Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier Quiz

Bahamian and American actor (1927–2022)

This quiz has 24 questions

Q1. In which year was Sidney Poitier born?

Q2. What is Sidney Poitier's birth name?

Q3. Which film made Sidney Poitier the first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?

Q4. Sidney Poitier directed which film starring Bill Cosby?

Q5. What was Sidney Poitier's role in the film 'To Sir, with Love'?

Q6. Which Sidney Poitier film is about a black police detective from Philadelphia solving a murder in a racist small town?

Q7. Sidney Poitier played the role of Homer Smith in which 1963 film?

Q8. In how many films did Sidney Poitier portray detective Virgil Tibbs?

Q9. Which film did Sidney Poitier direct and star in during the 1970s?

Q10. In which film did Sidney Poitier co-star with Richard Widmark?

Q11. What is the name of the 1967 drama film directed by Sidney Poitier?

Q12. Which Sidney Poitier film revolves around a pair of escaped convicts, one white and one black, who are shackled together?

Q13. What is the name of the Sidney Poitier film based on the autobiography of Homer Smith?

Q14. Who was Sidney Poitier's co-star in the film 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'?

Q15. Which film marked Sidney Poitier's directorial debut in 1972?

Q16. Sidney Poitier starred alongside Rod Steiger in which film?

Q17. In which film did Sidney Poitier portray South African activist Steven Biko?

Q18. Which Sidney Poitier film explores racial tension and features a classic line 'They call me Mister Tibbs!'?

Q19. Which film starred Sidney Poitier alongside Harry Belafonte?

Q20. In what year did Sidney Poitier receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award?

Q21. Sidney Poitier starred in which film alongside Richard Pryor?

Q22. In which film did Sidney Poitier portray Nelson Mandela?

Q23. What is the name of the 1992 film directed by Sidney Poitier starring Tom Berenger and Kirstie Alley?

Q24. Sidney Poitier made his directorial debut with which film in 1972?