Q 01/05

Which two filmmakers created Band of Brothers, fresh from Saving Private Ryan?

A) Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks

B) Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe

C) Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner

D) Oliver Stone and Michael Mann

Answer · why

A) Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks

Many of the crew and visual cues came straight from the 1998 film.

Q 02/05

Whose 1992 book was the miniseries based on?

A) Stephen E. Ambrose

B) Cornelius Ryan

C) Antony Beevor

D) Rick Atkinson

Answer · why

A) Stephen E. Ambrose

He built it from interviews with the surviving veterans of Easy Company.

Q 03/05

The series follows Easy Company of which regiment and division?

A) 506th PIR, 101st Airborne

B) 504th PIR, 82nd Airborne

C) 502nd PIR, 101st Airborne

D) 508th PIR, 82nd Airborne

Answer · why

A) 506th PIR, 101st Airborne

The 101st are the Screaming Eagles.

Q 04/05

The title Band of Brothers comes from a speech in which Shakespeare play?

A) Henry V

B) Richard III

C) Julius Caesar

D) Macbeth

Answer · why

A) Henry V

Carwood Lipton recites the St. Crispin's Day passage in the finale.

Q 05/05

Who plays Major Richard Winters?

A) Damian Lewis

B) Ron Livingston

C) Matthew Settle

D) Donnie Wahlberg

Answer · why

A) Damian Lewis

The English actor later narrated the documentary Dick Winters: Hang Tough in the same American accent.