Edward Sedgwick Quiz Questions and Answers
1. In which city was Edward Sedgwick born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Galveston, Texas
C) New York City, New York
D) Chicago, Illinois
Answer: B) Galveston, Texas
2. What was Edward Sedgwick’s profession?
A) Film director, writer, actor, and producer
B) Musician and composer
C) Novelist and poet
D) Painter and sculptor
Answer: A) Film director, writer, actor, and producer
3. At what age did Edward Sedgwick join his family’s vaudeville act?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Six
D) Eight
Answer: B) Four
4. What was the name of Edward Sedgwick’s family vaudeville act?
A) The Sedgwick Comedy Company
B) The Galveston Players
C) The Five Stars
D) The Walker Troupe
Answer: A) The Sedgwick Comedy Company
5. What role did Edward Sedgwick play in his first comedy part at age seven?
A) A cowboy
B) An Irish immigrant
C) A schoolboy
D) A clown
Answer: B) An Irish immigrant
6. Which university did Edward Sedgwick graduate from?
A) Harvard University
B) St. Mary’s University of Galveston
C) Yale University
D) Stanford University
Answer: B) St. Mary’s University of Galveston
7. What military rank did Edward Sedgwick achieve at Peacock Military Academy?
A) First Lieutenant
B) Captain
C) Sergeant
D) Major
Answer: A) First Lieutenant
8. In what year did Edward Sedgwick break into films as a comedian?
A) 1910
B) 1915
C) 1920
D) 1925
Answer: B) 1915
9. What type of character was Edward Sedgwick frequently cast as in his early film roles?
A) Romantic lead
B) Villain
C) Zany baseball player
D) Detective
Answer: C) Zany baseball player
10. In which year did Edward Sedgwick become a serial director?
A) 1918
B) 1921
C) 1924
D) 1927
Answer: B) 1921
11. Which film studio did Edward Sedgwick sign with in the late 1920s?
A) Universal Studios
B) Paramount Pictures
C) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
D) Warner Bros.
Answer: C) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
12. Who was Edward Sedgwick’s frequent collaborator at MGM, sharing a love for baseball?
A) Charlie Chaplin
B) Buster Keaton
C) Harold Lloyd
D) Laurel and Hardy
Answer: B) Buster Keaton
13. Which of the following films directed by Edward Sedgwick featured Buster Keaton?
A) The General
B) The Cameraman
C) Safety Last!
D) City Lights
Answer: B) The Cameraman
14. In which film did Edward Sedgwick appear on screen as a dumb soldier?
A) Doughboys
B) Spite Marriage
C) Free and Easy
D) Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Answer: A) Doughboys
15. Which Tom Mix film directed by Edward Sedgwick included baseball sequences?
A) Stepping Out
B) The Great K&A Train Robbery
C) Riders of the Purple Sage
D) The Last Trail
Answer: A) Stepping Out
16. Which of the following was one of Edward Sedgwick’s twin sisters, both silent-movie actresses?
A) Lillian Gish
B) Eileen Sedgwick
C) Mary Pickford
D) Greta Garbo
Answer: B) Eileen Sedgwick
17. What was Edward Sedgwick’s nickname?
A) Senior
B) Junior
C) Ace
D) Chief
Answer: B) Junior
18. Which film did Edward Sedgwick direct for Laurel and Hardy in 1943?
A) Sons of the Desert
B) Air Raid Wardens
C) Way Out West
D) Block-Heads
Answer: B) Air Raid Wardens
19. What was Edward Sedgwick’s final released film?
A) Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
B) A Southern Yankee
C) The Cameraman
D) Murder in the Fleet
Answer: A) Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
20. In which year did Edward Sedgwick die?
A) 1950
B) 1953
C) 1956
D) 1959
Answer: B) 1953
21. What was the cause of Edward Sedgwick’s death?
A) Stroke
B) Cancer
C) Heart attack
D) Accident
Answer: C) Heart attack
22. Where is Edward Sedgwick buried?
A) Forest Lawn Memorial Park
B) Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City
C) Oakwood Cemetery
D) Greenwood Cemetery
Answer: B) Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City
23. In which television show did Edward Sedgwick direct an episode before his death?
A) The Honeymooners
B) Leave It to Beaver
C) The Andy Griffith Show
D) I Love Lucy
Answer: D) I Love Lucy
24. Who was Edward Sedgwick’s first wife?
A) Ebba Havez
B) Rose L. Elgueta
C) Josephine Walker
D) Sarah Minturn
Answer: A) Ebba Havez
25. Which 1923 silent film directed by Edward Sedgwick was rediscovered at the Chicago Film Archives?
A) The First Degree
B) Chasing the Moon
C) The Flaming Frontier
D) Hit and Run
Answer: A) The First Degree