FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Quiz about The Twilight Zone Goes to War

"The Twilight Zone" Goes to War Quiz

"The Twilight Zone" creator, Rod Serling, bravely served his nation as an Airborne Paratrooper during World War II. His experiences surely influenced his inclusion of several war themed episodes of this anthology series (1959-1964).

A multiple-choice quiz by zombipi. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
zombipi

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
375,952

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
364

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (10/10), Guest 76 (10/10), Guest 98 (7/10).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This was just one of several post-apocalyptic tales featured on "The Twilight Zone". It starred up and coming TV and cinema stars, Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson as surviving combatants from opposite sides of a catastrophic conflict. Hint

...if You Were the Last Man on Earth

And Then There Were Two

Two

Adam and Eve

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. This episode of season 4 was rarely shown in syndication, before various cable and satellite television stations began showing "The Twilight Zone" marathons in the 2000s.

The episode featured character actor Mike Kellin ("Midnight Express" and "The Jazz Singer") as Chief Bell on a "modern era" Destroyer in the US Navy, who is beckoned by his sub-mates who were killed in WWII. Hint

Hell Down Below

The Thirty-Fathom Grave

20,000 Leagues Under the Pacific

Depths of Guilt

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. Another of the rarely shown one hour long episodes, starred a young Dennis Hopper as a Neo-Nazi wannabee coached and encouraged by the spirit of Adolf Hitler. Hint

He's Alive

In His Image

Hitler Lives

Springtime for Hitler

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. Rod Serling's feelings about Nazism and the Third Reich were visited again in a third season offering, where former SS Captain Lutze paid a visit to the ruins of the Nazi concentration camp in Dachau. There, he was confronted by the ghosts of his brutal past. Hint

Welcome to My Nightmare

Welcome Back Kotter

Death Becomes Him

Death's Head Revisited

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. Again in WWII, a platoon of American solders had a group of Japanese soldiers trapped in cave, when the situation is reversed. Which episode is it? Hint

Men in a Cave

Trapped

A Quality of Mercy

War is Hell

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. Originally aired on October 6, 1961, this story involved a "wounded" Confederate soldier who stopped to speak with a woman in her ruined Southern home, while dozens of other soldiers walked passed. Hint

The Walking Dead

Requiem

The Passersby

Death March

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. In this time travelling episode, a WWI British Flight Lieutenant lands his bi-plane on a "modern day" military air base in France, having a near encounter with the fellow pilot and officer whom he had abandoned in a dogfight more than 40 years earlier. What is the episode's title? Hint

Nightmare at 20000 Feet

Home of the Brave

Flight of Fate

The Last Flight

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the "Twilight Zone" episode that was inspired by the discovery of an actual WWII B-24 Bomber in the Libyan desert? This season 2 episode featured a WWII bomber pilot (Robert Cummings) found himself alone, with the exception of ghostly crew members, in the desert with the wreckage of his B-25 Bomber. Hint

King Seven is Gone

Sands of Time

King Nine Will Not Return

Where is Everybody?

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. This time you get "The Twilight Zone" episode title, you give me the storyline.

"The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms" (December 6, 1963)

Hint

Dead submarine crew call out to surviving member.

Flight crew disappears, one member at a time.

Modern day soldiers show up in Custer's Last Stand

Union soldiers found frozen in place.

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. OK, Here is another episode title from "The Twilight Zone". What's the story?

"The Shelter" (September 29, 1961) Hint

Aliens in black leather jackets poison Earth's water supply.

An old woman is attacked by aliens in her forest home.

Bitter man fakes nuclear holocaust to get revenge on enemies.

Neighbors turned against each other during a nuclear bomb alert.

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Most Recent Scores

Nov 13 2024 : Guest 174: 10/10
Nov 07 2024 : Guest 76: 10/10
Nov 06 2024 : Guest 98: 7/10
Nov 04 2024 : Guest 155: 10/10
Oct 26 2024 : Guest 70: 7/10
Oct 23 2024 : Guest 75: 10/10
Oct 22 2024 : lunamoth54: 10/10
Oct 22 2024 : Guest 73: 8/10
Oct 05 2024 : Guest 172: 5/10

Score Distribution

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Two

"Two" was the first episode of season 2, premiering on September 15, 1961. With the story's East vs. West imagery, the timing was very fitting, as this was only two weeks following the erection of the Berlin Wall.

2. This episode of season 4 was rarely shown in syndication, before various cable and satellite television stations began showing "The Twilight Zone" marathons in the 2000s. The episode featured character actor Mike Kellin ("Midnight Express" and "The Jazz Singer") as Chief Bell on a "modern era" Destroyer in the US Navy, who is beckoned by his sub-mates who were killed in WWII.

Answer: The Thirty-Fathom Grave

Another one of several episodes featuring the ghosts of war dead.

Mike Kellin actually did serve in the U.S. Navy in WWII .

3. Another of the rarely shown one hour long episodes, starred a young Dennis Hopper as a Neo-Nazi wannabee coached and encouraged by the spirit of Adolf Hitler.

Answer: He's Alive

It premiered in season 4, on January 4, 1963. It was shown less frequently in syndication than most of the other one hour episodes, due to its controversial subject.

Answer: Death's Head Revisited

This episode was originally aired on November 10, 1961 (season three), coincidentally during the original war crimes trial of Adolf Eichmann. It was also aired on the 37th anniversary of the Munich Hofbrauhaus P�tsch, as well as the 23rd anniversary of Kristallnacht of 1938.

5. Again in WWII, a platoon of American solders had a group of Japanese soldiers trapped in cave, when the situation is reversed. Which episode is it?

Answer: A Quality of Mercy

Originally broadcast on December 29, 1961, this episode starred Dean Stockwell, who played the American, as well as a Japanese officer. Leonard Nimoy and Mike Pataki of Star Trek fame, co-starred.

Answer: The Passersby

The last of the passersby was the soul of Abraham Lincoln.

The 2002 "Twilight Zone" episode, "Homecoming" was based on this story.

Answer: The Last Flight

The stunt pilot, Frank Gifford Tallman, performed in several other WWI related movies and TV episodes.

Answer: King Nine Will Not Return

The grave marker in the episode has the date, 5 April 1943, which was the date that the real life bomber disappeared after a bombing sortie in Italy.

It was one of several episodes with the elements of "survivors' guilt", which was quite common after the war. This is why so many of our fathers and grandfathers who served in the military during the war are reluctant to be called "hero",

9. This time you get "The Twilight Zone" episode title, you give me the storyline. "The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms" (December 6, 1963)

Answer: Modern day soldiers show up in Custer's Last Stand

In later syndication, several stations refuse to air this episode, as the US Army is depicted as the "good guys" and the "present day" soldiers decide to help Custer kill more Indians.

Perhaps this episode was the inspiration for the movie "The Philadelphia Experiment"?

10. OK, Here is another episode title from "The Twilight Zone". What's the story? "The Shelter" (September 29, 1961)

Answer: Neighbors turned against each other during a nuclear bomb alert.

This storyline has influenced the creation of several movies and television shows for years to come.

Source: Author zombipi

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor Gamemaster1967 before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.