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The Hunt for Red October | Quiz

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1)

What does the Cardinal tell the US that the mission of all Soviet subs is? (from The Sixth Day, Wednesday, 8 December)

Guide the Red October home
Return home
Hunt down Ramius
Sink the Red October
2)

How does the Konovalov identify the Red October? (from The Seventeenth Day, Sunday, 19 December)

The Russians on board
Distinctive sound
Distinctive looks when seen
Sonar
3)

Which of the following characters accompanies Ryan to the USS Kennedy? (from The Seventh Day, Thursday, 9 December)

Davenport
Mancuso
Dallas
Jones
4)

Which of the following is Ryan's code name? (from The Sixth Day, Wednesday, 8 December)

Willow
Cardinal
Robin
Magi
5)

What does the US Navy order Mancuso to do? (from The Seventh Day, Thursday, 9 December)

Destroy the unknown submarine
Attack the unknown submarine
Follow the unknown submarine
Stay away from the unknown submarine
6)

What do the officers of the suggest is causing the reactor scare? (from The Ninth Day, Saturday, 11 December)

Faulty equipment
Sabotage
Poor Russian planning
Crew inadequacy
7)

Which of the following ships is a Russian ship left behind to watch what the Americans do? (from The Seventeenth Day, Sunday, 19 December)

Dallas
Kennedy
Porgy
Konovalov
8)

Which of the following seems to be of most concern to Jack Ryan? (from The Eighteenth Day, Monday, 20 December)

Work
History
Family
Debt to country
9)

What does the Russian Ambassador claim the Russian Fleet is doing? (from The Eighth Day, Friday, 10 December)

Training exercises
A search and destroy mission
Routine maintence
A rescue mission
10)

Which of the following characters is the commander of the USS Kennedy? (from The Seventh Day, Thursday, 9 December)

Mancuso
Jones
Painter
Davenport
11)

What does the Pentagon want to tell the Red October on the twelfth day? (from The Twelfth Day, Tuesday, 14 December)

That the radiation leak is real
That they have captured an injured sailor
That they know about the defection
Not to approach port
12)

Which of the following is an idiom for the word spy? (from The Ninth Day, Saturday, 11 December)

Secret
Agent
Supportive
Operative
13)

What do many of the badges checked show? (from The Seventh Day, Thursday, 9 December)

Low levels of radiation
High levels of radiation
Death immanent
Nothing
14)

What happens to Ramius? (from The Fourteenth Day, Thursday, 16 December)

He is shot
He boards the Invincible
Nothing happens to him
He is taken into custody
15)

Which of the following is the code name for Ryan's mission? (from The Sixth Day, Wednesday, 8 December)

Cardinal
Magi
Willow
Mandolin
16)

Who was assigned to watch the injured Russian sailor's recovery? (from The Eleventh Day, Monday, 13 December)

KGB Agent
Only doctors
FBI Agent
CIA Agent
17)

Why do the officers tell the crew they will stay on board? (from The Fourteenth Day, Thursday, 16 December)

To destroy it
To safely return the ship to Russia
To fix the problems
To create a trap for the Americans
18)

Which of the following terms best describes the condition of the injured Russian soldier? (from The Tenth Day, Sunday, 12 December)

Comatose
Unstable
Critical
Stable
19)

What does the Russian Ambassador accuse the Americans of? (from The Sixteenth Day, Saturday, 18 December)

Starting a war
Kidnapping the crew of the Red October
Stealing the Red October
Harming the crew of the Red October
20)

In what city does the Red October end up? (from The Eighteenth Day, Monday, 20 December)

Washington
Norfolk
New York
Miami
21)

Which of the following was a contributing factor to the nuclear accident on the Russian sub? (from The Eighth Day, Friday, 10 December)

Poor choices made by the captain
A spy on board
Sabotage
Racing to intercept the Red October
22)

On the eleventh day, what activity is continuing to occur on the Red October? (from The Eleventh Day, Monday, 13 December)

Look for the radiation leak
Search for defectors
Telling the crew of the mission
Look for the planted spy
23)

Which of the following is not something the USS New Jersey did when they approached the Russian Fleet? (from The Ninth Day, Saturday, 11 December)

Plan a strategy to use against the Russians
Examine weapons
Plant a spy on board one of the ships
Gather information
24)

Which of the following has it been confirmed by reading are involved in the defection plot on the Red October? (from The Eleventh Day, Monday, 13 December)

Cook
KGB
Chief Engineer
Jack Ryan
25)

Who is sent to England to inform the British government of the new mission? (from The Sixth Day, Wednesday, 8 December)

Greer
Tyler
Ryan
Mancuso
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