1. Who wrote the book “The Great Escape” in 1950?
- A) Paul Brickhill
- B) Roger Bushell
- C) Bob Nelson
- D) Herbert Massey
Source: Amazon
Answer:
Paul Brickhill
Source: Amazon & @LegacyNewcastle/Facebook
2. When did the Great Escape occur?
- A) January 1-2, 1945
- B) February 27-28, 1943
- C) March 24-25, 1944
- D) April 1-2, 1944
Source: Imperial War Museum
Answer:
March 24-25, 1944
Source: Imperial War Museum
3. In which WWII prison camp did the Great Escape take place?
- A) Dulag Luft
- B) Stalag Luft III
- C) Oflag VII-D Tittmoning
- D) None of the Above
Source: iwm.org.uk
Answer:
Stalag Luft III
Source: Imperial War Museum
4. What were the three tunnels built during the Great Escape called?
- A) #1, #2, #3
- B) Tom, Dick, Harry
- C) Eagle, Wolf, Tiger
- D) Freedom, Liberty, Peace
Source: NOVA
Answer:
Tom, Dick, Harry
Source: Wikipedia
5. The Great Escape was the second escape from Stalag Luft III; what is the first commonly called?
- A) The First Escape
- B) The Trojan Horse Escape
- C) The Quiet Escape
- D) None of the above
Source: Wikipedia
Answer:
The First Escape
Source: rafbf.org
6. How many prisoners worked on the tunnels for the Great Escape?
- A) 50
- B) 200
- C) 400
- D) 600
Source: National WWII Museum
Answer:
600
Source: imwm.org
7. How many were able to escape during the Great Escape?
- A) 256
- B) 188
- C) 99
- D) 76
Source: iwm.org.uk
Answer:
76
Source: Quora
8. How many of the 76 escapees were captured by the Nazis?
- A) 76
- B) 73
- C) 55
- D) 0
Source: Britannica
Answer:
73
Source: Wikipedia
9. How many of the captured escapees were shot immediately?
- A) 73
- B) 50
- C) 10
- D) 0
Source: Wikipedia
Answer:
50
Source: Wikipedia
10. The following are the names of the three men who successfully escaped…
- A) Per Bergsland, Jens Muller, and Bram van der Stok
- B) Paul Brickhill, Charlie Pilz, and Leonard Henry Trent
- C) Charlie Pilz, Paul Brickhill, and Per Bergsland
- D) Unknown
Source: Alamy
Answer:
Per Bergsland, Jens Muller, and Bram van der Stok
Source: University of Western Ontario
11. Which of the following was not a reason the prisoners organized the Great Escape?
- A) To escape from a prison of war
- B) To rejoin the war
- C) To inconvenience the German war machine
- D) To attack the guards of the prison
Source: National WWII Museum
Answer:
To attack the guards of the prison
Source: Quora
12. Why were so many of the escapees captured?
- A) Because of the excessive snow, many of the men had to travel by road
- B) One of the prisoners told the guards where they were going
- C) The escapees were sick
- D) The guards captured them before they even got out of the tunnel
Source: Picryl
Answer:
Because of the excessive snow, many of the men had to travel by road
Source: Wikipedia
13. Who is credited with planning and leading the Great Escape?
- A) Jens Muller
- B) Paul Brickhill
- C) Roger Bushell
- D) Per Bergsland
Source: Wikipedia
Answer:
Roger Bushell
Source: NOVA
14. What did the prisoners call the Great Escape before it happened?
- A) Mission Impossible
- B) Big X
- C) The Great Escape
- D) Secret Escape
Source: eBay
Answer:
Big X
Source: Imperial War Museum
15. Who were the three actors who played the survivors in the film “The Great Escape” in 1963?
- A) Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Sir Richard Attenborough
- B) Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, and John Wayne
- C) Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, and James Dean
- D) John Wayne, Steve McQueen, and Cary Grant
Source: United Artists
Answer:
Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Sir Richard Attenborough
Source: United Artists