The highly anticipated World War II Blogathon will be arriving this weekend. So to get us all in the mood, here's a quiz featuring classic war movies.
Some of these are relatively easy - and some of them aren't. There are 20 films in total, all made before 2000 and all set during World War II. How many can you name?
1.
Answer:
A Bridge Too Far (1977) (and yes, that's Robert Redford)
2.
Answer:
Stalag 17 (1953)
3.
Answer:
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
4.
Answer:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
5.
Answer:
The Cruel Sea (1953)
6.
Answer:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7.
Answer:
The Dam Busters (1955)
8.
Answer:
Das Boot (1981)
9.
Answer:
The Longest Day (1962)
10.
Answer:
Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983)
11.
Answer:
In Which We Serve (1942)
12.
Answer:
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
13.
Answer:
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
14.
Answer:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
15.
Answer:
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
16.
Answer:
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
17.
Answer:
49th Parallel (1941)
18.
Answer:
The Desert Fox (1951)
19.
Answer:
The Great Escape (1963)
20.
Answer:
Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
How did you do?
16-20 Points: War film expert
11-15 Points: War movie fan
6-10 Points: Casual war movie watcher
0-5 Points: You don't really like war films, do you?
I scored lower on this than I thought I would, but the movie I'm dong for this blog-a-thon is a bit more obscure; I bet a lot of people wouldn't get it :)
Some time after the events of The Empire Strikes Back , Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), and the droids C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) assemble on Luke's home planet of Tatooine, where their old friend Han Solo (Harrison Ford) is being held captive. Solo is still encased in carbonite, and displayed in the palace of the massive slug-like crime boss Jabba the Hutt. Our heroes plan to infiltrate Jabba's palace in order to rescue him. But the rescue mission is just the prelude to a far greater challenge. The Empire is building a new Death Star, protected by a force field generated from the forest moon of Endor. To enable the Rebels to mount a successful attack on the Death Star, a small commando team, including Luke, Han and Leia, is sent to Endor to deactivate the force field generator. Meanwhile, Luke intends to confront Darth Vader (Dave Prowse) with the hope of turni
A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean, cantankerous old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by three ghosts. They present him with visions of Christmases past, present and future. These visions show him the error of his ways and Scrooge wakes up the next morning, Christmas Day, as a reformed character, full of generosity and the joys of life. Or alternatively, A Christmas Carol is the story of a staid Victorian businessman who has a bad dream one night and the next day goes totally crazy.
Hammer was the little film company that blazed a trail through horror movie history. While Hammer produced a wide variety of films, including comedies, crime films, sci-fi and even caveman fantasy epics like One Million Years B.C. , it was as a maker of horror films that it became most famous. So much so that it almost became synonymous with the horror genre, with the “Hammer horror” label becoming a brand name in its own right. Christopher Lee as Dracula, with rubber bat co-star
I scored lower on this than I thought I would, but the movie I'm dong for this blog-a-thon is a bit more obscure; I bet a lot of people wouldn't get it :)
ReplyDelete16 is very good. Wolfman got the same.
DeleteNo, I hadn't heard of Fighter Squadron. But it's one of those titles that sounds like it must have been a film at some point!
Hi there, here's my post for the blogathon...
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from Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews
I watch way too many movies. I scored a 14 out of 20, and can't believe how far off some of my guesses were!
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty good. Maybe I should create a reward for "Most wayward guess".
DeleteI got ten, I can't believe that. Don't even know that many war movies.
ReplyDeleteNot bad! Which ones did you find difficult?
DeleteDidn't get 1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17.
DeleteSo it's really the British ones you struggled with. But you did get 20, which is interesting.
DeleteMaddy wrote about no.20 and it sounded so good I had to track it down. It's very good.
DeleteYes it is. That's really great that she inspired you to track it down. I assume it's pretty obscure in the US.
DeleteHere's my entry: https://thoughtsallsorts.wordpress.com/2019/09/02/kellys-heroes-good-fun/
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for hosting
Sorry...I'm Thoughts All Sorts. Struggle to post with my Wordpress account on non-Wordpress blogs these days.
DeleteThanks. I look forward to reading it.
DeleteAck, I got only 14 correct. Looks like I have a lot of catching up to do!
ReplyDeleteI think that's pretty good.
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