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1. One of the greatest movies of all time, it was set in Morocco during World War II. Rushed together last minute to take advantage of the United States entering the war, not many of the higher-ups who made it expected much from it. What was the name of the movie?
2. Filmed in Kenya, this film starred Meryl Streep and Robert Redford retelling the biography of Isak Dinesen. What was the name of this award winning movie?
3. A 2006 movie based on the tyranny of Idi Amin tells of a reporter looking into whether Amin has invented a new royal title for himself. Things fall apart on the reporter's stay in the country. What was the title of this film, a movie that earned the actor who played Amin an Oscar?
4. Based on true life stories of George and Joy Adamson, wildlife conservationists from Great Britain, it follows the rehabilitation of a single orphaned lion cub and their effort to introduce the cub back into the African wild when it is grown up. Filmed primarily in Kenya, what was the name of this 1966 movie?
5. In 2004, a movie came out telling the story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel operator from a country in Africa. It tells of Paul using his hotel as a refuge from the genocide going on between rival ethnic groups. What was the name of this movie?
6. One of the first films to shoot on location in color in Africa, this 1952 film chronicles British missionaries operating in East Africa during the time of World War I, and the boat operator who comes to rescue one of them. On many Best Movies lists, what was the name of the boat in the movie that skipper Charlie Allnut helmed?
7. Filmed in Mozambique and South Africa, this 2006 movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou. The movie ends chronicling the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme Conference, a conference in Africa intending to eliminate what would be the title of the movie. What is that title?
8. Author Michael Crichton has had a number of books and writings put to film with much critical success, including "Jurassic Park", "Coma" and the television show "ER". But this 1995 film set in Africa was not one of them. The plot dealt with finding a rare diamond that would allow the expansion of some technologies in space, but original attempts to go to the mine were met with destruction by a shadowy breed of animal. What movie, starring Laura Linney and Tim Curry, was this?
9. Starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman and filmed on location in South Africa, this film was developed from a book titled "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation". What title did they use for the movie?
10. In 1988, Sigourney Weaver plays the title role of a scientist who gets inspired to travel to Rwanda and learn about the Mountain Gorillas that live there. Earning Weaver an Oscar nomination, the full title of the film was "Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of _______".
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