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Military History in Film and Television

Test your knowledge of military history as depicted in film and television.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which 1979 war film follows a group of U.S. Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima?

  1. Apocalypse Now
  2. The Deer Hunter
  3. Full Metal Jacket
  4. Flags of Our Fathers
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the 1962 film "Lawrence of Arabia", what was the name of the Arab chieftain who allied with T.E. Lawrence?

  1. Faisal I of Iraq
  2. Abdullah I of Jordan
  3. Hussein bin Ali
  4. Saud bin Abdulaziz
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which 1998 war film follows the story of a U.S. Army Ranger battalion during the Battle of Mogadishu?

  1. Black Hawk Down
  2. Saving Private Ryan
  3. The Thin Red Line
  4. We Were Soldiers
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the 2017 film "Dunkirk", what was the name of the British commander who oversaw the evacuation of Allied troops from France?

  1. Winston Churchill
  2. Bernard Montgomery
  3. Alan Turing
  4. Harold Alexander
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which 1970 film follows the story of a group of U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War?

  1. The Deer Hunter
  2. Apocalypse Now
  3. Platoon
  4. Full Metal Jacket
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the 2000 film "Gladiator", what was the name of the Roman general who becomes emperor after the death of Marcus Aurelius?

  1. Commodus
  2. Maximus Decimus Meridius
  3. Lucius Verus
  4. Septimius Severus
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which 1989 film follows the story of a group of U.S. soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge?

  1. Saving Private Ryan
  2. The Thin Red Line
  3. Band of Brothers
  4. A Bridge Too Far
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the 2014 film "Fury", what was the name of the U.S. Army tank commander played by Brad Pitt?

  1. Don "Wardaddy" Collier
  2. Boyd "Bible" Swan
  3. Norman "Coon-Ass" Ellison
  4. Trini "Gordo" Garcia
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which 1966 film follows the story of a group of British soldiers during World War I?

  1. Lawrence of Arabia
  2. A Bridge Too Far
  3. The Great Escape
  4. Zulu
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the 2003 miniseries "Band of Brothers", what was the name of the U.S. Army paratrooper company featured in the series?

  1. Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  2. Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  3. Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  4. Baker Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which 2017 film follows the story of a group of British soldiers during the Battle of Dunkirk?

  1. Dunkirk
  2. The Darkest Hour
  3. Their Finest
  4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the 1993 film "Schindler's List", what was the name of the German businessman who saved over a thousand Jews from the Holocaust?

  1. Oskar Schindler
  2. Itzhak Stern
  3. Miep Gies
  4. Raoul Wallenberg
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which 1970 film follows the story of a group of U.S. soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge?

  1. Patton
  2. The Battle of the Bulge
  3. A Bridge Too Far
  4. The Great Escape
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the 2016 film "Hacksaw Ridge", what was the name of the U.S. Army medic who refused to carry a weapon and saved over seventy-five men during the Battle of Okinawa?

  1. Desmond Doss
  2. Audie Murphy
  3. Alvin York
  4. Eddie Slovik
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which 2001 film follows the story of a group of U.S. soldiers during the Battle of Mogadishu?

  1. Black Hawk Down
  2. Saving Private Ryan
  3. The Thin Red Line
  4. We Were Soldiers
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