an act of war against the Russian Republic and Russian sovereignty. Denouncing his own president as a U. S. puppet, he called on the Russian people to join him in revolt.
Nikita Chernenko.
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What was Lieutenant Commander Hunter recording when he ran out of batteries on his camcorder?
News coverage on the television.
His sister's wedding.
His daughter's birthday.
SSBNs, such as the U. S. S. Alabama, have a 100-day cycle of deployment. Crew 1 serves 2-1/2 months on the ship then spends a month in port maintaining it with Crew 2. At that time, Crew 2 goes to sea and Crew 1 has leave for the next 2-1/2 months, which allows them to spend time with their families and make videos, letters, and other mementos for them to open while they are away.
His parent's anniversary.
What did Hunter tell Ramsey he liked to do in his spare time?
Play pool.
Golf.
Ride motorcycles.
Ride horses.
"I ride horses… Arabian, Sir… You ever ridden one?"
What is the maximum depth Hunter says they can go?
1200 feet.
1600 feet.
1,850 feet.
American nuclear submarines have an estimated test depth, or depth at which they are tested and not supposed to go below under normal operating conditions, of 1,600 feet. The crush depth on American submarines is 2/3 of its test depth or 2,400 feet. In the movie, this depth was decreased to 1,850 feet.
2000 feet.
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Where did a fire break out?
The Galley.
"Fire in the galley! Fire in the galley! Chief of the watch, sound the general alarm!"
The Engine Room.
The Missile Compartment.
The Control Room.
As soon as the fire was contained, what did Ramsey do?
He rushed down to check on his crew.
He started a drill.
Drills and maintenance take up most of the day on a submarine, but there are drills that include fighting a fire during a submarine battle. Real-life training with actual fires and flooding would only occur on shore because of the dangers these two emergencies create.
He yelled at Hunter for helping put it out.
He asked Hunter to relieve him so he could take care of his dog.
In the movie, what did "E. A. M." stand for?
Electro-Absorption Method.
Europe, Africa, and Middle East.
Emergency Apparatus Maintenance.
Emergency Action Message.
"Receiving Emergency Action Message. Recommend Alert One."
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Why did Ramsey terminate the weapons drill?
Because the fire flared back up again.
One of the missiles really armed.
Because Hunter demanded it stop until the fire emergency was over.
Because a fire victim had a cardiac arrest.
On a nuclear submarine, there is only one specially-trained doctor (Independent Duty Corpsman) who has additional duties, such as monitoring crew radiation exposure. The IDC would have transformed the officer's mess area into an operating room if one of the fire victims needed CPR or surgery.
What did Ramsey tell Hunter had killed Marichek?
His 300 pounds.
"By the way, it was Marichek's 300 pounds that killed him, not the fire. Dismissed."
The doctor.
Smoke inhalation.
Stress from dealing with the fire and then the drill.
Viggo Mortensen played which character?
Bennefield.
Cob.
Weps.
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr., (born October 20, 1958) was first seen in the thriller "Witness" (1985) several years before playing Weps in "Crimson Tide." However, he received the most attention for his role in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy playing Aragorn.
Zimmer.
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What caused the fight in the Crew Mess Hall?
The men were arguing over who was the real Silver Surfer.
On nuclear submarines, the crew eats in the Crew Mess Hall. Commissioned officers, such as Hunter and Ramsey, would eat in the Wardroom.
One man took an extra cookie.
A crewman was told they were out of steak and only had hot dogs.
There was only one place left to sit and two men wanted it.
Why did they float the radio buoy?
They wanted to scramble the other submarine's sonar.
They were too deep to get the second E. A. M.
They were too deep to get the second E. A. M. Although the U. S. S. Alabama is a real ship in the United States Navy, but "The Crimson Tide" and Ramsey's dog's name, Bear, are references to the University of Alabama's football team (the Crimson Tide) and one of its famous coaches (Bear Bryant).
They could not find the other submarine's position.
They wanted to send out an S. O. S. after being hit.
How did the enemy submarine find the Alabama?
The Alabama surfaced to fire its missiles.
Ramsey and Hunter got into a fight.
The Alabama surfaced to communicate.
The buoy winch locked up and made a noise.
"We have a sound short from the buoy wench!" "Stop the… winch!"
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Why did Hunter refuse to concur the nuclear missile launch?
Because he thought the Captain was not in his right mind.
Because they had not received the second launch communication in full.
Hunter refused because they had not received the full transmission. Throughout the movie, people are seen smoking in the submarine. Smoking was not banned inside submarines until 2010.
Because the Captain disagreed with him on another matter.
Because the second E.A.M. told them not to launch, even though it was not verified.
"I don’t trust ___________________."
"…Air I can't see."
"Last breath of polluted air for 65 days — I'm gonna miss it. I don’t trust air I can't see."
"…Words, I trust actions."
"…People who drink vodka for breakfast."
"… Anyone."
What did the Captain do when Hunter refused to concur?
He shot him.
He resigned and went to his bunk.
Made him do pushups.
Tried to remove him from duty.
Although military personnel have the right to refuse an order that is unlawful, they are trained to obey. All the military personnel who saw and commented on this movie agreed that Gene Hackman's character was correct and Hunter was committing mutiny. Civilians, on the other hand, sided with Hunter.
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Why did Hunter wait to fire on the Akula?
He was scared of starting war.
The Akula was too close.
"No, we're in too close. Our weapons won't have time to arm."
He could not see the Akula on sonar.
The Akula was too far away.
What tough choice did Hunter have to make that ended up costing lives?
To seal the flooded bilge room and lose the men down there.
They sealed the bilge room in the movie to prevent a dangerous flood, but it killed crew members who were still in it. In real life, the compartments of a nuclear submarine are so big, the only one that can be completely flooded without sinking the submarine is the Reactor Compartment.
To give command back to the Captain.
To seal the door on the fire in order to suffocate the fire while men were inside.
To send a team outside the submarine to fix the antenna.
Who did not want to revolt against Hunter?
Mr. Dougherty.
Mr. Zimmer.
Weps.
Weps had been Hunter's friend. On average, there are about 14 officers and 120 enlisted personnel on a nuclear submarine.
Mr. Westergaurd.
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"See you in _______________?"
"… my nightmares."
"…the funny pages."
"…my dreams."
"You know I don't know what to say… See you in my dreams."
"…the movies."
Why did those loyal to Ramsey say they needed Weps?
The other men respected him the most.
He had the key to the arsenal locker.
In the movie, Weps was the one person with the key to the arsenal locker and the combination needed to finish firing the missiles. In real life, the combination to many of the safes would have come on the E. A. M. with the order to fire.
He was the one person who could fix the radio or destroy it.
He was the only person who could get close enough to Hunter to kill him.
What made Hunter realize something was wrong?
Soldiers began leaving the Control Room.
Weps sent him a coded message.
Dougherty challenged him for command.
Zimmer was not at his post.
Matthew John Crnkovich "Matt Craven" (born November 10, 1956), who played Zimmer, can also be seen in "Meatballs," "X-Men First Class," "A Few God Men," and "Disturbia." As Zimmer, he remains loyal to Ramsey, but ultimately cues Hunter to the plot to take back the submarine when he is not at his post.
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To whom did Hunter give the key to the ship?
Bennefield.
Petty Officer First Class Danny Rivetti.
The Petty Officer First Class is equal in rank to a Staff Sergeant in the Army. There are no women aboard the submarine because women were not allowed to serve on U. S. Navy submarines until 2015.
Lieutenant Bobby Dougherty.
TSO Billy Linkletter.
When Weps didn't fire the missiles, where did the Captain go?
Missile Control.
"They're gonna fire from Missile Control. We've got to get back to the conn and disarm the system."
The Control Room.
The Reactor Room.
Battery Compartment.
How many minutes did Ramsey give Hunter when they had a standoff in the control room?
Two minutes.
Three minutes.
The last sixty minutes of the movie are almost real time- from the time the 60-minute clock is set until the end. It takes Vossler two minutes and thirty-eight seconds of the three minutes he is given to complete the task.
Five minutes.
Ten minutes.
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What did the partial E. A. M. say when they were finally able to receive the entire transmission?
It was a fake message that was improperly formatted.
The first transmission had been an accident.
The time the Russian missiles would be fueled was only 30 minutes from the first transmission instead of an hour.
The Russian rebels had surrendered.
"Unconditional surrender of all Russian rebel military forces. Rebel submarines recalled."
What kind of horses did Ramsey want to talk about while they waited for the radio?
Arabians.
Haflingers.
Lipizzaners.
The confusion about Lipizzaners is due to the fact that the "Spanish" Riding School that primarily uses them is located in Vienna, Austria. Archduke Charles II (of Austria) brought Andalusian horses from Spain to Lipizza (Lipica, Slovenia) and crossed them with other breeds to create the first Lipizzaner foundation horses.
Friesians.
What did the Captain threaten, and almost do, to get Weps to open the safe?
He stated he would throw Weps out of the boat while they were underwater.
He threatened to shoot Petty Officer Hilaire.
"…It does me no good to kill you. You’re the only one that knows the combination. However, Petty Officer Hilaire doesn't know the combination!"
He intimidated him by saying he would cut off his ear.
He said he would have Weps court martialed.
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What was the ruling of the Navy investigation?
Hunter was sentenced to prison, and Ramsey was allowed to retain his command.
Ramsey was sentenced to prison, and Hunter was allowed to retain his command.
Captain Ramsey received early retirement, and Hunter received his next command.
"For the record, it is the conclusion of this panel that your actions aboard the Alabama were consistent with the best traditions of the Navy and in the interests of the United States. As such, the recommendations of this panel will be to accept, in a manner reflective of his long and dedicated service to his country, Captain Ramsey's request for early retirement from active duty. And based in no small part on Captain Ramsey's recommendation, that Lieutenant Commander Hunter be given his next command at the earliest possible convenience."
Both men were sentenced to military prison.
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