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Quiz about Live Free or Die Hard Part 1
Quiz about Live Free or Die Hard Part 1

"Live Free or Die Hard" Part 1 Quiz


This fourth installment of the "Die Hard" franchise offers almost non-stop action. Join me for an examination of the first part of the movie.

A multiple-choice quiz by skunkee. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
skunkee
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
265,870
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
3192
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (3/10), Guest 172 (6/10), Guest 70 (3/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Our old friend John McClane was sent to retrieve computer hacker Matt Farrell. When Farrell answered the door he claimed to be someone else. Who did he claim to be? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Unbeknownst to McClane and Farrell, the terrorists had already targeted Matt for elimination, via a bomb in his computer. This would be activated by the pressing of a certain key. What ended up hitting the key and detonating the bomb? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Although the main bad guys were English speaking, some of their terrorists for hire, or henchmen if you will, spoke a different language. What was it? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. When McClane finally got Farrell into the car to take him to F.B.I. headquarters, there was a song playing on the car radio. Who was the song by? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. McClane protested that he listened to the news on the radio (if not to current music) but Farrell ridiculed this, claiming that the news was totally manipulated to control the public. What emotion did Farrell claim was being cultivated by newscasts? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Back at terrorist control centre, the order to implement Stage One was given. What was the target of Stage One? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Caught in a traffic snarl, McClane stood on top of the hood of his car to see what was going on. What observation did he make? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. When McClane and Farrell finally arrived at the F.B.I. headquarters, they found staff out of the building, operating from a temporary headquarters in a trailer. What happened to cause them to evacuate the main building? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Stage Two of the attack was launched. What was the target of Stage Two? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. During the attack on the stock market, the terrorists took control of televisions and computers screens. What did they broadcast? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Our old friend John McClane was sent to retrieve computer hacker Matt Farrell. When Farrell answered the door he claimed to be someone else. Who did he claim to be?

Answer: Daisy Duke

Daisy Duke was the name of the buxom, scantily clad star of the television series and movie "The Dukes of Hazzard". Matt's smart-mouthed response immediately identified him as having the same kind of attitude as McClean himself. The two characters played well off of each other.
McClane had been asked to pick Matt up and bring him in for questioning by the F.B.I. because they were experiencing computer problems and he was one of the hackers on the list considered good enough to have created the problem. Their problems were way more serious than they first imagined.
Bruce Willis reprised the role of John McClane and Justin Long was excellent in the role of Matt Farrell.
2. Unbeknownst to McClane and Farrell, the terrorists had already targeted Matt for elimination, via a bomb in his computer. This would be activated by the pressing of a certain key. What ended up hitting the key and detonating the bomb?

Answer: An action figure fell on it.

The terrorists were monitoring Matt's house, waiting to make sure that he was dead. McClane's arrival stopped him from hitting the appropriate key, so the terrorists opened fire on the apartment. In the resultant destruction, an action figure got knocked over, bounced off the keyboard and set off the bomb, but no one was sitting next to it at the time.
It was difficult to tell exactly which key was the trigger, but the camera kept focusing on the area containing the Delete and End keys.
Farrell didn't own a cat, so there wasn't one to be injured in the explosion!
3. Although the main bad guys were English speaking, some of their terrorists for hire, or henchmen if you will, spoke a different language. What was it?

Answer: French

It was interesting to hear the terrorists conversing in French, while Thomas Gabriel (the mastermind behind the act of virtual terrorism), and his girlfriend conversed with the henchmen. The conversation was easily and seamlessly bilingual. The men who committed the acts of violence pretty much all spoke French (initially) while our chief bad guys replied in English. Sub-titles were provided! At one point, after having killed a few of these, McLean asked Gabriel if he was running out of men or if he had called 1-800-henchmen for replacements. Thomas Gabriel was played by Timothy Olyphant and his very ruthless and effective girlfriend, Mai Lihn, was played by Maggie Q.
4. When McClane finally got Farrell into the car to take him to F.B.I. headquarters, there was a song playing on the car radio. Who was the song by?

Answer: CCR

Creedence Clearwater Revival, or CCR as they are often referred to, were a bluesy rock group that had a string of hits it the 60s and early 70s. The song playing in this scene was "Fortunate Son" off the 1969 album "Willy and the Poor Boys". It peaked at number 14 on the US charts.
Farrell was not impressed with the music and started poking fun at McClane's age. He asked McClane about the last time he had regularly listened to new music on the radio, and asked if Michael Jackson was still black back then.
5. McClane protested that he listened to the news on the radio (if not to current music) but Farrell ridiculed this, claiming that the news was totally manipulated to control the public. What emotion did Farrell claim was being cultivated by newscasts?

Answer: fear

At this point in the movie Farrell was still very much an angry young man with disdain for anything that even remotely hinted at establishment. His belief that the media manipulated stories to keep the public in fear was soon blown to bits, when he was confronted with the reality of terrorism.
6. Back at terrorist control centre, the order to implement Stage One was given. What was the target of Stage One?

Answer: transportation networks

The computer terrorists took control of the traffic lights, causing all kinds of accidents and problems around the city, grinding traffic to a halt. There were also reports of other transportation systems (like planes and trains) being interfered with to the point that they were no longer functioning either.
7. Caught in a traffic snarl, McClane stood on top of the hood of his car to see what was going on. What observation did he make?

Answer: All traffic lights were green.

McClane commented on the fact that all of the lights were green and decided to abandon his car because of all the traffic snarls. Determined to fulfill his duty of bringing the kid in for questioning, they proceeded on foot.
8. When McClane and Farrell finally arrived at the F.B.I. headquarters, they found staff out of the building, operating from a temporary headquarters in a trailer. What happened to cause them to evacuate the main building?

Answer: The anthrax alarm went off.

The terrorists triggered the anthrax alarm in a number of government buildings. This was done to enable them to gain access to a particular building, disguised as a HazMat team. In triggering the alarm in so many buildings, they were able to generate enough confusion to disguise their true targets while clearing the building of more than a skeleton staff.
9. Stage Two of the attack was launched. What was the target of Stage Two?

Answer: financial networks

Manipulation of the stock market led to extreme panic as stock prices plummeted. It appeared, to everyone involved, that a stock market crash was happening. We later found out that this started a download of all financial information into the computers at Woodlawn. This safeguard had been put in place so that true records would still exist.
10. During the attack on the stock market, the terrorists took control of televisions and computers screens. What did they broadcast?

Answer: a speech made up of clips from various US presidents

The speech was cleverly done, as clips of presidential speeches were spliced together to form complete sentences, warning that the situation was indeed going to get worse. The complete control that they had over the monitors and televisions made the threats that much more convincing.
Source: Author skunkee

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