Q 01/05

Who directed The Hurt Locker?

A) Ridley Scott

B) Sofia Coppola

C) Jane Campion

D) Kathryn Bigelow

Answer · why

D) Kathryn Bigelow

She became the first woman to win the Best Director Oscar.

Q 02/05

Who plays Sergeant First Class William James?

A) Guy Pearce

B) Anthony Mackie

C) Jeremy Renner

D) Brian Geraghty

Answer · why

C) Jeremy Renner

It earned him a Best Actor nomination, the year before his Supporting nod for The Town.

Q 03/05

What kind of unit does the film follow?

A) An Army bomb disposal team

B) A Marine sniper unit

C) A Navy SEAL squad

D) A helicopter medevac crew

Answer · why

A) An Army bomb disposal team

The characters belong to an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team with Bravo Company.

Q 04/05

How is Staff Sergeant Thompson killed in the opening sequence?

A) An insurgent detonates the IED with a cell phone

B) A sniper shoots him through the suit

C) The robot's charge goes off early

D) A car bomb hits his Humvee

Answer · why

A) An insurgent detonates the IED with a cell phone

Specialist Eldridge blames himself for not shooting the man with the phone.

Q 05/05

Who plays Thompson, the team leader killed at the start?

A) Christian Camargo

B) Ralph Fiennes

C) David Morse

D) Guy Pearce

Answer · why

D) Guy Pearce

Fiennes plays the British contractor leader and Morse a colonel; Camargo is the psychiatrist.