Q 01/05

In 12 Years a Slave, Northup is lured away from his family home in which New York town?

A) Saratoga Springs

B) Sleepy Hollow

C) Niagara Falls

D) Lake Placid

Answer · why

A) Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Springs. He and his wife Anne worked in the resort's hotels each visiting season, and she was away cooking when two strangers offered him a j...

Q 02/05

Who plays Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave?

A) Idris Elba

B) David Oyelowo

C) Chiwetel Ejiofor

D) Michael Kenneth Williams

Answer · why

C) Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor first said no, unsure he could carry the part. The director had no backup plan and simply gave him time to come round.

Q 03/05

What is Northup's profession in 12 Years a Slave before he is kidnapped?

A) Violinist

B) Blacksmith

C) Schoolteacher

D) Riverboat pilot

Answer · why

A) Violinist

Violinist. His playing is the bait: two strangers offer him good wages to perform with their circus, then drug him and sell him.

Q 04/05

In which city is Northup drugged and delivered to a slave pen?

A) Washington, D.C.

B) New Orleans

C) Philadelphia

D) Charleston

Answer · why

A) Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. Northup wrote that the pen stood 'within the very shadow of the Capitol', close enough for speeches about freedom to mingle with the ...

Q 05/05

In 12 Years a Slave, what slave name is Northup given by the trader Theophilus Freeman?

A) Jupiter

B) Sam

C) Cato

D) Platt

Answer · why

D) Platt

Platt. When Northup protests that it isn't his name, Freeman strikes him and promises to teach him it so that he never forgets.