The Great Escape Movie Trivia Quiz

The Great Escape
Trivia Challenge
The Great Escape
Ten questions on the Allied prisoners, tunnel operation, ensemble cast, camp routines, film score, and famous chase.
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The Great Escape revisits the ingenious planning, underground construction, forged papers, improvised equipment, and separate flight attempts that drive the 1963 wartime adventure. The questions move from familiar screen moments to sharper production details.
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Paul 6 / 10 1:28
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Joey 9 / 10 3:56
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Joey 8 / 10 1:31
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Tull 7 / 10 2:42
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Paul 6 / 10 1:28
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Mike5051 6 / 10 1:36
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Joey 9 / 10 3:56
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J
Joey 8 / 10 1:31
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Tull 7 / 10 2:42
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P
Paul 6 / 10 1:28
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M
Mike5051 6 / 10 1:36
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What This Quiz Covers

The quiz covers an American prisoner's isolation-cell routine, the camp's underground construction plan, a resourceful supply officer, the breakout leader, the instrumental score, and the stunt rider behind a celebrated jump.

Trivia Study Guide ›
  1. Who directed the film's large international ensemble and elaborate escape sequences?
  2. Which actor portrayed escape leader Roger Bartlett, known to the prisoners as Big X?
  3. Which composer wrote the film's familiar military-style instrumental score?
  4. What does Hilts repeatedly bounce against the wall while serving time in isolation?
  5. Which trio of names was assigned to the prisoners' underground projects?
  6. What nickname identifies James Garner's resourceful Bob Hendley?
  7. Which underground route was ultimately used for the mass breakout?
  8. Which actor played Captain Virgil Hilts in the 1963 film The Great Escape?
  9. Which motorcycle racer performed the celebrated fence jump in place of the film's star?
  10. Which German POW camp provides the setting for the Allied breakout plot?
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