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Quiz about The Beast Soviet Tank Lost in Afghanistan

"The Beast" - Soviet Tank Lost in Afghanistan Quiz

This film is about a Soviet tank crew in Afghanistan during the 1980s invasion. Never get off the tank!

A multiple-choice quiz by sandro442. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
sandro442

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
346,852

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. The beginning of the movie shows a Soviet tank element attacking an Afghan village. At one point a group of Afghan women jump on the tank. What does the tank crew use to repel this attack? Hint

Poison gas

Machine gun

Pistol

Tank runs them over

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Question 2 of 10

2. The tank becomes lost when it takes a wrong turn and is separated from the rest of the Soviet tanks leaving the village. When the tank commander Daskal realizes this, what objective does he keep trying to reach? Hint

The train tracks

The fuel depot

The Kandahar road

The Kabul highway

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Question 3 of 10

3. The tank commander is fanatical about a lot of things including never getting off the tank. He is very rough on his crew. He orders the driver Koverchenko to kill whom during the movie? Hint

The Afghan Samad

An old Afghan lady

The helicopter pilot

Two of his own crew

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Question 4 of 10

4. A Soviet helicopter finally finds the tank crew and they think they are rescued. The tank commander ruins the crew's hopes by telling them they can't get on the chopper. What does the commander say to his crew when they ask why they can't ride back on the chopper? Hint

"Helicopters aren't safe."

"Because you're tankers."

"We are safer on the tank."

"Never get off the tank."

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Question 5 of 10

5. The tank commander Daskal tells the story of when he was eight years old and the Nazis invaded Russia. They called him "Tank Boy" because he would drop Molotov cocktail bombs on German tanks from above while being held out a window on a rope. What city was he defending during this action? Hint

Leningrad

Stalingrad

St. Petersburg

Moscow

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Question 6 of 10

6. The driver Koverchenko is abandoned by the tank crew and left for dead. What did he do to deserve this? Hint

He refused to kill his fellow tank crew member.

He refused to kill a woman.

He refused to kill an Afghan civilian.

He went for his gun during an argument with the tank commander, Daskal.

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Question 7 of 10

7. The gunner on the tank cooks up some homemade moonshine using what substance? Hint

Radiator fluid from the tank

Rubbing alcohol

Hydraulic fluid from the tank

Brake fluid from the tank

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Question 8 of 10

8. One of the Mujahideen is a ragged guy with sunglasses who rides a moped. He is a scavenger. This man is the first one to shoot the RPG. What is his name? Hint

Mohallah

Mohammad

Mustafa

Khan Taj

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Question 9 of 10

9. The commander Daskal tells the tale of when he was driver and his tank took a hit from a RPG. He says that the turret was blown off and he was the only survivor. Daskal claims he drove the tank back to his own lines with no turret! Where did this battle take place? Hint

Mongolia

Korea

Slovenia

Croatia

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Question 10 of 10

10. What finally stops the tank? Hint

RPG

Molotov Cocktails

Mine

Rocks

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The beginning of the movie shows a Soviet tank element attacking an Afghan village. At one point a group of Afghan women jump on the tank. What does the tank crew use to repel this attack?

Answer: Poison gas

The tank does run over a man before they leave the village but the women get gassed by the tank crew. One woman and a goat die when the tank crew drops a canister of poison gas out the trap door in the bottom of the tank.

Answer: The Kandahar road

This is stated at least twice by the tank commander at different parts of the movie. Towards the end of the movie the crew can actually see the road, but they can't reach it due to a huge chasm that is impassable.

3. The tank commander is fanatical about a lot of things including never getting off the tank. He is very rough on his crew. He orders the driver Koverchenko to kill whom during the movie?

Answer: The Afghan Samad

The commander makes him run over a Mujahideen in the opening scene, and then later he orders the driver Koverchenko to shoot one of his own crew, the Afghan Samad. Koverchenko refuses to shoot one of his own crew.

Answer: "Because you're tankers."

The helicopter pilot tells the tank commander, "Today's your lucky day. If we hadn't been out here looking for water we wouldn't have found you guys. Go ahead and climb aboard, I'll call in an airstrike on the tank." The tank commander Daskal replies, "Nobody wastes my tank".

Answer: Stalingrad

This is clearly stated by the commander. The Germans never reached Moscow, although they got close enough to see it! Leningrad is St. Petersburg. The name was changed in 1991, so a bit of a trick question, sorry!

6. The driver Koverchenko is abandoned by the tank crew and left for dead. What did he do to deserve this?

Answer: He went for his gun during an argument with the tank commander, Daskal.

This was the last straw for him. The commander had been warning him the whole movie, and when the driver went for his gun, that was it. He's lucky they didn't just shoot him! The driver did refuse to kill his fellow crew member, but that was earlier in the film and the commander let it go at that time.

7. The gunner on the tank cooks up some homemade moonshine using what substance?

Answer: Brake fluid from the tank

The gunner explains that he filters it through bread, and then lets it sit in the sun with some fruit. "It keeps me steady on the gun, sir."

8. One of the Mujahideen is a ragged guy with sunglasses who rides a moped. He is a scavenger. This man is the first one to shoot the RPG. What is his name?

Answer: Mustafa

There is tension between Mustafa and Khan Taj over some old feud we don't know the details of. Mustafa is a scavenger though; he abandons the hunt for the tank when he finds the Russian helicopter. "Allah has thrown a peach in your lap my friend. Enjoy it!"

Answer: Mongolia

Daskal is fanatical about his tank. He tells the tale to his crew of when he was a young tank driver. "We're safe in here. My tanks have been hit by everything. In Mongolia once, RPG, direct hit. Commander, gunner and turret went flying. I drove the rest of the tank back to our lines. These tanks today are better. Much better."

10. What finally stops the tank?

Answer: Rocks

It is the women with their C-4 and grenades who start an avalanche. We see the women with their explosives earlier in the movie when they offer to help. We see the women again at the top of the cliff after the explosion.

Source: Author sandro442

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