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Quiz about Swing Kids Trivia
Quiz about Swing Kids Trivia

'Swing Kids' Trivia Trivia Quiz

'Swing Kids' was such a great movie, and the soundtrack is great, too! This quiz should be fairly easy if you've seen the movie a couple of times! Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by CAngel05. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
CAngel05
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
53,549
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
14 / 20
Plays
543
Last 3 plays: angostura (20/20), Guest 212 (10/20), Guest 204 (20/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. Which of the following is one of Arvid's nicknames (given to him by Thomas and Peter)? Hint


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Question 2 of 20
2. What is Peter's little brother's name?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 20
3. How does Peter explain how he got the cut underneath his eye the night after they have a run-in with the man being chased by the Gestapo (at the beginning of the movie)? Hint


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Question 4 of 20
4. What is the name of the code song between the swing kids? Hint


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Question 5 of 20
5. What is the name of the girl Peter likes? Hint


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Question 6 of 20
6. What deragatory name does Thomas call the girl that Arvid likes?

Answer: (one word (it's another name for an ugly girl))

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Question 7 of 20
7. Which character is played by "ER"'s Noah Wyle?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 20
8. What do Thomas and Peter attempt to steal for Arvid? Hint


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Question 9 of 20
9. What does the German word 'verrater' mean in English? Hint


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Question 10 of 20
10. What is Thomas' last name? Hint


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Question 11 of 20
11. What does Peter deliver as a job? Hint


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Question 12 of 20
12. What instrument does Peter mention that his father used to play? Hint


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Question 13 of 20
13. When Arvid plays at a club and the Nazis request a song, Arvid heatedly replies, 'There are no more good ____ songs, only Nazi songs!' Fill in the blank:

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 14 of 20
14. Which character reports his father to the Nazis?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 15 of 20
15. What does Peter eventually realize he is delivering for the Nazis (toward the end of the movie)?

Answer: (One Word (no adjectives, just the noun of what's inside the box))

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Question 16 of 20
16. What does Arvid say that 'got your glasses on' means? Hint


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Question 17 of 20
17. Who threatens to report Peter?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 18 of 20
18. How does Arvid kill himself? Hint


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Question 19 of 20
19. When Thomas comes home to dinner one night, after his boxing match with Emil, his parents have dinner guests over. Who are their guests? Hint


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Question 20 of 20
20. What piece of Peter's outfit does his brother hold up at the very end of the movie while yelling, 'Swing Heil!' Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Apr 15 2024 : angostura: 20/20
Apr 09 2024 : Guest 212: 10/20
Mar 01 2024 : Guest 204: 20/20

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following is one of Arvid's nicknames (given to him by Thomas and Peter)?

Answer: Django-man

 A reference to Django Reinhart. Herr Hitman is another nickname.
2. What is Peter's little brother's name?

Answer: Willie

This is mentioned several times throughout the movie.
3. How does Peter explain how he got the cut underneath his eye the night after they have a run-in with the man being chased by the Gestapo (at the beginning of the movie)?

Answer: he fell down while dancing

 His mother sees the cut and asks him who he's been fighting with. Peter says he fell while trying a new dance step: 'It's a wild dance.'
4. What is the name of the code song between the swing kids?

Answer: It Don't Mean a Thing

 Peter is shocked when on of the HJ kids whistles it as he passes him. This makes him believe that no swing kid could ever really become a Nazi.
5. What is the name of the girl Peter likes?

Answer: Evey

 Evey is 'Peter's priss,' as Thomas calls her. Clara is Peter's grandmother.
6. What deragatory name does Thomas call the girl that Arvid likes?

Answer: faust

 'Faust,' as they mention during a 'pop quiz,' is swing talk for an ugly girl.
7. Which character is played by "ER"'s Noah Wyle?

Answer: Emil

Emil is the traitor; 'he was the original hepcat,' as Peter and Thomas say, but now he is a Nazi.
8. What do Thomas and Peter attempt to steal for Arvid?

Answer: a radio

 Peter saw a Nazi take a radio from among the belongings they raided from a Jewish store; the Nazi then gave it to some lady who owns a pastry shop. Since it's not really hers anyway, Peter and Thomas decide to steal it for Arvid.
9. What does the German word 'verrater' mean in English?

Answer: traitor

 Peter sees this written on the side of a store that a Jewish man used to own (this is where the Nazi takes the radio from).
10. What is Thomas' last name?

Answer: Berger

 Thomas Berger, Peter Muller, and... well... Messer and von Walrath were characters in a Louis L'amour story.
11. What does Peter deliver as a job?

Answer: books

 He delivers rare books; later he finds that hidden inside the books are forged documents for Jewish families.
12. What instrument does Peter mention that his father used to play?

Answer: violin

 You had to be paying pretty close attention to get that one... when Peter delivers a book to Frau Linge, he recognizes the classical music that she has playing. When she asks if he is a student of classical music, he replies no, that he thinks his father is the violinist.
13. When Arvid plays at a club and the Nazis request a song, Arvid heatedly replies, 'There are no more good ____ songs, only Nazi songs!' Fill in the blank:

Answer: German

 'You come in here asking me to lift your morale? Well I won't! I won't.'
14. Which character reports his father to the Nazis?

Answer: Thomas

 Thomas tells the HJ leaders that his father often complains about the state of political affairs in Germany, but he's too weak to do anything. The Nazis arrest his father anyway.
15. What does Peter eventually realize he is delivering for the Nazis (toward the end of the movie)?

Answer: ashes

Peter is shocked when he rips open one of the boxes and finds ashes.
16. What does Arvid say that 'got your glasses on' means?

Answer: you don't know who your friends are

 Arvid says this in a conversation with Thomas: 'Quiz time: got your glasses on?' 'What?' 'It means you don't know who your friends are.'
17. Who threatens to report Peter?

Answer: Thomas

 When Peter and Thomas get into an argument at Peter's house, Thomas says "Do you want me to re-" but catches himself before he says "report you."
18. How does Arvid kill himself?

Answer: he slits his wrist

 He slits his wrist with one of his swing records. He knows that the Nazis would kill him eventually anyway, so he would rather take his own life.
19. When Thomas comes home to dinner one night, after his boxing match with Emil, his parents have dinner guests over. Who are their guests?

Answer: Dr. and Frau Keppler

 Dr. Keppler offers to get his medical bag since Thomas has been beaten up.
20. What piece of Peter's outfit does his brother hold up at the very end of the movie while yelling, 'Swing Heil!'

Answer: umbrella

 As Peter is being driven away to a work camp in the back of a truck, Willi runs after him, holding up his umbrella, yelling 'Swing Heil!'
Source: Author CAngel05

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