Dr. Strangelove Quizzes

Dr. Strangelove Quiz 1

1 Which technology at the center of the film do we learn of in the opening voice over?

Radar

The bomb bay doors

The Doomsday Machine

The CRM 114 discriminator
2 What are the planes doing in the background of the credit sequence?

Crashing

Refueling mid-air

Dropping bombs

Taking off and landing
3 What human act does the mid-air refuel suggest?

Copulation

Childbirth

Defecation

Murder
4 Where is the Doomsday Machine located?

Omaha, Nebraska (USA)

The Zhokhov Islands (Soviet Union)

Moscow (Soviet Union)

Cuba
5 Where does Captain Lionel Mandrake work?

The War Room, Pentagon, Washington DC

The Royal Air Force Headquarters, London

Burpleson Air Force Base

The Kremlin, Moscow, Soviet Union
6 Captain Lionel Mandrake is notable as the only military character...

who hates the President

not from the USA

who loves the bomb

who dies
7 Why does General Ripper really want Mandrake to impound all radios?

So that the Soviets cannot issue confusing commands over the radio

So that no one on the base realizes there is not an ongoing war

Because they have been exploding randomly

Because music is not appropriate while the base is sealed
8 Why does Mandrake ask, "is it really that serious?"

He is surprised the base needs to be sealed

He is concerned about Ripper's mental health

He does not think the radios need to be impounded

He understands the provisions of Wing Attack Plan R
9 What is Major Kong's crew NOT doing in the first moments we see them?

Eating

Flipping through magazines

Preparing for war

Playing with cards
10 What does the new message for the bomber decode as?

Return Protocol R

Wing Attack Plan R

Wing Attack Plan O

Survival Plan O
11 What is the bomber crew's initial reaction to the new order?

Patriotism

Boredom

Disbelief

Laughter
12 What is the significance of Major Kong's hat change?

His stetson represents the Texan, macho, crew aboard his plane

His stetson is his favorite possession

His stetson was the official war garment of the USAF

His stetson represents the Texan, macho, pro-war attitude of the US military
13 When we first meet General Turgidson, he is...

With his secretary and mistress

Laughing about Russian inferiority

Issuing orders to a bomber wing

With his secretary and his mother
14 Why do we meet Turgidson with his scantily clad mistress?

To draw out the feminine-military link in the film

To highlight Turgidson's sexual incapabilities

To highlight Turgidson's sexual prowess

To draw out the sexual-military link in the film
15 What is strange about the phone call between Turgidson and the colonel who delivers the news about Burpleson?

Turgidson is happy to hear the news

Turgidson does not receive all of the information about the situation

Turgidson's secretary hears far too much classified information

Turgidson's secretary does not understand what is happening
16 When Turgidson says "Blast Off!" to Miss Scott, what is he suggesting will happen?

An airplane launch

A rocket launch

A nuclear explosion

An orgasm
17 Which warning to Ripper's troops is the most important one for the plot's development?

Trust no one

Your commie has no regard for human life

The enemy may come in the uniform of our own troops

The soldiers will try to poison your water
18 What does Mandrake hear over the radio?

A Soviet broadcast

Music

A US declaration of war

A civilian talk show program
19 What is significant about Mandrake's hearing civilian broadcasting over the radio?

He is a subversive who has refused to impound all of the radios

He enjoys the music and uses it to bond with Ripper

He realizes the country could not be under attack

He gets a transmission telling him to stop Ripper
20 What does Wing Attack Plan R mean for the bomber crew?

They will all certainly die

They must drop a nuclear weapon

They must parachute into enemy territory

They must firebomb a Russian city
21 What is significant about Major Kong's speech?

He cannot wait to drop the bomb

He refuses to drop a nuclear bomb on principle

He mentions race

He knows something about Ripper that the rest of the crew does not
22 The discussion of bombers kept on "high alert" juxtaposed with the B-52 crew's energy in their first scene is an example of...

Metaphor

Situational Irony

Verbal Symbolism

Verbal Irony
23 What is the importance of the CRM 114 discriminator?

It will not allow in any communications not preceded by a secret prefix

It will not allow in any communications from anywhere but the USA

Ripper invented it to prevent communications from getting to that plane

It will help them find their target
24 The auto-destruct circuit on the radio is an example of which dramatic tool?

Character development

Chekohov's gun

Chekhov's hand

Establishing shot
25 Mandrake shows Ripper the radio because...

He wants to show Ripper that the country could not be under attack

He wants to admit his wrongdoing to Ripper

He believes Ripper has gone insane

He is demonstrating that every radio has been impounded

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