Spike Lee Quiz: Brooklyn Streets and Do the Right Thing

His company is called 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, and his courtside seat at Knicks games is famous, and this Spike Lee quiz covers the films behind the fame. Play 10 interactive questions on She's Gotta Have It, Bed-Stuy and Mookie, Radio Raheem, Malcolm X with Denzel Washington, Inside Man, BlacKkKlansman's Oscar, NYU and Morehouse and his Cannes jury presidency.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Debut
Which 1986 film was Spike Lee's breakthrough feature?
Block
In which Brooklyn neighborhood is Do the Right Thing set?
Mookie
Which character does Lee play in Do the Right Thing?
Company
What is his production company called?
Malcolm
Who starred as Malcolm X in Lee's 1992 film?
Oscar
Which film won Lee a competitive Oscar?
Heist
Which 2006 bank heist thriller did he direct?
College
Which historically Black college did Lee attend?
Team
Which NBA team is he famous for supporting?
Cannes
What did Lee become at Cannes in 2021?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which 1986 film was Spike Lee's breakthrough feature?
Answer: She's Gotta Have It
It was shot in about 12 days.
Q2: In which Brooklyn neighborhood is Do the Right Thing set?
Answer: Bedford-Stuyvesant
Filming happened on one block.
Q3: Which character does Lee play in Do the Right Thing?
Answer: Mookie
Mookie delivers pizzas for Sal.
Q4: What is his production company called?
Answer: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
The name recalls broken promises after the Civil War.
Q5: Who starred as Malcolm X in Lee's 1992 film?
Answer: Denzel Washington
Washington earned an Oscar nomination.
Q6: Which film won Lee a competitive Oscar?
Answer: BlacKkKlansman
He won Best Adapted Screenplay in 2019.
Q7: Which 2006 bank heist thriller did he direct?
Answer: Inside Man
Denzel Washington and Clive Owen starred.
Q8: Which historically Black college did Lee attend?
Answer: Morehouse College
He later studied film at NYU.
Q9: Which NBA team is he famous for supporting?
Answer: The New York Knicks
He sits courtside at Madison Square Garden.
Q10: What did Lee become at Cannes in 2021?
Answer: The first Black president of the main jury
He led the competition jury.

Spike Lee Quiz – Brooklyn Streets and Bold Films

Spike Lee, born in Atlanta in 1957 and raised in Brooklyn, studied at Morehouse College and NYU film school. His breakthrough came with She's Gotta Have It in 1986, made by his company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks.

Do the Right Thing, from 1989, takes place on one Bedford-Stuyvesant block on the hottest day of the summer, with Lee as Mookie. Malcolm X, starring Denzel Washington, followed in 1992, and Inside Man became a hit thriller in 2006.

Lee received an honorary Oscar in 2015 and won Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman in 2019. In 2021 he became the first Black president of the main jury at Cannes. He is also a famous New York Knicks fan.

What This Quiz Teaches

Film fans will enjoy these questions.

Where his career began
Which films define him
Who starred in them
Which honors he earned
What he does beyond film

Did You Know?

25th Hour was set in post-9/11 New York.
He made the documentary When the Levees Broke.
His films often use a dolly shot of actors gliding.
He also directs music videos and ads.
Da 5 Bloods came out in 2020.