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Quiz about Favorite Movies of 1964
Quiz about Favorite Movies of 1964

Favorite Movies of 1964 Trivia Quiz


This next quiz in my series of 1960's movies covers the year 1964. How many of these can you identify?

A multiple-choice quiz by Reamar42. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Reamar42
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
408,150
Updated
Feb 09 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1124
Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (7/10), Guest 12 (9/10), Guest 136 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What film tells the true story of a small detachment of British soldiers defending an outpost from an overwhelming enemy force during the Zulu War in 1879? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Can you name this movie, wherein a US Air Force general goes "a little funny in the head" and orders his bombers to attack the Soviet Union? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This film is a lavish epic detailing the brutality and corruption surrounding the succession of a new Emperor of the Roman Empire circa 180 CE. Can you name it? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Can you name this live action/animated comedy in which a man transforms into a fish and assists the US Navy during World War II? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This film stars Shirley MacLaine as a woman whose husbands keep dying on her, usually while trying to strike it rich. She marries her fifth husband, a formerly rich man turned janitor, who strikes oil soon after. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. A WW2 Coastwatcher rescues a French teacher and seven schoolgirls who have fled from the Japanese. The sparks fly as the fastidious teacher tries to change the lifestyle of the drunken, unshaven, and unwashed beach bum until they can escape the island. Name the movie. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Do you know the name of this movie, where a bumbling French police inspector investigates a series of murders at a millionaire's country estate? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. An electronic malfunction sends US bombers to attack the Soviet Union in this Cold War thriller. Can you name it? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What is this film called - a World War II story in which the French resistance, aided by railroad workers, try to stop a trainload of stolen artworks from reaching Germany?
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Set on a US Navy cargo ship in the Pacific during World War II, this film is a comedy about the clash of wills between a strict captain and his crew of misfits and layabouts. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What film tells the true story of a small detachment of British soldiers defending an outpost from an overwhelming enemy force during the Zulu War in 1879?

Answer: Zulu

Set during the 1879 Zulu War in Southern Africa, "Zulu" details the British defense of Rorke's Drift, a hospital and supply depot. In the battle, some 150 British soldiers held off a force of some 4,000 Zulu warriors. The film stars Michael Caine, Stanley Baker, Nigel Green, and Jack Hawkins.
2. Can you name this movie, wherein a US Air Force general goes "a little funny in the head" and orders his bombers to attack the Soviet Union?

Answer: Dr. Strangelove

Directed by Stanley Kubrick, "Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb", is a black comedy showing the madness of the Cold War. Peter Sellers plays three roles, the President, Dr. Strangelove, and an RAF Major. The film also stars George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, and Slim Pickens.
3. This film is a lavish epic detailing the brutality and corruption surrounding the succession of a new Emperor of the Roman Empire circa 180 CE. Can you name it?

Answer: The Fall of the Roman Empire

A sprawling epic film starring Stephen Boyd, Sophia Loren, Alec Guinness, James Mason, and Christopher Plummer, the movie tells the story of the succession of Commodus as Emperor after his father, Marcus Aurelius, is poisoned. Commodus is unfit to rule and is soon murdered, leaving the Senate to bicker over the next Emperor. This film was remade as "Gladiator" in 2000.
4. Can you name this live action/animated comedy in which a man transforms into a fish and assists the US Navy during World War II?

Answer: The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Don Knotts stars as Henry Limpet, a bookkeeper unfit for military service. Limpet is obsessed with fish and secretly wants to be one. During an outing to Coney Island with his wife and a Navy friend, Limpet falls into the ocean and transforms into a fish. He then helps the US Navy win the Battle of the Atlantic.
5. This film stars Shirley MacLaine as a woman whose husbands keep dying on her, usually while trying to strike it rich. She marries her fifth husband, a formerly rich man turned janitor, who strikes oil soon after.

Answer: What a Way to Go!

Poor Shirley MacLaine! She marries three poor men, who then become obsessed with success until it literally kills them. Her one rich husband returns to a simpler lifestyle and also dies accidentally. The film also features Dean Martin, Paul Newman, Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum, and Dick Van Dyke.
6. A WW2 Coastwatcher rescues a French teacher and seven schoolgirls who have fled from the Japanese. The sparks fly as the fastidious teacher tries to change the lifestyle of the drunken, unshaven, and unwashed beach bum until they can escape the island. Name the movie.

Answer: Father Goose

Cary Grant stars as the man who, while searching for a comrade on a nearby Pacific island, finds seven schoolgirls and their French teacher marooned after escaping from the Japanese. Hating each other at first, the beach bum and the teacher fall in love and get married before trying to escape the island.
7. Do you know the name of this movie, where a bumbling French police inspector investigates a series of murders at a millionaire's country estate?

Answer: A Shot in the Dark

Peter Sellers stars as Inspector Clouseau in this comedy about murder at a country house. A housemaid, played by Elke Sommer, is suspected in a series of killings, but Clouseau believes her to be innocent. This drives Clouseau's superior(Herbert Lom) to the brink of insanity.
8. An electronic malfunction sends US bombers to attack the Soviet Union in this Cold War thriller. Can you name it?

Answer: Fail-Safe

When a malfunction in a US control system sends bombers to attack the Soviet Union, the President (Henry Fonda) contacts the Soviet Premier and orders US personnel to assist the Soviets in shooting down any planes not answering the recall order. Tensions mount as U.S. personnel resist helping those they regard as the enemy.
9. What is this film called - a World War II story in which the French resistance, aided by railroad workers, try to stop a trainload of stolen artworks from reaching Germany?

Answer: The Train

A German colonel confiscates priceless artworks from Paris and loads them on a train bound for Germany during the retreat from France in the summer of 1944. French railroad workers, many who are members of the Resistance, try and stop the train by any means.
10. Set on a US Navy cargo ship in the Pacific during World War II, this film is a comedy about the clash of wills between a strict captain and his crew of misfits and layabouts.

Answer: Ensign Pulver

A sequel to the 1955 film "Mister Roberts" with a different cast, "Ensign Pulver" continues the saga of a Navy cargo ship with a by-the-book captain and a misfit crew. The movie stars Robert Walker Jr., Burl Ives, Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman, Millie Perkins, and Jack Nicholson.
Source: Author Reamar42

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