1. Michael Ward
   John McClane
2. Steve Walker
   John Wayne

Willis plays John McClane, a NYPD detective with an uncanny ability for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And, of course, for taking out bad guys.

1. Danny Trejo
   Dennis Hopper
2. Alan Rickman
   Arnold Schwarzenegger

Alan Rickman stars as Hans Gruber, who leads a gang of robbers masquerading as terrorists as they take over the building. As always, Rickman is perfect for his role.

1. jewels
   cash
2. bonds

The gang of bad guys launches a would-be terrorist attack to disguise their real goal -- stealing $640 million worth of bearer bonds from Nakatomi.

1. an explosive
   his wallet
2. a body
   his gun

To keep Powell from leaving the scene, McClane drops Marco's body onto his cruiser, which successfully alerts the officer that something is wrong.

1. Det. Errol James
   Sgt. Al Powell
2. Capt. Wes Larson

Sgt. Al Powell is the first officer on the scene, but he initially doesn't spot a disturbance.

1. Gasoline
   Coffee
2. Twinkies
   Newspaper

Powell says the Twinkies are for his wife. According to the sign outside, a gallon of gasoline cost 74.9 cents.

1. "Welcome to the party, pal."
   "The weather outside is frightful, alright."
2. "Happy trails, Hans."
   "Yippe-ki-yay, officer."

McClane's just getting started with the quips, while simultaneously raining down a hail of bullets in Sgt Powell's general vicinity to underscore the urgency of the situation.

1. She's having a liaison in a back conference room
   She's using a different name
2. The security guard won't let him in with a gun

Holly, played by Bonnie Bedelia, has been using her maiden name - Gennero - in her professional life at Nakatomi Corporation. McClane doesn't discover this until he has to use the building directory to find her floor. Particularly observant Die Hard fans have even noticed a typo in her name, "Gennaro," which briefly appears onscreen.

1. A sofa and supervised trips to the bathroom
   Access to the company liquor cabinet
2. A phone to contact their families

One of the hostages is pregnant, is the reason given for the sofa request, while the rest of the hostages are allowed to use the restrooms to keep things from getting "messy."

1. "Happy Trails, Hans"
   "Now I Have a Machine Gun, Ho Ho Ho"
2. "Naughty, Not Nice"

Tony is the first villain to attack McClane, who uses the bad guy to break his fall as they both tumble down the stairs. McClane then uses Tony's radio to call the LAPD and borrows his machine gun, leaving him with a Santa hat and a note to taunt Hans.

1. Independence Day
   Christmas Eve
2. Easter
   New Year's Eve

McClane heads to Los Angeles to attend his wife Holly's company party on Christmas Eve. Many consider Die Hard to be a Christmas movie, and therefore the best Christmas movie of the 1980s...or even all time.

1. a helicopter
   a million dollars
2. a pizza

Gruber demands a helicopter, which the FBI believes he will use to escape -- though Gruber and his gang have other plans.

1. The identify of McClane's wife
   McClane's location
2. The SWAT team's position

As if we needed another reason to dislike the annoying reporter character, Richard Thornburg, he inadvertently reveals to Gruber that Holly, one of the hostages, is also McClane's wife.

1. Argyle
   Gruber
2. Eddie

When Gruber pretends to be a hostage, McClane gives him a gun for protection. Gruber tries to shoot McClane, but fortunately, the gun is unloaded.

1. John Wayne
   Rambo
2. Marshal Dillon
   Roy Rogers

Hans suggests McClane is "another orphan of a bankrupt culture who thinks he's John Wayne...Rambo...Marshal Dillon." McClane says he was "always partial to Roy Rogers," deadpanning, "I really dug those sequined shirts." Thus the most famous line of Bruce Willis' career was born: "Yipee-ki-ay, m*********."

1. He was changing his shoes when the terrorists took over
   He took his shoes off so his steps wouldn't make noise
2. He forgot to pack shoes

Following the advice of a fellow plane passenger, while changing into his clothes for the party, McClane has his shoes and socks off to try a relaxation exercise recommended for avoiding jet lag.

1. Fire hose
   Elevator shaft
2. Helicopter

As he's tying the hose around his waist, he swears he'll never go into a tall building again if he lives through the jump.

1. German
   Russian
2. Serbian
   Arabic

Hans Gruber and Co. are German.

1. McClane's limo driver
   An annoying reporter
2. The Nakatomi CEO

Argyle becomes much more than a driver when he is trapped during the siege. He ends up taking down Theo and escaping from the garage at the end of the film. "This is my first time driving a limo," he says at the beginning of the movie. "That's okay. This is my first time riding in one," is McClane's response.

1. LAPD
   FBI
2. McClane

Hoping to take the bad guys by surprise, the FBI cuts the power, which leaves the vault holding the bearer bonds completely unprotected.

1. McClane
   Holly
2. Argyle

After finally escaping the building, Holly socks Thornburg when he tries to interview her and McClane.

1. Sgt Powell
   Argyle
2. Ellis, a coworker

Holly's co-worker Harry Ellis is killed as he tries to negotiate with McClane to return the detonators to Gruber.

1. They doubt McClane's story
   They can hear the terrorists starting to kill hostages
2. One of the hostages is the captain's daughter

With no ransom or other demands, SWAT Captain Mitchell says the terrorist plot isn't quite adding up, that the dead body could just be a "stockbroker" who committed suicide, and that the gunfire could have been fired by the "flake" named "Roy" who's been communicating with them over the radio.

1. himself and Holly
   Karl and Marco
2. Hans and Eddie

McClane uses his last two bullets to kill Eddie and shoot Gruber through the shoulder.

1. McClane's hand
   Holly's watch
2. a gargoyle

Gruber makes a last-ditch effort to survive by holding onto Holly's watch, but McClane removes the watch and Gruber falls to his death.

1. machine gun
   the helicopter
2. the code to the vault

McClane hands over his machine gun to save Holly's life but manages to keep a small pistol concealed behind his back during the exchange.

1. Karl
   Hans
2. Marco

Sgt. Powell shoots the last-surviving villain, Karl, after he attempts to kill McClane and Holly when they exit the building.

1. 1988
   1993
2. 1980

The film, which was directed by John McTiernan, came out in 1988 and has remained a favorite for fans of action flicks.

1. Die Harder
   Die Hard with a Vengeance
2. Live Free or Die Hard
   A Good Day to Die Hard

The second film in the franchise, Die Hard 2, was released in 1990 and takes place at Dulles Airport in Washington DC, also on Christmas Eve. But many fans consider the original and the third film, Die Hard with a Vengeance, to be the best of the series.

1. Zippo lighter
   Cigarettes
2. Smartphone

Later, this comes in handy during one of the film's most iconic scenes, which takes place in a very dark HVAC duct.

1. "The Vanishing"
   "Nothing Lasts Forever"
2. "A Man and a Gun"

The film was inspired by the 1979 Roderick Thorpe novel "Nothing Lasts Forever." Thorpe's earlier novel "The Detective" was made into an action film in the '60s.

1. True
2. False

Contractual obligations forced the studio to offer the film to an aging Sinatra. When he turned it down, it was offered to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and other action stars before Bruce Willis finally landed the role.