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Quiz about Das Boot How Much Do You Know

"Das Boot": How Much Do You Know? Quiz

As this is my favourite film ever, I thought it was about time there was a quiz on it!

A multiple-choice quiz by Ada_Doom. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Ada_Doom

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
157,142

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
771

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 5 (6/10), Guest 174 (10/10), Guest 174 (6/10).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the U-boat Commander celebrating his newly acquired Knight's Cross in the bar at the beginning of the film? Hint

Petersen

Ritter

Merkel

Thomsen

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the Lieutenant who ships aboard Das Boot as a guest? Hint

Frenssen

Werner

Kriechbaum

Ullmann

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which crew member is treated with contempt and suspicion by the rest of the crew as he is a proud Nazi believer, unlike the others who seem to be going with the flow? Hint

The Chief Engineer

The Second Officer

The First Officer

The Commander

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which record does the Commander ask the First Officer to play, knowing the latter will disapprove of the choice? Hint

Deutschland, Deutschland

Lilli Marlene

It's a Long Way to Tipperary

Wir Fahren Gegen England

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the April Fool that the Commander plays at the start of the voyage? Hint

He pretends to go mad.

He tells the crew the war is over.

He starts an alarm drill.

He tells the crew they are going to Italy.

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Question 6 of 10

6. To what depth is the U-boat guaranteed by the shipyard? Hint

90 metres

180 metres

200 metres

50 metres

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who cracks under the strain of depth charge attack and tries to escape through the tower hatch even though the boat is submerged? Hint

Kriechbaum the Navigator

Johann the Diesel Engineer

Hinrich the Radio Officer

Ullmann the Ensign

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who is supposed to go ashore when the boat takes on stores in Vigo? Hint

Lieutenant Werner and Ensign Ullmann

Johann and Ensign Ullmann

The Chief Engineer and Johann

The Chief Engineer and Lieutenant Werner

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Question 9 of 10

9. Why is it so unlikely that the boat will make it into the Mediterranean unscathed? Hint

They do not have enough fuel and food to make it.

The Commander does not have the correct chart.

The Captain of the ship where they take stores betrays them.

The Straits of Gibraltar are very narrow and shallow and swarming with British shipping.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is injured by the plane that attacks them? Hint

Kriechbaum the Navigator

The 1st Watch Officer

The Commander

Lieutenant Werner

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Apr 21 2024 : Guest 5: 6/10
Apr 19 2024 : Guest 174: 10/10
Apr 18 2024 : Guest 174: 6/10
Mar 30 2024 : Guest 77: 9/10
Mar 28 2024 : Guest 38: 6/10
Feb 28 2024 : Guest 212: 7/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the U-boat Commander celebrating his newly acquired Knight's Cross in the bar at the beginning of the film?

Answer: Thomsen

It is also Thomsen's boat that they meet on the high seas in the middle of the storm. He and "our" Commander are two of a very very few remaining "old hands". The Commander says that he is made to feel ancient by the youth of his crew, but he himself is probably only about 30. All in all 40,000 men shipped out in German U-boats during WWII. 30,000 never came back.

2. What is the name of the Lieutenant who ships aboard Das Boot as a guest?

Answer: Werner

The name was made up by the film makers. The book from which the film was made is autobiographical, and he should therefore be named for the author, Lothar-G�nther Buchheim.

3. Which crew member is treated with contempt and suspicion by the rest of the crew as he is a proud Nazi believer, unlike the others who seem to be going with the flow?

Answer: The First Officer

The Commander is obviously infuriated by his First Officer's rigidity and fussiness (not to mention his sheep-like devotion to Hitler), and delights in winding him up!

4. Which record does the Commander ask the First Officer to play, knowing the latter will disapprove of the choice?

Answer: It's a Long Way to Tipperary

This is one of my very favourite scenes in the whole film. It makes me grin every time to see them all singing along to such a totally incongruous record.

5. What is the April Fool that the Commander plays at the start of the voyage?

Answer: He starts an alarm drill.

This scene is classic J�rgen Prochnow. He barely moves, but he practically oozes satisfaction at having scared them all.

6. To what depth is the U-boat guaranteed by the shipyard?

Answer: 90 metres

But as we find out, it can survive much greater depths without bursting the pressure hull.

7. Who cracks under the strain of depth charge attack and tries to escape through the tower hatch even though the boat is submerged?

Answer: Johann the Diesel Engineer

Johann is one of the most reliable crew members, but this is one depth charge attack too many and he cracks. The Commander dives for his pistol to stop Johann opening the tower hatch and drowning everyone onboard, but the others manage to get him out of sight in time.

The Commander exposes his human side when Johann later apologises and he may well not court martial him if it doesn't happen again.

8. Who is supposed to go ashore when the boat takes on stores in Vigo?

Answer: The Chief Engineer and Lieutenant Werner

The Commander knows it is unlikely they will get through Gibraltar alive, and tried to put ashore the volunteer supernumary Lieutenant Werner and the Chief, who is supposedly on his last trip before home leave and whose wife is heavily pregnant and having a hard time of it.

9. Why is it so unlikely that the boat will make it into the Mediterranean unscathed?

Answer: The Straits of Gibraltar are very narrow and shallow and swarming with British shipping.

The Straits of Gibraltar are only seven miles wide (less than half the width of the Straits of Dover) and shallow, added to which Gibraltar is British Territory, and the natural Mediterranean base for the Royal Navy. The whole area is swarming with British shipping, and very easily patrolled. A tall order for the most competent of U-boat commanders.

10. Who is injured by the plane that attacks them?

Answer: Kriechbaum the Navigator

Only the Commander and Kriechbaum are on the bridge when the boat is attacked, and after the latter is brought down to be treated by Hinrich the Radio Officer in his other capacity as the medic, the Commander stays on the bridge as the boat dives in a very dramatic scene, with him clinging to the conning tower, soaked to the skin, his sou'wester flapping, roaring at the Chief to go faster "give her all she's got!" he yells and then leaps down the tower hatch as it sinks beneath the waves.

Source: Author Ada_Doom

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