Q 01/05

What is John McClane's profession at the beginning of 'Die Hard'?

A) FBI Agent

B) NYPD Detective

C) LAPD Officer

D) Security Guard

Answer · why

B) NYPD Detective

NYPD Detective John McClane is a continent away from his beat, so when gunmen seize the tower he fights them with no backup, no jurisdiction and no sh...

Q 02/05

In Die Hard, a fellow passenger tells McClane to cure jet lag by going barefoot and doing what?

A) Walking on his heels

B) Rolling a ball underfoot

C) Making fists with his toes

D) Soaking them in ice

Answer · why

C) Making fists with his toes

Making fists with his toes on the carpet is the tip, and McClane is trying it in an office washroom when the gunmen arrive, which is why he fights the...

Q 03/05

How does McClane first try to summon help after the gunmen seize the tower in Die Hard?

A) Phoning 911 from a desk

B) Pulling a fire alarm

C) Firing shots from a window

D) Flashing the office lights

Answer · why

B) Pulling a fire alarm

Pulling a fire alarm brings engines racing toward the tower, but a gunman posing as the lobby guard reports a false alarm and they turn back; worse, t...

Q 04/05

Who portrays the main antagonist, Hans Gruber, in 'Die Hard'?

A) Tim Curry

B) Jeremy Irons

C) Gary Oldman

D) Alan Rickman

Answer · why

D) Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman had never made a feature film; the scene where Hans poses as a hostage was added after a writer overheard him trying out an American acce...

Q 05/05

In Die Hard, what does McClane learn when he looks up his wife on the lobby directory?

A) She has quit

B) She uses her maiden name

C) She runs the company

D) She works in Tokyo

Answer · why

B) She uses her maiden name

She uses her maiden name, Gennaro, at Nakatomi; McClane takes it badly, and the couple's reunion upstairs turns straight into an argument about it.