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Thursday, 1 July 2021

Film quiz - "Match the aircraft to the film it appears in" edition with answers

Here are the answers (below) to an earlier post called Film quiz - "Match the aircraft to the film it appears in" edition.

Note that some aircraft are ‘acting’ as well (eg in one film a Yakovlev Yak-52TW was modified to resemble a Supermarine Spitfire, but this is listed here as the intended Spitfire) or CGI and other sneakery might be used. Information is correct according to the internet; I welcome arguments :)

First, the original quiz questions

Match the aircraft to the film it's in

Number and film	Letter	Letter and aircraft
1. The Silence of the Lambs		A. Bell UH-1 Iroquois 'Huey' helicopter
2. Jurassic World		B. Supermarine Spitfire
3. The Dam Busters		C. Thurston TSC-1A Teal
4. Quantum of Solace		D. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber
5. Apocalypse Now		E. Boeing 707
6. North By Northwest		F. Douglas DC-3
7. Independence Day		G. Avro Lancaster B.VII
8. Memphis Belle		H. Grumman F-14 Tomcat
9. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation		I. Airbus A320-214
10. Airplane!		J. Boeing-Stearman Model 75 PT-17 (Kaydet)
11. The Wicker Man		K. Lockheed C-130 ‘Hercules’
12. Dunkirk		L. Airbus Helicopters H130
13. Top Gun		M. Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary & a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 (Kaydet)
14. Sully: Miracle on the Hudson		N. Airbus A400M Atlas

And now, for the answers...

Here's the Google Docs version.

Answers

1K, 2L, 3G, 4F, 5A, 6M, 7J, 8D, 9N, 10E, 11C, 12B, 13H, 14I

More detailed version in the table below.

Number and film	Answer (Letter and aircraft)
1. The Silence of the Lambs	K. Lockheed C-130 ‘Hercules’
2. Jurassic World	L. Airbus Helicopters H130
3. The Dam Busters	G. Avro Lancaster B.VII
4. Quantum of Solace	F. Douglas DC-3
5. Apocalypse Now	A. Bell UH-1 Iroquois 'Huey' helicopter
6. North By Northwest	M. Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary & a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 (Kaydet)
7. Independence Day	J. Boeing-Stearman Model 75 PT-17 (Kaydet)
8. Memphis Belle	D. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber
9. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation	N. Airbus A400M Atlas
10. Airplane!	E. Boeing 707
11. The Wicker Man	C. Thurston TSC-1A Teal
12. Dunkirk	B. Supermarine Spitfire
13. Top Gun	H. Grumman F-14 Tomcat
14. Sully: Miracle on the Hudson	I. Airbus A320-214

Evidence, with which you are welcome to disagree
because it mostly comes from Wikipedia :)

14. Sully: Miracle on the Hudson - Airbus A320-214
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549
“Several major airlines, including American Airlines and British Airways, did not include the movie in their onboard entertainment, since it could upset viewers. Virgin allowed it, "to celebrate the fantastic skills, training and dedication of airline pilots".”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sully_(film)

Film quiz - "Match the aircraft to the film it appears in" edition

Yes of course it's a bit niche, what did you expect :)

Below is a table with the films in one order (Number and film column) and the aircraft (Letter and aircraft) in the wrong order. If you were playing along and printed this out then the middle column (Letter) is where you would write the correct letter depending on which aircraft is the correct one.

Eg if you thought The Silence of the Lambs featured a Thurston TSC-1A Teal you'd write 'C' there. A clue is that you'd be wrong ;)

Answers in the next post which, once I've written it, will be linked here.

A copy of this table is here in this Google Doc (or if you'd like a plain text version here it is as a .tsv [tab separated variables with which you can recreate a spreadsheet for sharing]), and here's my previous 'Film quiz - logos edition' post.

You are welcome to use this quiz round in your own quizzes, no permission needed. (I'd be amazed if anyone wants to though!)

Match the aircraft to the film it's in

Number and film	Letter	Letter and aircraft
1. The Silence of the Lambs		A. Bell UH-1 Iroquois 'Huey' helicopter
2. Jurassic World		B. Supermarine Spitfire
3. The Dam Busters		C. Thurston TSC-1A Teal
4. Quantum of Solace		D. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber
5. Apocalypse Now		E. Boeing 707
6. North By Northwest		F. Douglas DC-3
7. Independence Day		G. Avro Lancaster B.VII
8. Memphis Belle		H. Grumman F-14 Tomcat
9. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation		I. Airbus A320-214
10. Airplane!		J. Boeing-Stearman Model 75 PT-17 (Kaydet)
11. The Wicker Man		K. Lockheed C-130 ‘Hercules’
12. Dunkirk		L. Airbus Helicopters H130
13. Top Gun		M. Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary & a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 (Kaydet)
14. Sully: Miracle on the Hudson		N. Airbus A400M Atlas

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