This WarGames Film Quiz will challenge your Grades 9 to 12 students to separate simulations from reality, reconstruct a DEFCON escalation chain step-by-step, and argue where human judgment must override automation—without relying on tiny quotes. Students explain how confident displays (“confidence remains high”) push posture changes, trace how one risky choice (“Global Thermonuclear War”) cascades through NORAD, and evaluate design fixes (SIM/OPS separation, multi-sensor verification, human-in-t