Tattooist of Auschwitz
Saving Private Ryan
War Poems
Language Features
Miss Wilkinson
100

Pepan

Who is the original tattooist?

100

Tom Hanks

Who plays Captain John Miller?

100

The poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson about soldiers dying in battle.

What is Charge of the Light Brigade?

100

A language feature compares things using 'like' or 'as'

What is a Simile

100

Melissa

What is Miss Wilkinson's first name?

200

Canada / Kanada

Where do Gita and the girls work in Auschwitz?

200

Omaha Beach

What beach do the soldiers land on in the beginning?

200

A psychological disorder that affected people in World War 1 trenches 

What is shell-shock?

200

A direct comparison saying one thing is another.

What is a metaphor?

200

Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland and England.

Where is Miss Wilkinson travelling to in December this year?

300

Ludwig

What is Lale's full first name?

300

Music

Stable Cameras

What film technique did Spielberg avoid in battle scenes to make them more realistic?

300

Wilfred Owen

Who wrote the Poem "Dulce et Decorum est"?

300

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

What is personification?

300

Bagpipes

What instrument does Miss Wilkinson love?


Fun Fact: The Bagpipes were counted as a weapon of war until 1996

400

The numbers tattooed on prisoners symbolise this.

Dehumanisation

400

Five

How many Academy Awards did the film win?

400

Carol Ann Duffy

Who wrote the war poem - The War Photographer

400

A phrase that exaggerates for effect, like “I’ve told you a million times!”

What is hyperbole?

400

Bolt, Mercury and Poppet

What are Miss Wilkinson's cat's names?

500

Josef Mengele

Who was the Angel of Death?

500

The story of Ryan’s four brothers was inspired by this real-life American family who lost multiple sons during World War II.

Who were the Niland Brothers?

500

It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country

What is the translation of Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori?

500

Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

What is assonance?

500

Monte Cassino

What Italian battlefield is Miss Wilkinson visiting on December 17th?

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