33 Empire of the Sun Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer:The Japanese

Jim says that the Japanese will win because they have better planes and bravier pilots.

Answer:1941

In 1941, China and Japan had been in a state of undeclared war for four years.

Answer:an airfield

The proud and proper British get a real wake-up call in this environment.

Answer:Steven Spielberg

This is such a classic Spielberg movie with the moving story, cinematography, bold spirt, inspired performances and uplifting music.

Answer:Jim comes face to face with three pilots and salutes.

This is such a moving moment in the film with him being allowed to take a minute and just embrace something he has so much respect for. It is so beautifully filmed and the music lifts you up.

Answer:Christian Bale

He definitely should have gotten a special Best Actor Oscar for his performance. Brilliant!

Answer:John Williams

A prime example of the wonderful blending of music and film.

Answer:The Japanese

If the Grahams knew that the Japanese would be invading Shanghai eventually, why did they wait so long to leave?

Answer:1945

This means that Jim was at least held prisoner for four years, which is a very long time relative to Jim's youth.

Answer:The Cathedral School

Jamie lives such a sheltered way of life. Going to a school with other British kids, singing in a choir, playing with toy airplanes, listening to his mother play piano and watching his dad chip golf balls over their pool.

Answer:a bar of soap

He drops off a pair of shined shoes to the sergeant and steals the soap in two swift moves. He also gives Basie a tomato.

Answer:Amhurst Avenue

The Grahams lived at 13 Amhurst Avenue. An avenue of white pianos and crystal chandeliers, but not for long.

Answer:a black cat

Everybody is betting that Jim will be caught but as Basie puts it, Jim's a black cat. Basie believes that Jim will not only set the traps but get out of there without getting shot, and he's right. In addition, what Basie really wanted to know is whether or not there were mines in the field, but of course he didn't tell Jim that! Nice!

Answer:His toy Japanese airplane

He lets go of his mother's hand! Jamie, go home. Little does he know that he will not see his parents for a very long time.

Answer:He gets to move into the American dorm.

Jim is covered with mud, walks into the dorm and gets saluted by all the Americans.

Answer:Butter biscuits

"Miss Graham not want you to eat before bed." I never trusted that servant. I don't think Jamie liked her either.

Answer:Jim is supposed to watch Basie's stuff but when he visits Basie at the infirmary eveything is stolen.Jim leaves before he gets kicked out.

这是一个寒冷,cruel world for Jim.

Answer:sultan, clown, pirate

Mr. Lockwood still has his Santa Claus costume on or over his shoulder when he sees Jamie at the first internment camp.

Answer:You're on, my friend.

Basie has so much confidence in Jim. Even when the sergeant is walking right by him in the mud.

Answer:He does chest compression on a female patient.

Jim trys so hard to bring the patient back, she looks at him, he gets all excited, but as the doctor said, "you pumped some blood into her brain, but only for a moment."

Answer:He has become an atheist.

杰米问妈妈关于上帝and she claims, I don't know about God.

Answer:He goes to the top of a building at the camp and waves.

Talk about excited! It's great when the one American pilot waves to him.

Answer:去ne With the Wind

Such a contrast to see this gigantic movie billboard of "Gone With the Wind" and all that it represents, set against the chaos going on in Shanghai as it plays out in another epic film.

Answer:Miranda Richardson

She was slowly dying and not really capable mentally of ever dealing with the conditions at the camp or her feeling for Jim.

Answer:He opens the window and blows the footprints away.

How frightening this must have been. He looks around with such a range of expressions crossing his face as he quickly realizes that they must have been taken away.