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No one likes war, but until humans get their act together, it’s a fact of life. And just because we don’t like it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t honor those who fought.

This Memorial Day, remind yourself of the sacrifices of those who came before you by watching one or more of the war movies below. And while you’re at it, test your knowledge of these classic films by seeing how many questions you can get right in this challenging movie trivia quiz:

1. Which famous star turned down the lead role in Twelve O’Clock High, which ultimately went to Gregory Peck instead?

2. Which TWO famous actors turned down the starring role in King Rat, which went to George Segal?

3. Which famous actress refused the lead role in The Diary of Ann Frank because she had lived in Holland during the war and had seen Nazi street executions and the herding of Jews into boxcars, so she felt the role would be too painful for her?

4. Which war-movie production was temporarily halted because of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968?

5. Which war movie starring Robert Mitchum is reputed to be the favorite of any of his films?

6. The original director of the shipboard movie Mister Roberts quit after getting into a fist-fight with Henry
Fonda and was replaced by Mervyn LeRoy. Who was the original director?

7. Which Howard Hawks war film released in 1949 was shot in Germany during an especially cold winter that caused star Ann Sheridan catch pleurisy and Cary Grant to contract hepatitis?

8. Which movie was named after the location of a battle that was still being fought while
the script was being written?

9. Which 1949 war movie starring Audie Murphy as himself required 50,000 rounds of
ammunition, 300 pounds of dynamite, 10 cases of 40-percent dynamite and 600 pounds of blasting powder to recreate the battle scenes?

10. Which famous actor starred in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! that depicts the bombing of Pearl Harbor and was present during the actual bombing in 1942?

Scroll down to see the answers.

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1. John Wayne turned down the role in Twelve O’Clock High.

2. Paul Newman and Steve McQueen were both offered the starring role in King Rat.

3. Audrey Hepburn turned down the role of Anne Frank to avoid facing painful memories she didn’t want to relive. The part was given to newcomer Millie Perkins instead.

4. Production for The Bridge at Remagen was temporarily halted because of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The cast and crew were removed from the area in taxis, except for one of the actors, Robert Logan, who stayed behind so he could film the invasion.

5. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison was reputed to be Robert Mitchum’s favorite movie role.

6. The original director of Mister Roberts was John Ford.

7. The movie that was beset by so much illness in Germany was I Was a Male War Bride.

8. The script for Back to Bataan was written while the Battle of Bataan was still being fought. As a result, numerous rewrites were needed.

9. To Hell and Back is the Audie Murphy movie that required so much firepower.

10. Jason Robards, who played Lt. General Walter C. Short in Tora! Tora! Tora!, was actually present during the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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