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