War Trivia
59 Trivia Questions & Answers
When was the book 'The Winds of War' first published?
1971 Click to see the answer
The novel 'All Quiet on the Western Front' was written by a veteran of which war?
World War I
What Leon Uris novel deals with the Warsaw Ghetto uprising?
Mila 18
The novel 'Birdsong' is set during which war?
World War I
What is the name of the 1993 film adaptation of 'The Killer Angels' called?
Gettysburg
Which author wrote a book about the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and people living there?
John Hersey
In what year was 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' first published?
1940 Click to see the answer
In what year was 'Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War' first published?
2009
Which novelist wrote a World War II book from the viewpoint of German soldiers?
Irwin Shaw
In what year was 'Slaughterhouse-Five' first published?
1969
Which writer, trained as an aeronautical engineer, wrote a fictional book about nuclear war?
Nevil Shute
In what year was 'All Quiet on the Western Front' first published?
1929
In what year was the novel 'Regeneration' first published?
1991
In which decade was the novel 'Catch-22' first published?
1960s
Which author wrote a novel set in a psych ward serving soldiers of WWII suffering from emotional trauma?
Leo Rosten
The novel 'The Book Thief' was written by which author?
Markus Zusak
Who wrote the book 'The Winds of War'?
Herman Wouk
Who wrote the novel 'Regeneration'?
Pat Barker
A series of books about SAS Sergeant Geordie Sharp and the 'Alpha Force' novels are among the works of which writer?
Chris Ryan
Who played the male lead in the 1943 film adaptation of 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'?
Gary Cooper
In which novel did the character John Yossarian originally appear?
Catch-22
In what language was 'All Quiet on the Western Front' originally written?
German
Which band recorded a lyrical adaptation of the book 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'?
Metallica
In what year was 'The Killer Angels' first published?
1974
The novel 'A Farewell to Arms' is based on Hemingway's own experience as what in World War I?
Ambulance driver Click to see the answer
Who wrote 'Dispatches'?
Michael Herr
What is the novel Leon Uris wrote about the Nazi invasion of Greece?
The Angry Hills
Which war is the book 'The Winds of War' about?
World War II
Which author wrote 'Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War'?
Karl Marlantes
The novel 'Slaughterhouse-Five' is about which war?
World War II
Who wrote a novel about a plan to kidnap Winston Churchill during WWII?
Jack Higgins Click to see the answer
Which novel by David L. Robbins deals with the battle of Stalingrad?
War of the Rats
Who wrote the novel 'The Red Badge of Courage'?
Stephen Crane
In what city does Leo Tolstoy's novel 'War and Peace' begin?
Saint Petersburg
Who wrote 'The Death and Life of Dith Pran'?
Sydney Schanberg
Who wrote the novel 'Birdsong'?
Sebastian Faulks
Who wrote the novel 'Slaughterhouse Five'?
Kurt Vonnegut
Who wrote the novel 'The Naked and the Dead'?
Norman Mailer
Which war is the book 'The Killer Angels' about?
US Civil War
What is the name of Derek Robinson's novel about an airman washed up on the Channel Islands?
Kramer's War
What is the name of Cornelius Ryan's account of the Battle for Berlin?
The Last Battle
Which author wrote a book based on his service in the Philippines during World War II?
Norman Mailer
Who wrote about the Vietnam War after becoming a war correspondent for 'The Chicago Tribune'?
Philip Caputo
Who played the female lead in the 1943 film adaptation of 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'?
Ingrid Bergman
Which author wrote 'The Killer Angels'?
Michael Shaara
Which author wrote the novel 'The Eagle Has Landed'?
Jack Higgins
Which author has written novels about Alexander the Great and Erwin Rommel?
Steven Pressfield Click to see the answer
The novel 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' is set during which war?
Spanish Civil War
Which of these novelists wrote a book based on the Hungarian Revolution of 1956?
James A. Michener
Which book by Anthony Mockler deals with the Italian invasion and Allied liberation of Ethiopia?
Haile Selaisse's War
Who wrote a novel about underground French Resistance fighters of WWII, including Jean Blomart?
Simone de Beauvoir
Who won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for a collection of short stories on WWII?
James A. Michener
Who wrote the novel 'The Stranger's Child'?
Alan Hollinghurst
The novel 'The Short-Timers' by Gustav Hasford was the basis for what movie?
Full Metal Jacket
Which novel is about a Vietnam War soldier going AWOL in Paris?
Going After Cacciato
Who wrote the novel 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'?
Ernest Hemingway
In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village' is the start of what novel?
A Farewell to Arms
Who wrote the novel 'Force 10 from Navarone'?
Alistair MacLean
What is the name of Herman Wouk's account of a mutiny on a US Navy ship in the Pacific?
The Caine Mutiny
