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Quiz about Movies I Enjoyed in High School
Quiz about Movies I Enjoyed in High School

Movies I Enjoyed in High School Quiz


I graduated in 1966, so these would be my favorite flicks between 1962 and 1966. Have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by shvdotr. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
shvdotr
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
373,340
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (6/10), Guest 38 (10/10), Guest 66 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. I don't really recall Cher singing, "What's it all about...?" over the closing credits of this 1966 movie, but it was the first time I had ever heard anyone call a girl a "bird", like Michael Caine did in this film. In the movie, Caine's womanizing character finds out just what the "Swinging '60s" lifestyle is all about, to his chagrin. Jude Law stars in the 2004 American remake of this British classic. Can you name the movie? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I actually took a date to a drive-in in my Corvair to see this next film about a plane that crashed in a desert of southwest Africa. But while the survivors' lips were cracking on the movie screen, it was raining at the drive-in, and so my left arm was getting soaked as I reached out the window trying to move the wipers as water was running down the windshield. Meanwhile, in the desert, killer baboons were closing in, and Stuart Whitman's character must face them. Can you name this British adventure film from 1965? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Another British film, this time from 1964, features a title villain and his "enforcer", a lethal hat-throwing manservant named Oddjob. This was my first, and favorite, James Bond film, and I loved Shirley Bassey's rendition of the title song. Which film was this, in which we heard Bond order "a martini, shaken, not stirred"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. I enjoyed this next movie so much, that I was still showing it 45 years later in my world history classes in 2010. Set in the Russian Revolution, it was very romantic, but did violate traditional marriage norms. Yeah, it won five Academy Awards, but my favorite parts were when the Czar's cavalry rode down demonstrators, and then the vast winter scenes in the Russian countryside. And who couldn't help but feel sorry for poor "Strelnikov"? Name this 1965 three-hour-long blockbuster. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. For my next film, we go clear back to 1963 and a movie featuring the stop motion animation magic of Ray Harryhausen. The coolest scene was when King Aeëtes scatters the teeth of the Hydra, killed by the title hero, into a field to produce an army of skeletons, who then attack the hero and his men. Based in Greek myth, can you name this quest film? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. A film I still get a chuckle out of is yet another British film, one in which Peter Sellers plays three roles, including the title character as well as the President of the United States. This cold war spoof also features George C. Scott and veteran cowboy actor Slim Pickens as Major T.J. "King" Kong in a hilarious scene with him waving his cowboy hat. Can you identify this Stanley Kubrick black comedy from 1964 with a long subtitle? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I also really enjoyed another cold war spoof, but this one was more of a romantic comedy than a black comedy. Alan Arkin was hilarious in his first major role, but Jonathan Winters and Brian Keith also added greatly to my enjoyment. One of the charms of this "invasion" film was in showing America's cold war enemies in the light of being regular folks, just like us. Which 1966 Norman Jewison film is this from 1966, set in New England? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. High school guys were always fans of Westerns in my day, and one of my favorites was a gritty revenge film starring Steve McQueen. McQueen played teen Max Sand who "comes of age" hunting down the killers of his white father and native mother. Karl Malden, Martin Landau, and George Kennedy played the killers. It's not really a "fun" film, but the characters and the action made it memorable. Which 1966 film was it, the title of which was an alias of McQueen's character? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. My pals and I always enjoyed John Wayne's horse operas, but one from 1963 was actually more of a comedy, a Western take on "The Taming of the Shrew". Some of Wayne's scenes with co-star Maureen O'Hara were reminiscent of their roles in 1952's "The Quiet Man". The best scene was a mudslide brawl begun by Wayne, speaking as "G.W." to the Gordon Jones character, "...somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I won't, I won't. The hell I won't!" Recognize this flick? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What better way to wrap up a high school kid's flicks pics than with a rousing war movie? Starring none other than Frank Sinatra, this 1965 offering tells the story of an American pilot downed in Italy and placed in an Italian POW camp containing mostly British soldiers. After Italy signs an armistice it is up to Sinatra's character to lead released POWs to avoid recapture by German forces and flee north to freedom. It's not "The Great Escape", but it did have lots of action. Name it. Hint



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1. I don't really recall Cher singing, "What's it all about...?" over the closing credits of this 1966 movie, but it was the first time I had ever heard anyone call a girl a "bird", like Michael Caine did in this film. In the movie, Caine's womanizing character finds out just what the "Swinging '60s" lifestyle is all about, to his chagrin. Jude Law stars in the 2004 American remake of this British classic. Can you name the movie?

Answer: Alfie

British singer Millicent Martin sang the song "Alfie" on the original soundtrack and was rewarded with a hit, even though Cher sang on the American release, which I saw as a high school senior.
While Dionne Warwick did have a hit with the title song as a single in the US, she did not sing on any of the film's soundtracks. Cilla Black also had a hit single with the song in the UK.
In the film, Alfie often addressed the film audience to justify his actions, although those same actions were often unjustifiable.
2. I actually took a date to a drive-in in my Corvair to see this next film about a plane that crashed in a desert of southwest Africa. But while the survivors' lips were cracking on the movie screen, it was raining at the drive-in, and so my left arm was getting soaked as I reached out the window trying to move the wipers as water was running down the windshield. Meanwhile, in the desert, killer baboons were closing in, and Stuart Whitman's character must face them. Can you name this British adventure film from 1965?

Answer: Sands of the Kalahari

While Whitman's character was trying to eliminate his fellow survivors one by one to improve his chance of survival, another character went in search of help. As time passed the baboons became bolder and bolder as the survivors became weaker and weaker.

While "The Flight of the Phoenix" was also made in 1965, it was a survival flick about a plane that crashed in the Sahara, which is in northern Africa.

"90 Degrees in the Shade" was a Czech/British romance/thriller from 1965.

"Khartoum" stars Charlton Heston as General Gordon's struggles in 1883 Sudan.
3. Another British film, this time from 1964, features a title villain and his "enforcer", a lethal hat-throwing manservant named Oddjob. This was my first, and favorite, James Bond film, and I loved Shirley Bassey's rendition of the title song. Which film was this, in which we heard Bond order "a martini, shaken, not stirred"?

Answer: Goldfinger

"Goldfinger" was the third James Bond film to be made, following "Dr. No" in 1962 and "From Russia with Love" in 1963. "Thunderball" was number four (1965) and "Moonraker" was way down at number 11 (1979).

Harold Sakata, who played Oddjob, was actually a Hawaiian of Japanese descent and a professional wrestler. He won a silver medal in weightlifting for the USA in the 1948 London Olympics.
4. I enjoyed this next movie so much, that I was still showing it 45 years later in my world history classes in 2010. Set in the Russian Revolution, it was very romantic, but did violate traditional marriage norms. Yeah, it won five Academy Awards, but my favorite parts were when the Czar's cavalry rode down demonstrators, and then the vast winter scenes in the Russian countryside. And who couldn't help but feel sorry for poor "Strelnikov"? Name this 1965 three-hour-long blockbuster.

Answer: Doctor Zhivago

"Dr. Zhivago" is based on the Boris Pasternak novel about a Russian physician whose personal life is caught up in the Russian Revolution. Zhivago is an unassuming father and husband who becomes involved in a towering love affair with the beautiful wife of a revolutionary. Other forces beyond his control sweep him away into participating in the Revolution and Civil War that follows, before returning him to the new Russia under revolutionary rule.

Egyptian Omar Sharif did a masterful job as Dr. Yuri Zhivago. Englishman Alec Guinness played Yuri's half-brother Yevgraf, who serves as narrator.
5. For my next film, we go clear back to 1963 and a movie featuring the stop motion animation magic of Ray Harryhausen. The coolest scene was when King Aeëtes scatters the teeth of the Hydra, killed by the title hero, into a field to produce an army of skeletons, who then attack the hero and his men. Based in Greek myth, can you name this quest film?

Answer: Jason and the Argonauts

"Jason and the Argonauts" is a retelling of Jason's search for the Golden Fleece and the difficulties thrown in his path by the gods.

Another stop motion character in "Jason and the Argonauts" was Talos, the giant bronze "man" who fought Jason in the film. In 2004 a magazine rated the film's Talos as the second best film monster of all time ("King Kong" ranked first).
6. A film I still get a chuckle out of is yet another British film, one in which Peter Sellers plays three roles, including the title character as well as the President of the United States. This cold war spoof also features George C. Scott and veteran cowboy actor Slim Pickens as Major T.J. "King" Kong in a hilarious scene with him waving his cowboy hat. Can you identify this Stanley Kubrick black comedy from 1964 with a long subtitle?

Answer: Dr. Strangelove

The film's full title was "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb". In the American Film Institute's first list of "100 Years...100 Movies", issued in 1998, "Dr. Strangelove" was listed at position 26. Kubrick was nominated for two Academy Awards for the film and the movie itself was nominated for Best Picture.
7. I also really enjoyed another cold war spoof, but this one was more of a romantic comedy than a black comedy. Alan Arkin was hilarious in his first major role, but Jonathan Winters and Brian Keith also added greatly to my enjoyment. One of the charms of this "invasion" film was in showing America's cold war enemies in the light of being regular folks, just like us. Which 1966 Norman Jewison film is this from 1966, set in New England?

Answer: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

Alan Arkin played Lt. Yuri Rozanov, whose Soviet submarine ran aground on a small island off the Massachusetts coast. Arkin and members of his crew enter the quiet town seeking help to extricate themselves and their vessel from a sticky situation without bringing about a military confrontation. The film won Golden Globes for Best Musical/Comedy and Best Actor for Arkin.
8. High school guys were always fans of Westerns in my day, and one of my favorites was a gritty revenge film starring Steve McQueen. McQueen played teen Max Sand who "comes of age" hunting down the killers of his white father and native mother. Karl Malden, Martin Landau, and George Kennedy played the killers. It's not really a "fun" film, but the characters and the action made it memorable. Which 1966 film was it, the title of which was an alias of McQueen's character?

Answer: Nevada Smith

The 35-year-old McQueen played the teen-aged Sand adequately for my friends and me, although some reviewers commented on it. That's movie magic.

Another of my favorite actors in those days, Brian Keith, played a traveling gunsmith who showed young Max how to handle a gun.
9. My pals and I always enjoyed John Wayne's horse operas, but one from 1963 was actually more of a comedy, a Western take on "The Taming of the Shrew". Some of Wayne's scenes with co-star Maureen O'Hara were reminiscent of their roles in 1952's "The Quiet Man". The best scene was a mudslide brawl begun by Wayne, speaking as "G.W." to the Gordon Jones character, "...somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I won't, I won't. The hell I won't!" Recognize this flick?

Answer: McLintock!

In addition to the Duke himself, two of Wayne's sons were involved in "McLintock!". Michael Wayne, his oldest son, produced the film, while Patrick Wayne played the role of Devlin Warren.

Batjac Productions, which made the film for United Artists, was founded by John Wayne in 1952 and owned by Michael for over 30 years.
10. What better way to wrap up a high school kid's flicks pics than with a rousing war movie? Starring none other than Frank Sinatra, this 1965 offering tells the story of an American pilot downed in Italy and placed in an Italian POW camp containing mostly British soldiers. After Italy signs an armistice it is up to Sinatra's character to lead released POWs to avoid recapture by German forces and flee north to freedom. It's not "The Great Escape", but it did have lots of action. Name it.

Answer: Von Ryan's Express

The key to the escape is a train that the POWs are placed on. Sinatra plays the title character, whose name is Colonel Joseph Ryan. The "Von" comes from Ryan's use of a dead German's uniform to take command of the train.

Much of the movie was filmed on location in Italy, with some of the rail scenes being filmed in Spain.

The film was Sinatra's best money making movie of the Sixties.
Source: Author shvdotr

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