Q 01/05

In Call of Duty 4, what kills playable American sergeant Paul Jackson midway through the campaign?

A) A rocket-propelled grenade

B) A sniper's bullet

C) A nuclear explosion

D) A roadside bomb

Answer · why

C) A nuclear explosion

A nuclear explosion engulfs the capital as American forces withdraw, killing Jackson, his lieutenant Vasquez and much of the invasion force that had b...

Q 02/05

Which Scottish SAS recruit of Call of Duty 4 dies in both 2011's Modern Warfare 3 and 2023's Modern Warfare III?

A) Soap

B) Roach

C) Frost

D) Sandman

Answer · why

A) Soap

Soap bleeds to death in Prague in the 2011 game and is killed by Makarov himself in the 2023 reboot, where his squadmates scatter his ashes.

Q 03/05

Which historical conflict, the setting of the first three Call of Duty games, did Call of Duty 4 leave behind?

A) The Vietnam War

B) World War II

C) The Korean War

D) World War I

Answer · why

B) World War II

World War II had been the series' only setting, and Infinity Ward's bosses later said Activision at first resisted the risky move away from it.

Q 04/05

In which city do a young Lieutenant Price and his captain crawl past patrols in ghillie suits in Call of Duty 4?

A) Vorkuta

B) Grozny

C) Minsk

D) Pripyat

Answer · why

D) Pripyat

Pripyat, emptied by the Chernobyl disaster, hosts the 1996 flashback All Ghillied Up, which critics have called one of the greatest levels in video ga...

Q 05/05

Which Hollywood film composer wrote the main theme of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, leaving the rest to Lorne Balfe?

A) Hans Zimmer

B) Danny Elfman

C) James Horner

D) Howard Shore

Answer · why

A) Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer wrote only the main theme, yet the soundtrack's iTunes page wrongly listed him as its sole composer.

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