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Quiz about The Great Escape  Hilts

'The Great Escape' - Hilts Trivia Quiz


A few questions about one of the memorable characters from this movie.

A multiple-choice quiz by spanishliz. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
spanishliz
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
48,883
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
5742
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 193 (9/10), Guest 148 (10/10), Guest 147 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who played Hilts?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 2 of 10
2. What was Hilts' first name? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Besides going to college, what did Hilts do in the States before the war? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What was Hilts' rank? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What does Hilts tell the Kommandant he plans to do before the war is over? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. When he escapes just after Ives is killed, why is Hilts recaptured so quickly? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What escape clothes does Hilts wear when he escapes through Harry? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What mode of transport does Hilts choose to try to escape his pursuers? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. For which country is Hilts heading? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What happens to Hilts at the end of the film? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who played Hilts?

Answer: Steve McQueen

A good role for McQueen, which gave him a chance to do a few motorcycle stunts. Most sources say that he did NOT perform the daring leap over the border fence, however.
2. What was Hilts' first name?

Answer: Virgil

In encouraging Hilts to call him 'Roger', Bartlett says 'My name is Roger, yours is Virgil isn't it?' Hilts replies, 'Just make it Hilts.' (Quotes are from memory, so may not be word perfect.)
3. Besides going to college, what did Hilts do in the States before the war?

Answer: rode motorcycles

During their first stint in the cooler Ives asked Hilts if he played baseball in the States. Hilts replies that he went to college and did a bit of bike riding. Ives says 'Bicycles?' and Hilts says no, motorcyles.
4. What was Hilts' rank?

Answer: Captain

The fact that Hilts stresses his rank to the Kommandant prolongs the length of his first confinement in the cooler.
5. What does Hilts tell the Kommandant he plans to do before the war is over?

Answer: see Berlin from the ground and the air

At the end of the film, as the Kommandant is being removed from his command and Hilts is returned to the camp, Von Luger tells Hilts 'It appears that you will see Berlin before I do.'
6. When he escapes just after Ives is killed, why is Hilts recaptured so quickly?

Answer: to give information to Bartlett

Bartlett had earlier asked him to gather information about the immediate vicinity of the camp, especially the location of the local railway station. Hilts initially is reluctant to give up a chance to get clean away, but after he witnesses Ives' death he tells Roger 'I'm going out tonight', with the implication that he'll be back with the needed information.
7. What escape clothes does Hilts wear when he escapes through Harry?

Answer: his own clothes

Unlike the other escapers, who all have escape clothes made by Griff the tailor, Hilts wears the same clothes he has worn throughout the film, including his captain's bars pinned inside his sweatshirt. He does at one point don German uniform, but disposes of this before he is recaptured.
8. What mode of transport does Hilts choose to try to escape his pursuers?

Answer: motorcycle

Hilts strings a wire booby trap across a road, upends a speeding motorcyclist and takes both his uniform and motorbike. (I have read that McQueen himself did this stunt). Several escapers choose the train, Sedgewick travels part way by bicycle and Hendley steals an aeroplane for himself and Blythe.
9. For which country is Hilts heading?

Answer: Switzerland

He pulls up his bike and says 'Switzerland' at one point. Sedgewick reaches Spain by way of France. Danny and Willie (although it is not actually mentioned) represent the two real-life escapers who reached Sweden.
10. What happens to Hilts at the end of the film?

Answer: he is back in the cooler

As befits the 'Cooler King' he ends the movie in the cooler. Fifty of the escapers (in real life as well as the movie) were shot by the Gestapo. The film is dedicated to The Fifty.
Source: Author spanishliz

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