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