Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Quiz: The Death of General Patton

1. U.S. General George S. Patton died due to what?

Battle

Car crash

Airplane crash

Canon fire

Influenza

2. Patton earned what nickname during World War II?

Old blood and guts

Old iron sides

Big Red One

El Jefe

Iron fist

3. Patton was the first American to participate in what Olympic sport?

Biathlon

Pentathlon

Steeplechase

Downhill skiing

Greco-Roman wrestling

4. Patton got his first taste of battle fighting in against whom?

Pancho Villa

Kaiser Wilhelm

Stalin

Hitler

Mussolini

5. Patton was assigned as the first officer to join what in 1917?

Air force

Calvary

Bicycle Corps

Tank Corps

Gliders

6. Patton led what that went across France in 1944?

First Army

Fifth Army

Allied Supreme Forces

Third Army

Amphibious Forces

7. Which famous battle did Patton did successfully participate in 1944?

Battle of Navarone

Battle of the Bulge

D-Day

Battle of Britain

Battle of Iwo Jima

8. Patton was removed as U.S. commander in Bavaria by Eisenhower after making remarks about what?

De-Nazification policies

Calvary practices

Yalta

Pro-communism

Battle tactics

9. Patton's memoir, published posthumously, is titled what?

Old Blood and Guts

War

War As I Knew It

Battle of the Bulge

Patton

10. The biographical film Patton, came out in 1970, and won seven Academy Awards including best picture. Who played the eponymous star?

Humphrey Bogart

Errol Flynn

Michael Caine

Karl Malden

George C. Scott