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Jack Hawkins at War

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Jack Hawkins at War game quiz
"Here are historical war films/epics which involve veteran actor Jack Hawkins. These are the only ones I've seen which feature him, so references to "Angels One Five", "Lafayette" and "Bonnie Prince Charlie" have not been included."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. In "Ben Hur", I played the Roman commander, who adopts Judah Ben Hur played by Charlton Heston. My name is _________.
    Quintus Arrius
    Flavius Silva
    Pontius Pilate
    Publius Scipio


2. In "Bridge On the River Kwai", I led this rather "rum" group, in which I was accompanied by Shears, who was played by William Holden. Our mission was to destroy the bridge which was built by Lt. Col. Nicholson, played by Sir Alec Guinness.
    Attack Force Z
    Force 316
    Special Commando Grp. 12
    Mountbatten's Chindits


3. Speaking of the Jedi Master, I starred in this movie as his commanding officer and he played a courageous but tragic Spitfire pilot.
    Battle of Britain
    The Malta Story
    The Dam Busters
    Where Eagles Dare


4. In "Waterloo", I played this British General who opposed Napoleon, played by Rod Steiger, in his last battle.
    Uxbridge
    The Duke of Wellington
    Sir Thomas Picton
    Lord Hill


5. In "The Cruel Sea", I'm Captain of this ship assigned to convoy duty during the battles with Hitler's Kriegsmarine. My ship's name is the HMS ________ .
    Compass Rose
    Londonderry
    Campbeltown
    Compass Star


6. Still on the subject of "The Cruel Sea", this actor played a thorn in my side and an insufferable and overbearing "prima donna" to the rest of my crew. In "Zulu", the roles are completely reversed, as he played the heroic defender and I was the drunken coward. He is __________ .
    Stanley Baker
    David Niven
    Michael Caine
    Anthony Quayle


7. In "Lawrence of Arabia", I played the general who was his nominal commander. "El Ahrens" of course was played by Peter O'Toole. My name is ___________.
    Sir Edmund Allenby
    Sir Arthur Murray
    Sir Peter Townsend
    Sir Bernard Montgomery


8. Back to "The Bridge Over the River Kwai", I uttered these words when I had observed that Lt. Col. Nicholson had apparently gone mad and was actually helping the Japanese unravel our plans. I said, quite fraught with indignation, "__________".
    Don't shoot, he's one of ours!
    Madness! Madness!
    Blow up the bridge!
    Kill him. Kill him!


9. Back to "The Cruel Sea", as I mentioned earlier, the movie portrayed the struggles between the Allied convoys and the German U-boats. How many U-Boats can I claim to have sunk during the entire war?
    Five
    Two
    Ten
    Three


10. In this movie, I played Gen. William Slim and it chronicled the war in Burma and my efforts to defeat the Japanese.
    Defeat Into Victory
    The King and I
    The Longest War
    Have you gone mad? There is no such thing!

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