Q 01/05

Which Gone with the Wind actress became the first African American to win an Academy Award?

A) Butterfly McQueen

B) Ethel Waters

C) Hattie McDaniel

D) Louise Beavers

Answer · why

C) Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel had to sit at a segregated table for two at the far wall of the room on the night she won her Oscar.

Q 02/05

Which actor's likeness did Marvel use for its Ultimate Nick Fury comics, years before he played the role on film?

A) Samuel L. Jackson

B) Giancarlo Esposito

C) Dennis Haysbert

D) Terrence Howard

Answer · why

A) Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson, a keen comic book reader, recognised himself on the page, and his agents' call to the publisher won a pledge to cast him.

Q 03/05

Which star of Lilies of the Field became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?

A) Harry Belafonte

B) James Edwards

C) Brock Peters

D) Sidney Poitier

Answer · why

D) Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier was born two months premature in Miami, where his Bahamian parents had travelled to sell tomatoes, and was not expected to survive.

Q 04/05

Which X-Men star became the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?

A) Regina King

B) Halle Berry

C) Zoë Kravitz

D) Thandiwe Newton

Answer · why

B) Halle Berry

Halle Berry won for Monster's Ball, then three years later collected a Razzie for Catwoman in person, with her Oscar in her other hand.

Q 05/05

Which Electric Company regular went on to play God, Nelson Mandela and a US president on film?

A) Morgan Freeman

B) James Earl Jones

C) Billy Dee Williams

D) Richard Roundtree

Answer · why

A) Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman loathed his years on the children's show, its producer recalled, yet it gave him his first financial stability as an actor.