Aviation Movies Quiz

1)  Based on a novel by  Frederick  Smith,  633  Squadron deals  with a fictional  British fighter-bomber  squadron,  that has  to carry  out  a  daring  military operation  in Norway.  It  gained  fame in recent times, when the climax of  the movie showing  aircraft   flying  through  a Norwegian fjord,  and  being  fired on by anti  aircraft guns,  inspired  a similar  kind of  sequence  in  a  movie  that  was one of the biggest  hits  in it's genre.  Which one?

STAR  WARS- The final battle scene 


2)   What  connects  A.P.J. Abdul Kalam,  Jimmy Shergill  and  Squadron No  426  in the  Royal  Canadian Air  Force?

WINGS OF FIRE-  Kalam's  autobiography,  Shergill  starred in movie  Agni Pankh( literal trans Wings of Fire)  and  Motto of  Squadron  426 is  Wings of Fire.

3)  This  1990  Mel Gibson- Robert Downey  Jr  movie,  takes it's  title  from  the  name of a clandestine,  airline, run by the CIA,  during the Cold  War. It  gained  fame  during the Vietnam War, when it organized many  covert operations  in S.E.Asia.

AIR  AMERICA.

4)  Name  this  cult  comedy  movie of  the  80's  starring  Leslie  Nielsen, that  spoofed  the  disaster movie genre,  the  story   was  based on  Arthur  Hailey's  Flight  into Danger. The movie  was  released  in Australia  and New Zealand  as  Flying  High.

AIRPLANE - FLYING HIGH  also gets  points, as that  was the title of the movie in Aus, NZ.

5) Which  real  life  aviation pioneer  was being portrayed by  Alec  Baldwin  in the  Aviator,  he  was the founder of  PANAM  and a  fierce rival  to Howard  Hughes?

JUAN  TRIPPE

6)   This  70's  thriller  directed by  John Frankenheimer,  revolves around a deranged  former Vietnam vet, Michael Lander,  who  hatches  a plot  with a  Palestinian  terror group to conduct  a  massive  bombing attack.  It  was noted  for it's  climax,  of  a  huge  airborne  blimp, carrying  a bomb, landing into a packed stadium  hosting a  Super Bowl match.

BLACK  SUNDAY

7)  Quite an  engaging  80's  thriller,  starring  Roy  Scheider, a  LAPD cop and former  Vietnam vet, who is  assigned  to  pilot  the world's  most  advanced helicopter.  The  movie  gets  it's  title  from the nickname given to the  chopper,  and  it  introduced  a new  term  JAFO( Just another fucking Observer) to the lexicon.

BLUE  THUNDER

8)  The 2005  Hindi  movie  Garam  Masala   was a  remake of  Priyadarshan's  Malayalam  movie,  which itself   was a  straight  lift  from  this  1965  movie  starring  Cary Grant  and  Jerry  Lewis.  Interestingly both  the  original  movie  and Priyan's  Mallu  movie had the same  title  too. Name it.

BOEING  BOEING

9)  It  was  the  nickname  to  a group of   English  racing cars  built  and  raced by  Count  Louis  Zborowski  in  the  1920's  that  inspired  Ian Fleming  to  write  this  novel, centering  around  an  eccentric  inventor  Caractacus Potts  and  a heroine  named  Truly  Scrumptious. Later made into a 1968  musical  by  Albert Brocolli,  with  a script  co written by Roald Dahl.  Which one?

CHITTY, CHITTY, BANG, BANG

10)  Connect  Cyrus the Virus, Diamond Dog, Baby O Dell, Billy Bedlam,  Marietta Mangler, Johnny 23, Pinball, Sally Can't  Dance. ( Should be a sitter).

CON  AIR

11)  Name  this  90's  actioner  starring Kurt Russel, a  typical  aircraft hijacked by  terrorist, and hero saving the day  sort, enjoyable  nevertheless. Also had  Steven Seagal  in an important  role.

EXECUTIVE  DECISION

12) Name this  child  actor  in Spileberg's  Empire of the Sun(  should be a  sitter).

CHRISTIAN  BALE

13) Based on a  1977  novel by  Craig  Thomas  and  directed by  Clint  Eastwood, it  deals with an audacious  Anglo-American plot, to hijack a  highly  sophisticated Russian  MIG 31, which  is  invisible to radar.  The  book gets  it's  title  from the  NATO  reporting  name given to MIG  31. Which one?

FIREFOX

14)  Quite  a well made  Bollywood  war  movie, this 1973  movie  directed by  Chetan Anand,  and  starring  Raj  Kumar  and Priya  Rajvansh,  had a  backdrop of  IAF  with an espionage  story  thrown in, and some  good songs by  Madan Mohan too.

HINDUSTAN KI  KASAM

15)  This  1965  comedy  produced  by  Daryl Zanuck,  was  also  subtitled  Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes,   and is  set around  a race  from  London to Paris.  Name it.

THOSE  MAGNIFICENT  MEN  IN THEIR  FLYING MACHINES.

And the  Scores

Santosh-15
Sriram-10
Harikrishnan-12
Kamal-9
Daya-11
Vikram-15