Classic War Movies

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Instructions: Iconic war films from Hollywood's golden era

1.
Which 1962 epic war film depicted the daring escape of Allied prisoners from a German POW camp?
A
Stalag 17
B
The Great Escape
C
The Bridge on the River Kwai
D
Von Ryan's Express
2.
Who starred as General George S. Patton in the 1970 film 'Patton'?
A
John Wayne
B
Lee Marvin
C
George C. Scott
D
Gregory Peck
3.
Which 1957 David Lean film follows British POWs forced to build a railway bridge in Burma?
A
Doctor Zhivago
B
The Bridge on the River Kwai
C
A Passage to India
D
Lawrence of Arabia
4.
What 1962 film told the story of the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day?
A
The Guns of Navarone
B
A Bridge Too Far
C
Patton
D
The Longest Day
5.
Who directed the 1979 Vietnam War epic 'Apocalypse Now'?
A
Steven Spielberg
B
Stanley Kubrick
C
Francis Ford Coppola
D
Oliver Stone
6.
Which actor famously said 'I love the smell of napalm in the morning' in 'Apocalypse Now'?
A
Dennis Hopper
B
Robert Duvall
C
Martin Sheen
D
Marlon Brando
7.
What 1961 film starring Gregory Peck and David Niven involves a mission to destroy massive German guns on a Greek island?
A
The Dirty Dozen
B
The Guns of Navarone
C
Force 10 from Navarone
D
Where Eagles Dare
8.
Which 1967 film features Lee Marvin leading a group of military convicts on a suicide mission?
A
The Great Escape
B
The Dirty Dozen
C
Kelly's Heroes
D
The Longest Day
9.
What 1949 World War II film starring John Wayne depicted the Marines' fight for Iwo Jima?
A
They Were Expendable
B
Back to Bataan
C
Flying Leathernecks
D
The Sands of Iwo Jima
10.
Which classic 1953 film set during the Korean War starred William Holden in a POW camp?
A
The Manchurian Candidate
B
The Steel Helmet
C
Pork Chop Hill
D
Stalag 17
11.
What 1970 comedy war film features Clint Eastwood and a group of soldiers going behind enemy lines to steal gold?
A
The Dirty Dozen
B
Kelly's Heroes
C
Where Eagles Dare
D
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
12.
Which 1977 film directed by Richard Attenborough depicts the failed Operation Market Garden?
A
Midway
B
A Bridge Too Far
C
The Longest Day
D
The Battle of the Bulge
13.
What 1951 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn is set in Africa during World War I?
A
Casablanca
B
To Have and Have Not
C
The African Queen
D
Key Largo
14.
Which Stanley Kubrick film, released in 1957, depicts the horrors of World War I through a French regiment?
A
Dr. Strangelove
B
Barry Lyndon
C
Paths of Glory
D
Full Metal Jacket
15.
What classic 1942 film starring Humphrey Bogart is set in wartime Morocco and features the line 'Here's looking at you, kid'?
A
Passage to Marseille
B
Casablanca
C
The Maltese Falcon
D
To Have and Have Not

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