Darkest Hour (film) - Quiz
  • 1. Who provides the voice for Franklin D. Roosevelt in the film?
A) John Hurt
B) Ronald Pickup
C) Gary Oldman
D) David Strathairn
  • 2. Who wrote the screenplay for Darkest Hour?
A) Dario Marianelli
B) Anthony McCarten
C) Joe Wright
D) David Strathairn
  • 3. Which actor was initially cast as Neville Chamberlain?
A) Ronald Pickup
B) John Hurt
C) Ben Mendelsohn
D) Stephen Dillane
  • 4. Who played King George VI in the film?
A) Gary Oldman
B) John Hurt
C) Ben Mendelsohn
D) Stephen Dillane
  • 5. How much did Gary Oldman spend in time having make-up applied for his role?
A) Over 500 hours
B) Over 200 hours
C) Exactly 400 hours
D) Over 100 hours
  • 6. Approximately how much were the cigars smoked by Gary Oldman worth?
A) $20,000
B) $10,000
C) $40,000
D) $5,000
  • 7. Which city served as a filming location for the Houses of Parliament?
A) Manchester
B) London
C) Wentworth
D) Westerham
  • 8. Which location was used as the interior for Buckingham Palace?
A) Chartwell House
B) Wentworth Woodhouse
C) Fort Amherst
D) John Rylands Library
  • 9. What was the worldwide box office total for Darkest Hour?
A) $150.2 million
B) $93.8 million
C) $33.4 million
D) $56.5 million
  • 10. Who composed the score for the film?
A) Anthony McCarten
B) John Hurt
C) Dario Marianelli
D) Joe Wright
  • 11. Which company acquired the screenplay for Darkest Hour?
A) Working Title Films
B) Focus Features
C) Warner Bros
D) Mangapps Railway Museum
  • 12. What percentage of the film's audience was over the age of 25?
A) 21%
B) 50%
C) 85%
D) 30%
  • 13. Who played the role of Clementine Churchill?
A) Whitrow
B) Kristin Scott Thomas
C) Elizabeth Layton
D) No one
  • 14. What train stock was used for the London Underground scene?
A) 1959 stock
B) 1970 stock
C) 1965 stock
D) 1945 stock
  • 15. Which location featured as the site for the Calais garrison?
A) Manchester Town Hall
B) Wentworth Woodhouse
C) Chartwell House
D) Fort Amherst
  • 16. Who directed the 2017 film Darkest Hour?
A) Anthony McCarten
B) Joe Wright
C) Christopher Nolan
D) Steven Spielberg
  • 17. Which actor portrayed Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour?
A) Gary Oldman
B) Ronald Pickup
C) Stephen Dillane
D) Ben Mendelsohn
  • 18. At which film festival did Darkest Hour have its world premiere?
A) Venice Film Festival
B) Cannes Film Festival
C) Sundance Film Festival
D) Telluride Film Festival
  • 19. What award did Gary Oldman win for his performance in Darkest Hour at the Academy Awards?
A) Best Supporting Actor
B) Best Picture
C) Best Actor
D) Best Director
  • 20. In the film, what was Elizabeth Layton's role?
A) Translator
B) Nurse
C) Secretary
D) Diplomat
  • 21. Who was the British Prime Minister before Winston Churchill in the film?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Paul Reynaud
C) Lord Halifax
D) King George VI
  • 22. What phrase did Churchill use in his first speech to Parliament as Prime Minister?
A) The few and the many
B) A day of infamy
C) We shall never surrender
D) Blood, toil, tears and sweat
  • 23. Why was the King initially skeptical of Churchill?
A) Due to his actions during the abdication crisis
B) Because of his poor health
C) Because he was a member of the Labour Party
D) Because he supported Hitler
  • 24. Who served as Foreign Secretary in Churchill's government?
A) King George VI
B) Neville Chamberlain
C) Paul Reynaud
D) Lord Halifax
  • 25. What mission did Churchill order for the 30th Infantry Brigade in Calais?
A) To retreat immediately
B) To assassinate Hitler
C) To distract the enemy
D) To surrender to the Germans
  • 26. How did Churchill decide to gauge the public's opinion on the war?
A) By riding the London Underground
B) By reading newspaper editorials
C) By visiting a local pub
D) By holding a public rally
  • 27. What was the name of the operation to evacuate troops from Dunkirk?
A) Operation Dynamo
B) Operation Barbarossa
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Sea Lion
  • 28. What was the signal for Conservative MPs to support Churchill at the end of the film?
A) Halifax standing up and cheering
B) Chamberlain clapping his hands
C) A nod from King George VI
D) Chamberlain mopping his brow with a handkerchief
  • 29. Who was the French Prime Minister Churchill visited in the film?
A) Paul Reynaud
B) Philippe Pétain
C) Charles de Gaulle
D) Giuseppe Bastianini
  • 30. Which country's Ambassador did Halifax and Chamberlain want to use as an intermediary?
A) France
B) Germany
C) United States
D) Italy
  • 31. What happened to Churchill after the end of World War II in Europe, according to the epilogue?
A) He became King
B) He was voted out of office
C) He retired voluntarily
D) He was appointed to the UN
  • 32. What is the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating for the film Darkest Hour?
A) 95%
B) 90%
C) 75%
D) 84%
  • 33. What was the Metacritic score for Darkest Hour based on 50 critics?
A) 73
B) 84
C) 90
D) 75
  • 34. Who described the film as a 'near-perfect companion piece' to Dunkirk?
A) David Ehrlich
B) Damon Wise
C) Brian Tallerico
D) Peter Travers
  • 35. Stuart McGurk of GQ criticized the director, Joe Wright, for what?
A) Dumbing-down the script
B) Ignoring historical advice
C) Over-spending on production
D) Choosing a poor lead actor
  • 36. When was Darkest Hour released on digital streaming platforms?
A) 6 February 2018
B) 12 June 2018
C) 4 June 2018
D) 28 May 2017
  • 37. Which historical figure did Adam Gopnik argue was under-dramatized in the film?
A) Viscount Halifax
B) King George VI
C) Clement Attlee
D) Neville Chamberlain
  • 38. What claim about British radio did the text use to point out a historical inaccuracy in the film?
A) The King refused to be on the radio with Churchill
B) Radio broadcasts from Parliament did not start until the 1970s
C) The radio was not invented until after 1945
D) Churchill never gave radio speeches during the war
  • 39. According to the text, when was the 'beaches' speech actually delivered?
A) 12 June 1940
B) 10 May 1940
C) 28 May 1940
D) 4 June 1940
  • 40. What potential subject for a Darkest Hour sequel did Gary Oldman mention?
A) The end of the war in the Pacific
B) The invasion of Normandy
C) The formation of the United Nations
D) The 1945 Yalta Conference
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