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war_movies_070306.sPubDate = "3/7/2007 10:38:00 PM GMT";
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war_movies_070306.appDeck = new Array("There have been war movies nearly as long as there have been movies. The newest addition to the long-lived genre is Zack Snyder’s “300,” based on the comic by writer Frank Miller. The movie retells the story of the historic Battle of Thermopylae, in which a small force of 300 soldiers from the highly militaristic Greek city-state of Sparta mounted a seemingly suicidal defense against a much larger army of Persians in hopes of preventing the invaders from conquering Greece. How much do you know about the story, and about war movies in general? Take our quiz and find out.","");
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war_movies_070306[1][0] = new Array("“300” director Zack Snyder is also working on another film adaptation of a comic book, tentatively due to be released next year. What’s the title of this comic, which is one of the most influential in the genre?");
war_movies_070306[1].answer = "The correct answer is C. “Watchmen,” written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons, tells the story of a group of superheroes who uncover a plot to destroy the world after one of their colleagues is murdered.";
war_movies_070306[1][1] = new Array("A. “Sandman”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[1][2] = new Array("B. “Green Lantern”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[1][3] = new Array("C. “Watchmen”",'',1);
war_movies_070306[1][4] = new Array("D. “The Avengers”",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[2][0] = new Array("“300” writer Frank Miller says that his interest in the Battle of Thermopylae was inspired by a childhood viewing of which 1962 movie about the battle?");
war_movies_070306[2].answer = "The correct answer is A. Writing in the letters column of “300” No. 3, Miller calls the movie “a clunky old show, but surprisingly accurate.”";
war_movies_070306[2][1] = new Array("A. “The 300 Spartans”",'',1);
war_movies_070306[2][2] = new Array("B. “Spartacus”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[2][3] = new Array("C. “Clash Of The Titans”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[2][4] = new Array("D. “Thermopylae! The Musical”",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[3][0] = new Array("Frank Miller is no stranger to the world of film, with a Hollywood career that dates back to script-writing duties on 1990’s “Robocop 2,\" in which he also has a cameo as a villainous chemist. Which of the following comics by Miller have NOT been adapted to the movies?");
war_movies_070306[3].answer = "The correct answer is B. Perhaps ironically, “Dark Knight” is widely considred to be Miller’s best work.";
war_movies_070306[3][1] = new Array("A. “Sin City”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[3][2] = new Array("B. “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns”",'',1);
war_movies_070306[3][3] = new Array("C. “Daredevil”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[3][4] = new Array("D. “Elektra”",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[4][0] = new Array("The Steven Spielberg World War II movie “Saving Private Ryan” opens with a spectacular, stunningly violent half-hour sequence in which Tom Hanks and his comrades storm the beaches at Normandy during the D-Day invasion. The five main beaches which the Allied forces stormed were designated by codenames such as Omaha, Sword, Juno, Gold and Utah. Which beach does Hanks land on?");
war_movies_070306[4].answer = "The correct answer is A. Omaha Beach was the bloodiest engagement of the Normandy invasion, with the Allied forces suffering more than 3,000 casualties in only a few hours.";
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war_movies_070306[4][2] = new Array("B. Sword",'',0);
war_movies_070306[4][3] = new Array("C. Juno",'',0);
war_movies_070306[4][4] = new Array("D. Utah",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[5][0] = new Array("In “Apocalypse Now,” Col. Kilgore, played by Robert Duvall, famously declares that he loves the smell of napalm in the morning. What does he think it smells like?");
war_movies_070306[5].answer = "The correct answer is C. ";
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war_movies_070306[5][2] = new Array("B. Daffodils",'',0);
war_movies_070306[5][3] = new Array("C. Victory",'',1);
war_movies_070306[5][4] = new Array("D. Donald Rumsfeld’s cologne",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[6][0] = new Array("Choose the answer that correctly orders the following movies in chronological order by the date of the war during which the movies take place.");
war_movies_070306[6].answer = "The correct answer is D. Even those who otherwise have their historical films straight may have wrongly answered C. But “Star Wars” clearly takes place in ancient history, despite the fact that it features spaceships, lightsabers and robots: It says right at the start of the movie that it’s set “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” Oh, sure, it’s possible that George Lucas was just using the language of myths and fables, and didn’t mean to set the story in any specific year. But consider this: Just how far away is “a galaxy far, far away”? Pretty darn far, that’s how far. For example, the galaxies in the Perseus-Pisces galactic supercluster are 250 million light-years away from Earth. That means that the light from the Battle of Yavin would have taken a quarter-billion years to travel to this planet and inspire George Lucas to write about it, and then another three years or so for him to write the script and produce the movie. Taken together that clearly places his movie way, way earlier than any of the others. Anyway, let’s run down the chronology of the other films: “Troy” is set during the Trojan War in the 12th century BC; “Henry V” at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415; “Drums Along The Mohawk” during the U.S. Revolutionary War; “Master And Commander” in the early 1800s; “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly” during the U.S. Civil War in the 1860s; “Johnny Got His Gun” during World War I; “The Big Red One” in WWII; “M*A*S*H” during the Korean War; “Platoon” during the Vietnam War; “Three Kings” during the first U.S/Iraq War; and “Welcome To Sarajevo” during the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s.";
war_movies_070306[6][1] = new Array("A. “Troy,” “Henry V,” “Drums Along The Mohawk,” “Master And Commander,” “The Good The Bad And The Ugly,” “Johnny Got His Gun,” “The Big Red One,” “M*A*S*H,” “Platoon,” “Three Kings,” “Welcome To Sarajevo,” “Star Wars”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[6][2] = new Array("B. “Troy,” “Henry V,” “Master And Commander,” “Drums Along The Mohawk,” “The Good The Bad And The Ugly,” “Johnny Got His Gun,” “The Big Red One,” “M*A*S*H,” “Platoon,” “Welcome To Sarajevo,” “Three Kings,” “Star Wars”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[6][3] = new Array("C. “Troy,” “Henry V,” “The Good The Bad And The Ugly,” “Master And Commander,” “Drums Along The Mohawk,” “The Big Red One,” “Johnny Got His Gun,” “Platoon,” “Three Kings,” “M*A*S*H,” “Welcome To Sarajevo,” “Star Wars”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[6][4] = new Array("D. “Star Wars,” “Troy,” “Henry V,” “Drums Along The Mohawk,” “Master And Commander,” “The Good The Bad And The Ugly,” “Johnny Got His Gun,” “The Big Red One,” “M*A*S*H,” “Platoon,” “Three Kings,” “Welcome To Sarajevo”",'',1);

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war_movies_070306[7][0] = new Array("The battle shown in “300” takes place on the eastern seacoast of Greece. Which of the following war movies also sets the major part of its action in Greece?");
war_movies_070306[7].answer = "The correct answer is A. “The Guns Of Navarone” is about the effort to destroy a German fortress on a Greek island during World War II. The 1978 movie “Go Tell The Spartans,” starring Burt Lancaster, is actually set in Vietnam. It takes its title from the famous epitaph of the Spartan soldiers at Thermopylae, which reads (in the translation used in “300”), “Go tell the Spartans, passerby, that here, by Spartan law, we lie.” “Troy” does begin in the central Greek region of Thessaly, but the city of Troy itself is in modern-day Turkey. “Spartacus” takes place in Italy.";
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war_movies_070306[7][4] = new Array("D. “Spartacus”",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[8][0] = new Array("In Laurence Sterne’s novel “Tristram Shandy,\" adapted into a film starring comedian Steve Coogan in 2005, there is an ongoing question as to the location of the war wound suffered by Tristram’s loony uncle Toby during an English siege of the city of Namur in 1695. Where was Toby wounded?");
war_movies_070306[8].answer = "The correct answer is D. Toby deflected all inquiries as to the actual part of his body affected by the wound (let’s just say it rendered him unfit for marriage), and instead blithely responded that he was wounded “in the Battle of Namur” and similar digressive comments, with a sense of verbal confusion that rivaled Abbott & Costello.";
war_movies_070306[8][1] = new Array("A. In the arm",'',0);
war_movies_070306[8][2] = new Array("B. In the head",'',0);
war_movies_070306[8][3] = new Array("C. In the foot",'',0);
war_movies_070306[8][4] = new Array("D. In the Battle of Namur",'',1);

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war_movies_070306[9][0] = new Array("Most of what we know about Thermopylae comes to us from the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who wrote a history of the Greco-Persian Wars in about 430 BC, some 50 years after the actual events. Frank Miller’s “300” followed more than 24 centuries later, in 1999. Of the following movies, which one is based on the oldest source material?");
war_movies_070306[9].answer = "The correct answer is B. “Ben-Hur” is taken from Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel. “The 13th Warrior,” adapted from Michael Crichton’s 1976 novel, is ultimately based on the Old English epic poem “Beowulf,” written sometime between 700 and 1000 AD. “Troy” is based on Homer’s “Iliad,” written c. 800 BC. And Walter Hill’s 1979 film “The Warriors” is loosely based on an autobiographical tale by Greek soldier Xenophon about a group of Greek soldiers who are stranded deep inside enemy territory in about 400 BC.";
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war_movies_070306[9][3] = new Array("C. “Ben-Hur”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[9][4] = new Array("D. “The Warriors”",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[10][0] = new Array("The Battle of Thermoplyae is one of the earliest historical examples of a small band of soldiers fighting a heroic last stand against a much larger and seemingly overwhelming enemy. It’s a naturally dramatic kind of tale, and so it’s not surprising that the motif has become a popular subgenre in its own right, forming the backbone of any number of popular films. Which of these movies is NOT also about a last stand? ");
war_movies_070306[10].answer = "The correct answer is C. Peter Weir’s 1970s thriller is about an Australian lawyer who discovers unsettling prophecies about the end of the world after defending a group of Aboriginal men accused of murder.";
war_movies_070306[10][1] = new Array("A. “Zulu”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[10][2] = new Array("B. “Rio Bravo”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[10][3] = new Array("C. “The Last Wave”",'',1);
war_movies_070306[10][4] = new Array("D. “Aliens”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[10][5] = new Array("E. “Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[10][6] = new Array("F. “The Omega Man”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[10][7] = new Array("G. “The Matrix Revolutions”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[10][8] = new Array("H. “The Seven Samurai”",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[11][0] = new Array("Speaking of which, this is not the first time director Zack Snyder has made a movie about a small group of people who mount a seemingly hopeless defense against an overwhelmingly larger enemy force. What was unusual about the enemy in that film?");
war_movies_070306[11].answer = "The correct answer is C. The movie in question is Snyder’s remake of the zombie film “Dawn Of The Dead.”";
war_movies_070306[11][1] = new Array("A. They were unarmed, non-aggressive pacifists, which made defending against them a heck of a lot easier.",'',0);
war_movies_070306[11][2] = new Array("B. They were midgets.",'',0);
war_movies_070306[11][3] = new Array("C. They were zombies.",'',1);
war_movies_070306[11][4] = new Array("D. They were entirely computer-generated",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[12][0] = new Array("Which of the following war movies does not fit the pattern set by the others?");
war_movies_070306[12].answer = "The correct answer is A. All the others involve submarine battles.";
war_movies_070306[12][1] = new Array("A. “The Fighting Seabees”",'',1);
war_movies_070306[12][2] = new Array("B. “The Hunt For Red October”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[12][3] = new Array("C. “U-571”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[12][4] = new Array("D. “Das Boot”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[12][5] = new Array("E. “The Enemy Below”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[12][6] = new Array("F. “Run Silent Run Deep”",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[13][0] = new Array("Which of the following actors won an Oscar for portraying a famous military leader?");
war_movies_070306[13].answer = "The correct answer is A. Scott won for 1970’s “Patton.” O’Toole and Olivier were nominated for the Oscar, but did not win. And Terry Camilleri’s brilliant portrayal of Napoleon Bonaparte in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” was not even nominated. Robbed, I say!";
war_movies_070306[13][1] = new Array("A. George C. Scott as George S. Patton",'',1);
war_movies_070306[13][2] = new Array("B. Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence",'',0);
war_movies_070306[13][3] = new Array("C. Terry Camilleri as Napoleon Bonaparte",'',0);
war_movies_070306[13][4] = new Array("D. Laurence Olivier as Henry V",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[14][0] = new Array("Clint Eastwood’s recent “Flags Of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima” tell the story of the WWII Pacific battle of Iwo Jima from the American and Japanese perspectives respectively. What Oscar-winning 1970 film, written and directed by a team of Japanese and American filmmakers, did the same for the Battle of Pearl Harbor?");
war_movies_070306[14].answer = "The correct answer is A. “Tora! Tora! Tora!” took its title from the Japanese navy’s codeword for having achieved complete surprise in their attack on the U.S. base in Hawaii.";
war_movies_070306[14][1] = new Array("A. “Tora! Tora! Tora!”",'',1);
war_movies_070306[14][2] = new Array("B. “Tony! Toni! Toné!”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[14][3] = new Array("C. “Empire Of The Sun”",'',0);
war_movies_070306[14][4] = new Array("D. “Hell In The Pacific”",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[15][0] = new Array("What world-famous warrior has been portrayed by Al Leong, John Wayne, Phil Lord, Omar Sharif and Michael Palin?");
war_movies_070306[15].answer = "The correct answer is B. The legendary leader of the Mongols was portrayed with varying degreees of accuracy by those actors in, respectively, “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” “The Conqueror,” the animated TV series “Clone High,” “Genghis Khan” and “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.” A sad note: Wayne’s “The Conqueror” was filmed near a test site for nuclear weaponry, and it is likely that the cancer Wayne later died of was contracted as a result of radioactive fallout. And it’s not even a very good movie.";
war_movies_070306[15][1] = new Array("A. Attila The Hun",'',0);
war_movies_070306[15][2] = new Array("B. Genghis Khan",'',1);
war_movies_070306[15][3] = new Array("C. Alexander The Great",'',0);
war_movies_070306[15][4] = new Array("D. Boadicea",'',0);

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war_movies_070306[16][0] = new Array("And finally: Maybe you know war movies, but do you know math? Solve the following equation by taking the numbers from the titles of five war films: Add the number in Samuel Fuller’s 1980 World War II movie to the one in Lee Marvin’s 1967 World War II movie. Now subtract the number in George Clooney’s Iraq War movie, and add the number in Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 tale set in medieval Japan. You’ll get the number in the title of Billy Wilder’s prisoner-of-war film starring William Holden. What’s the number?");
war_movies_070306[16].answer = "The correct answer is C. “The Big Red One” plus “The Dirty Dozen,” minus “Three Kings” and plus “The Seven Samurai,” equals “Stalag 17.”";
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war_movies_070306[16][2] = new Array("B. 10",'',0);
war_movies_070306[16][3] = new Array("C. 17",'',1);
war_movies_070306[16][4] = new Array("D. 8",'',0);

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war_movies_070306.profiles[i++]= new Array(95,100,"<font color=#990000><b>All correct. You are an unconquerable force! </b><font>");
war_movies_070306.profiles[i++]= new Array(64,94,"<font color=#990000><b>Mostly correct. You&#146;re a four-star general in the art of movie trivia. </b><font>");
war_movies_070306.profiles[i++]= new Array(39,63,"<font color=#990000><b>So-so. Good work, Colonel, but you can do better. </b><font>");
war_movies_070306.profiles[i++]= new Array(6,38,"<font color=#990000><b>Not Very Good. Declare an unconditional surrender and study up on your movies for next time. </b><font>");
war_movies_070306.profiles[i++]= new Array(0,5,"<font color=#990000><b>Terrible. What are you, some kind of pacifist? </b><font>");

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