The Guardian Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ben Randall

Kevin Costner plays Senior Chief Ben Randall, one of the most decorated U.S Coast Guard swimmers. Ben Randall is legendary, all of the recruits try to guess how many saves Ben really has.

Answer: So Others May Live

When Ben asks if anyone knows the motto, Jake recites it, but Ben is not impressed. "So Others May Live" is authentically the motto of the U.S Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. 'Rescue Swimmers' are actually called Aviation Survival Technicians. The program was started in 1984.

(Info about program taken from http://admissions.uscga.edu/i2e/news/guardian.asp)

Answer: Swimming Relay Team

Jake tells Emily that the tattoo has the initials of the guys on his relay team. All of the members of the team died in a fiery car crash except for Jake, who was driving. Ben and Jake relate so well to each other because they both lost members of their team.

Answer: Class 5506

The group is addressed as Class 5506 during the movie, and the rescue swimmers in training also refer to their group by this number. More than half of the recruits trying out to be a rescue swimmer fail, many of them DOR (Drop on request) due to the difficulty of the program.

Answer: 22

Ben tells Jake that the only number he kept track of was the number of people he lost. Ben never reveals how many people he has saved.

Answer: Emily Thomas

Jake bets his friends that he can pick up any girl in 30 seconds. Emily knows what he is doing and wants to split the money with him. When Jake first asks for her name, she tells him it is Daisy Buchannan (from "The Great Gatsby"). She later tells him her real name and they began a whirlwind romance.

Answer: A-School

Ben is the only one on his crew to survive when a rescue at sea goes awry. Capt. Hadley thinks it's best that Ben take a break and reassigns him as an instructor at the school. The name A-School is the actual name of the 16 week, intensive training program for rescue swimmers. The recruits must go through intensive military training in order to pass the course.

Answer: a Squid bar

Jake and Hodge go into a Navy bar. The U.S Coast Guard and the Navy have a rivalry because both think they are more important than the other. Hodge is flirting with the bartender when two Navy men come over and tell them to get out. After getting into a fight, Jake and Hodge end up in jail where they must be bailed out by their instructor.

Answer: Richard Jenkins

Clancy Brown played Capt. Bill Hadley, Senior Chief Ben Randall's superior. Neal McDonough played Jack Skinner, the man who was in charge of A-School before Ben Randall came. Omari Hardwick played Carl Billings, Ben Randall's crew-mate.

Answer: the Coast Guard

Maggie says, "Ben, you're a bigamist. You've been married to the coast guard all along". They are in her bar and Ben is complaining about his life. Maggie tells him that his life is like a country song.

(quote taken from www.imdb.com)