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Movies Quiz: The Great Escape | 10 Questions

Here is a quiz on the amazing Steve McQueen movie.

A multiple-choice quiz by Pat Izzo. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
Pat Izzo

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
177,072

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2296

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (9/10), Guest 147 (10/10), spanishliz (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who is the surveyor? Hint

MacDonald

Hilts

Cavendish

Blythe

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Question 2 of 10

2. Does Hilts escape by jumping the fence at the Swiss border?

Yes

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Question 3 of 10

3. How do the prisoners escape from the camp? Hint

By cutting through the wire

By bribing Von Luger (the Kommandant)

By climbing over the wire

By a tunnel

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Question 4 of 10

4. What nationality is Sedgewick "The Manufacturer"? Hint

British

Australian

Canadian

American

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Question 5 of 10

5. What day do the Germans find Tom? Hint

June 14

April 9

October 31

July 4

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who has claustrophobia? Hint

Danny

Cavendish

Willie

Blythe

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Question 7 of 10

7. What item does Blythe ask Hendley for? Hint

A pick

A cigar

A gold ball point pen

A camera

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following is NOT used as a mode of transportation by the escapers? Hint

Bicycle

Car

Airplane

Train

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Question 9 of 10

9. There are five named Americans in the camp.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Danny and Willie both escape, and are not recaptured.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the surveyor?

Answer: Cavendish

Cavendish is the one who trips on the night of the escape. He got shot near the end of the movie. Cavendish is played by Nigel Stock.

2. Does Hilts escape by jumping the fence at the Swiss border?

Answer: No

Steve McQueen tries to jump over the fence with a motorcycle. He gets tangled in the barbed wire then sent back to the camp, where he goes to the cooler.

3. How do the prisoners escape from the camp?

Answer: By a tunnel

Seventy six people escape from the camp.

4. What nationality is Sedgewick "The Manufacturer"?

Answer: Australian

One way that we know Sedgewick is Australian because he says "mate" in the movie. Sedgewick is played by James Coburn.

5. What day do the Germans find Tom?

Answer: July 4

On that day the Americans gave out "moonshine" to every one in the camp, leaving the huts unattended and allowing the guards to find the trap door to tunnel Tom. That was the day when Ives got killed when trying to escape over the wire.

6. Who has claustrophobia?

Answer: Danny

Claustrophobia is the fear of tight enclosed spaces, and Danny panics in the tunnel when the lights go out. Danny is played by Charles Bronson.

7. What item does Blythe ask Hendley for?

Answer: A camera

"The Ferret" is a German guard, who found Tom, and the one who gets the camera. Blythe needs the camera for his forged ID papers.

8. Which of the following is NOT used as a mode of transportation by the escapers?

Answer: Car

Sedgewick takes a bicycle, then a train. Roger and MacDonald take the train, and try to escape on a bus, but they get caught. Hendley and Blythe use the train and an airplane.

9. There are five named Americans in the camp.

Answer: False

There are three Americans: Hilts, Hendley, and Goff. Only two of them get out of the camp on the night of the escape by tunnel.

10. Danny and Willie both escape, and are not recaptured.

Answer: True

They escape by boat. They first take a rowboat, then a much bigger boat.

Source: Author Pat Izzo

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