The Military in Movies

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1. One of our favorites is one of those wonderful films that has the ability to make you laugh hard enough that you wet your pants, and then ten minutes later you are crying tears of sadness. It stars Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer. Which movie is this? Born on the Fourth of July Good Morning, Vietnam Black Hawk Down Pearl Harbor

2. What is the 1993 movie starring Martin Sheen and Jeff Daniels that is based on a very famous Civil War battle? Answer: (One Word)

3. Most of you would probably agree that R. Lee Ermey has appropriately been typecast as a very strict military man. In what movie does he play the Drill Instructor of a character known as Private Pyle? Platoon Dr. Strangelove Full Metal Jacket Apocalypse Now

4. This extremely popular movie, released in 1970, revolves around a certain group of people in what is known as "the forgotten war." It also contains one of the most famous football game sequences in cinematic history. Das Boot The Great Santini Three Kings M*A*S*H

5. Which movie is based on the romantic pursuits of two men in the Navy's Officer Candidate School? To Have and Have Not Top Gun No Man's Land An Officer and a Gentleman

6. This movie centers around Navy and Marine Corps JAG lawyers and the court martial of two U.S. Marines for acts they allegedly committed while stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. We Were Soldiers Saving Private Ryan Men of Honor A Few Good Men

7. Bill Murray once starred in a military comedy opposite Harold Ramis, John Larroquette and the late, great John Candy. What was the name of that movie? Hot Shots Operation Petticoat Stripes Torpedo Alley

8. This is the story of the first U.S. bomber team to fly 25 successful missions in World War II. Operation Pacific Tora! Tora! Tora! Kelly's Heroes Memphis Belle

9. What is the name of the comedy in which Kelsey Grammer portrays a skillful, albeit unorthodox, Navy submarine captain? Down Periscope Run Silent, Run Deep Torpedo Run Up Periscope

10. Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman star in this movie about the U.S. Civil War's first regiment of black soldiers. Glory The Red Badge of Courage Gods and Generals Shenandoah