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Sidney Poitier

written by: shimonbentzvi

Enjoy this quiz on a fine actor.

Question 1:

Which statement concerning Sidney Poitier's birth is true?

He was born on February 20th in 1927 on Cat Island, the Bahamas.
He was born on February 20th in 1927 in Florida.
He was born on February 20th in 1927 on St. Kitts.
He was born on February 20th in 1937 on Cat Island, the Bahamas.

Question 2:

Which statement is untrue about Sidney Poitier?

While a drama student, Poitier was once the understudy for Harry Belafonte.
Poitier came to the USA after graduating from High School in the Bahamas.
Poitier worked as a janitor in The American Negro Theater in exchange for drama lessons.
When he was 16, he moved to new York to study acting.

Question 3:

Sidney Poitier's first big break came when he was featured in this famous Greek play.

Lysistrata
Oedipus Rex
The Wasps
The Birds

Question 4:

Sidney Poitier's first big hit movie was about an African-American doctor who confronts racist felons in a prison hospital ward. What was the name of this movie?

Blackboard Jungle
Concrete Jungle
No Way out
Stir Crazy

Question 5:

Zoltan Korda directed the movie version of a great Alan Paton novel about Apartheid. What was the name of the movie, that starred Sidney Poitier as Reverend Msimangi? (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)

Question 6:

Sidney Poitier starred in the movie version of this Lorraine Hansberry play.

All the Young Men
Lilies of the Field
Paris Blues
A Raisin in the Sun

Question 7:

What was the name of the movie in which Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis played runaway prisoners who were chained together.

The Concrete Jungle
In The Heat of the Night
The Blackboard Jungle
The Defiant Ones

Question 8:

Sidney Poitier was the first African American to win the Oscar for Best Actor. For which movie did he win this award?

The Jackal
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Lilies of the Field
Porgy and Bess

Question 9:

Sidney Poitier wrote this movie in which he stars as a possible love interest for Abbey Lincoln, a maid.

For the Love of Mary
Pretty Maids All in a Row
The Preacher
For the Love of Ivy

Question 10:

Name the movie that starred Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracey, Katherine Hepburn, Roy Glenn and Beah Richards. (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)

Question 11:

In which of these movies did Sidney Poitier play a teacher?

Let's Do It Again
To Sir with Love
Blackboard Jungle
In the Heat of the Night

Question 12:

Sidney Poitier's first wife was Juanita Hardy. This made this famous boxer Sidney's brother-in-law.

Mike Tyson
Archie Moore
Jack Johnson
Joe Louis

Question 13:

Sidney Poitier was named US Ambassador to Japan in 1997.

True
False

Question 14:

What is the title of Sidney Poitier's autobiography?

An Actor's Struggle
A Simple Man from Cat Island
An Actor at the Gates: The Survival of an Actor
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

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