Sahara (1943 American film) - Quiz
Sahara American film
  • 1. Which months are referenced by Humphrey Bogart's character in the film?
A) July–August 1944
B) January–February 1943
C) May–June 1942
D) March–April 1941
  • 2. What type of American tanks did the British receive and use in the film?
A) M4 Sherman tanks
B) M2 Lee tanks
C) M1 Abrams tanks
D) M3 tanks
  • 3. At which battle were the British routed, leading to the retreat of the 8th Army?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Gazala
C) Battle of Tobruk
D) First Battle of El Alamein
  • 4. Which Field Marshal pursued the retreating British into Egypt?
A) Field Marshal Rommel was not involved
B) Field Marshal Montgomery
C) Field Marshal Patton
D) Field Marshal Rommel
  • 5. Where were the British finally able to check Rommel's advance?
A) Tobruk
B) Cairo
C) Battle of Gazala
D) First Battle of El Alamein
  • 6. What do the two Allied survivors learn about at the end of the film?
A) The end of World War II
B) The capture of Rommel
C) A victory at the First Battle of El Alamein
D) Reinforcements arriving in Cairo
  • 7. Who adapted the script for Sahara?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Philip MacDonald
C) James O'Hanlon
D) Nelson B. Bell
  • 8. Who wrote the original story upon which Sahara's script was adapted?
A) James O'Hanlon
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Philip MacDonald
D) Otis Guernsey Jr.
  • 9. Which publication praised Sahara for being packed with pithy dialog and lusty action?
A) The Washington Post
B) The Boston Globe
C) Variety
D) The New York Times
  • 10. Which critic called Sahara 'one of the best-balanced of the starker war pictures'?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Otis Guernsey Jr.
C) Nelson B. Bell
D) John Livadary
  • 11. Which newspaper employed critic Nelson B. Bell?
A) New York Herald Tribune
B) The New York Times
C) The Boston Globe
D) The Washington Post
  • 12. Which publication stated that 'Sahara doesn't spare the punches'?
A) The Washington Post
B) The Boston Globe
C) New York Herald Tribune
D) Variety
  • 13. Which character holds the power of life or death over an Italian prisoner in the film?
A) Jim Belushi
B) Sergt. Gunn
C) Philip MacDonald
D) J. Carrol Naish
  • 14. Which actor played an Italian prisoner and pleaded for his life in a poignant scene?
A) Jim Belushi
B) Humphrey Bogart
C) J. Carrol Naish
D) James O'Hanlon
  • 15. Which critic concentrated on the star-power of Humphrey Bogart in his review?
A) Nelson B. Bell
B) Otis Guernsey Jr.
C) Rudolph Maté
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 16. For which newspaper did Bosley Crowther write his review?
A) Variety
B) The Boston Globe
C) The Washington Post
D) The New York Times
  • 17. Sahara was noted by Bosley Crowther to plainly resemble which memorable picture?
A) The Desert Fox
B) All Quiet on the Western Front
C) Casablanca
D) The Lost Patrol
  • 18. Which critic praised Bogart's understated style as exactly what is needed in war melodramas?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Otis Guernsey Jr.
C) Nelson B. Bell
D) James O'Hanlon
  • 19. Which newspaper employed critic Otis Guernsey Jr.?
A) The Washington Post
B) The Boston Globe
C) New York Herald Tribune
D) The New York Times
  • 20. Who directed the film Sahara?
A) Bogart
B) Rudolph Maté
C) James O'Hanlon
D) Korda
  • 21. Who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Sound for Sahara?
A) Rudolph Maté
B) John Livadary
C) James O'Hanlon
D) J. Carrol Naish
  • 22. Who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) for Sahara?
A) J. Carrol Naish
B) Rudolph Maté
C) John Livadary
D) Philip MacDonald
  • 23. In what year was a TV remake of Sahara released?
A) 1943
B) 1985
C) 1995
D) 1955
  • 24. Who played the role of Sgt. Joe Gunn in the 1995 TV remake?
A) Humphrey Bogart
B) J. Carrol Naish
C) Otis Guernsey Jr.
D) Jim Belushi
  • 25. What desert is mentioned as the setting of the film in Bosley Crowther's review?
A) Sahara desert
B) Libyan desert
C) Mojave desert
D) Gobi desert
  • 26. What kind of cast does Sahara feature, according to Variety and other reviews?
A) An all-male cast
B) An all-female cast
C) A mixed-gender cast
D) An ensemble cast with children
  • 27. What is notably absent from the cast of Sahara?
A) Women
B) Tanks
C) Prisoners
D) Americans
  • 28. Which actor played the lead role of M/Sgt. Joe Gunn?
A) Gary Cooper
B) Glenn Ford
C) Brian Donlevy
D) Humphrey Bogart
  • 29. Who played Waco Hoyt in the film?
A) Dan Duryea
B) Carl Harbord
C) Bruce Bennett
D) Lloyd Bridges
  • 30. Who played the character Fred Clarkson?
A) Guy Kingsford
B) Lloyd Bridges
C) Bruce Bennett
D) Patrick O'Moore
  • 31. Which actor played Sgt. Major Tambul?
A) John Wengraf
B) Richard Aherne
C) Carl Harbord
D) Rex Ingram
  • 32. Who played Capt. Jason Halliday?
A) Dan Duryea
B) Bruce Bennett
C) Richard Aherne
D) Louis Mercier
  • 33. Which actor played Jimmy Doyle?
A) Patrick O'Moore
B) Dan Duryea
C) Kurt Kreuger
D) Guy Kingsford
  • 34. Who played Marty Williams?
A) John Wengraf
B) J. Carrol Naish
C) Carl Harbord
D) Lloyd Bridges
  • 35. Which actor portrayed Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates?
A) Dan Duryea
B) Rex Ingram
C) Richard Aherne
D) Patrick O'Moore
  • 36. Who played Jean Leroux, 'Frenchie'?
A) Louis Mercier
B) Bruce Bennett
C) Guy Kingsford
D) Carl Harbord
  • 37. Which actor played Peter Stegman?
A) Kurt Kreuger
B) Patrick O'Moore
C) John Wengraf
D) Guy Kingsford
  • 38. Who played Captain von Schletow?
A) Louis Mercier
B) Richard Aherne
C) Kurt Kreuger
D) J. Carrol Naish
  • 39. Which actors were initially offered the lead role before Bogart?
A) Cary Grant, Bruce Bennett and Kurt Kreuger
B) Lloyd Bridges, Dan Duryea and Rex Ingram
C) Richard Aherne, Louis Mercier and John Wengraf
D) Gary Cooper, Glenn Ford and Brian Donlevy
  • 40. According to Hedda Hopper, why did Brian Donlevy turn down the role?
A) He was already committed to another film
B) His wife was expecting a baby and he did not want to be stuck on location
C) He preferred to make gangster roles
D) He was tired of making war films
  • 41. What was the working title of the film?
A) Somewhere in the Sahara
B) Desert Training Center
C) Lulubelle
D) My Friend Curley
  • 42. When did production on the film begin?
A) January 1, 1943
B) April 17, 1943
C) February 1, 1943
D) January 29, 1943
  • 43. When did production on the film wrap up?
A) March 15, 1943
B) January 29, 1943
C) May 30, 1943
D) April 17, 1943
  • 44. How many weeks did the cast and crew spend on location in the desert?
A) Sixteen weeks
B) Eleven weeks
C) Eight weeks
D) Five weeks
  • 45. What was the base hotel for the cast and crew during production?
A) San Francisco Chronicle Hotel
B) Salton Sea Resort
C) Planter's Hotel in Brawley, California
D) Mexicali Grand Hotel
  • 46. How far east of the location was the base hotel?
A) About 100 mi (160 km)
B) About 50 mi (80 km)
C) About 10 mi (16 km)
D) About 25 mi (40 km)
  • 47. Which military unit provided one hundred enlisted men and equipment as extras?
A) Desert Training Center headquarters
B) United States 4th Armored Division's 84th Reconnaissance Battalion
C) IV Armored Corps of the Army Ground Forces
D) First Infantry Division
  • 48. How were the soldier extras billeted at the location?
A) In the tank
B) In barracks
C) In local hotels
D) In tents
  • 49. What primary weaponry did Lulubelle have in its turret and sponson?
A) Dual 50 caliber machine guns in the turret
B) A 75mm cannon in the turret and a 37mm cannon in the sponson
C) A 50mm cannon and a Vickers machine gun
D) A 37mm cannon in the turret and a 75 millimeter cannon in the right sponson
  • 50. Why was American equipment substituted for German equipment in the film?
A) Because no German equipment was available
B) Because the director preferred American tanks
C) Because the German equipment broke down
D) Because American equipment was cheaper
  • 51. In what year was Kurt Kreuger quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle about making the film?
A) 1955
B) 1992
C) 1943
D) 1980
  • 52. What type of character did Kurt Kreuger portray in the film?
A) An American sergeant
B) A French soldier
C) A British captain
D) A stereotypical Nazi
  • 53. Who forgot to yell cut during the suffocation incident described by Kreuger?
A) Humphrey Bogart
B) Zoltán
C) Hedda Hopper
D) Henry Pringle
  • 54. What happened to Kurt Kreuger as a result of Ingram being too emotionally caught up in the scene?
A) He went unconscious
B) He walked off the set
C) He broke his arm
D) He laughed out loud
  • 55. What were some of the desert location difficulties faced during production?
A) Sunburn, sandstorms, and heat
B) Heavy rain, mud, and freezing temperatures
C) Monsoons and high humidity
D) Earthquakes and flash floods
  • 56. How much sand did Korda have hauled onto the set to cover hard-packed soil?
A) 200 tons
B) 50 tons
C) 20,000 tons
D) 2,000 tons
  • 57. How were ripples and swirls in the desert sand enhanced?
A) By wetting the sand with water hoses
B) By using heavy bulldozers
C) By hauling in more natural desert sand
D) By spray-painting the sand and then blowing it with a wind machine
  • 58. How were shadows made to stand out on the hills?
A) By using artificial studio lighting
B) By digitally editing the film
C) By filming only at sunset
D) By spray-painting them on the hills
  • 59. Who devised a technique to imitate facial perspiration?
A) Zoltán
B) Kurt Kreuger
C) Humphrey Bogart
D) Henry Pringle
  • 60. What technique did Henry Pringle use to imitate facial perspiration?
A) Using mineral oil and heavy foundation
B) Coating the actors' faces with vaseline and then spraying them with water
C) Placing the actors in a steam room before shooting
D) Applying clear hair gel and heating lamps
  • 61. Who was the only woman on location during the production?
A) Mayo Methot
B) Hedda Hopper
C) No women were on location
D) Marjorie Lane
  • 62. What relation was Mayo Methot to Humphrey Bogart?
A) His agent
B) His sister
C) His co-star
D) His third wife
  • 63. What did Mayo Methot reportedly bring to Bogart every day?
A) Letters from Hollywood
B) Script revisions
C) Lunch from Brawley
D) Fresh water from the Salton Sea
  • 64. Where did some of the cast go for dinners?
A) Nearby Mexicali
B) Los Angeles
C) San Francisco
D) Planter's Hotel
  • 65. What is the name of the American tank in the film?
A) Bir Acroma
B) Hassan Barani
C) Lulubelle
D) Tobruk
  • 66. The film Sahara was also based on an incident depicted in which 1936 Soviet film?
A) Last of the Comanches
B) Patrol
C) The Thirteen
D) Nine Men
  • 67. Which studio released the film Nine Men on February 22, 1943?
A) Hollywood Ten
B) Luftwaffe
C) Ealing Studios
D) Afrika Korps
  • 68. What is the rank of the main protagonist, Joe Gunn?
A) Corporal
B) Sergeant Major
C) Master Sergeant
D) Captain
  • 69. Following the fall of which location do Joe Gunn and his crew become separated from their unit?
A) Bir Acroma
B) Tobruk
C) El Alamein
D) Hassan Barani
  • 70. Who is the British Army medical officer picked up at the bombed-out field hospital?
A) Corporal Leroux
B) Captain Halliday
C) Major von Falken
D) Captain von Schletow
  • 71. What is the military branch of Corporal Leroux?
A) United States Army
B) British Army
C) Sudan Defence Force
D) Free French
  • 72. What is the nationality of Tambul's prisoner, Giuseppe?
A) British
B) Italian
C) German
D) French
  • 73. Which pilot strafes the tank en route, seriously wounding Clarkson?
A) Erwin Rommel
B) Joe Gunn
C) Captain von Schletow
D) Major von Falken
  • 74. What branch of the military does Captain von Schletow belong to?
A) Afrika Korps
B) Sudan Defence Force
C) Luftwaffe
D) Free French
  • 75. What is the condition of the well when the group first arrives at Hassan Barani?
A) Poisoned
B) Overflowing
C) Guarded
D) Dry
  • 76. What is the name of the second desert well where Tambul guides them?
A) Bir Acroma
B) Hassan Barani
C) El Alamein
D) Tobruk
  • 77. What kind of vehicle do the German scouts arrive in at Bir Acroma?
A) Bomber plane
B) M3 Lee tank
C) Motorcycle
D) Half-track
  • 78. Who is sent away in the captured half-track to find reinforcements?
A) Bates
B) Doyle
C) Waco
D) Leroux
  • 79. Who is the German commander who leads the mechanized battalion against Gunn's group?
A) Zoltán Korda
B) Major von Falken
C) Captain von Schletow
D) Erwin Rommel
  • 80. Whose Afrika Korps forces are turned back as a result of the Allied victory mentioned at the end of the film?
A) Mikhail Romm's
B) Captain von Schletow's
C) Major von Falken's
D) Erwin Rommel's
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