1. In which year was Sydney Pollack born?
a) 1924
b) 1934
c) 1944
d) 1954
Answer: b) 1934
2. What was Sydney Pollack’s primary profession?
a) Screenwriter
b) Film Editor
c) Cinematographer
d) Film Director
Answer: d) Film Director
3. Which film directed by Sydney Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Picture?
a) Tootsie
b) Out of Africa
c) The Firm
d) Jeremiah Johnson
Answer: b) Out of Africa
4. In which film did Sydney Pollack make a notable acting appearance as Victor Ziegler?
a) Eyes Wide Shut
b) The Player
c) Husbands and Wives
d) Death Becomes Her
Answer: a) Eyes Wide Shut
5. Which Sydney Pollack film stars Robert Redford and Meryl Streep?
a) The Way We Were
b) Out of Africa
c) Three Days of the Condor
d) The Electric Horseman
Answer: b) Out of Africa
6. What genre is Sydney Pollack’s film Three Days of the Condor?
a) Romantic Comedy
b) Political Thriller
c) Western
d) Historical Drama
Answer: b) Political Thriller
7. Which actor played the lead role in Sydney Pollack’s Tootsie?
a) Dustin Hoffman
b) Robert Redford
c) Tom Cruise
d) Paul Newman
Answer: a) Dustin Hoffman
8. How many Academy Awards did Out of Africa win under Pollack’s direction?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9
Answer: c) 7
9. Which Sydney Pollack film is based on a novel by John Grisham?
a) The Firm
b) The Pelican Brief
c) The Client
d) A Time to Kill
Answer: a) The Firm
10. In which decade did Sydney Pollack direct The Way We Were?
a) 1960s
b) 1970s
c) 1980s
d) 1990s
Answer: b) 1970s
11. What was Sydney Pollack’s role in the film industry besides directing?
a) Producer
b) Actor
c) Both Producer and Actor
d) Neither Producer nor Actor
Answer: c) Both Producer and Actor
12. Which film directed by Pollack features a love story between a singer and a songwriter?
a) The Way We Were
b) Out of Africa
c) Havana
d) Sabrina
Answer: a) The Way We Were
13. In which Sydney Pollack film does Robert Redford play a mountain man?
a) Jeremiah Johnson
b) The Electric Horseman
c) Out of Africa
d) This Property Is Condemned
Answer: a) Jeremiah Johnson
14. What is the setting of Sydney Pollack’s Out of Africa?
a) South Africa
b) Kenya
c) Nigeria
d) Ethiopia
Answer: b) Kenya
15. Which actress starred opposite Tom Cruise in Pollack’s The Firm?
a) Jeanne Tripplehorn
b) Holly Hunter
c) Nicole Kidman
d) Meryl Streep
Answer: a) Jeanne Tripplehorn
16. Which Sydney Pollack film is a remake of a 1954 romantic comedy?
a) Tootsie
b) Sabrina
c) The Electric Horseman
d) Havana
Answer: b) Sabrina
17. In which year did Sydney Pollack win the Best Director Oscar?
a) 1975
b) 1980
c) 1985
d) 1995
Answer: c) 1985
18. Which Sydney Pollack film features a plot about corporate espionage?
a) Three Days of the Condor
b) The Firm
c) The Interpreter
d) Absence of Malice
Answer: a) Three Days of the Condor
19. What was the profession of the main character in Absence of Malice?
a) Lawyer
b) Journalist
c) Doctor
d) Detective
Answer: b) Journalist
20. Which actor did NOT star in a Sydney Pollack-directed film?
a) Robert Redford
b) Dustin Hoffman
c) Leonardo DiCaprio
d) Paul Newman
Answer: c) Leonardo DiCaprio
21. In which film did Sydney Pollack direct Barbra Streisand?
a) The Way We Were
b) Funny Girl
c) A Star Is Born
d) Yentl
Answer: a) The Way We Were
22. What is the primary theme of They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
a) Political Corruption
b) Human Desperation
c) Romantic Love
d) Corporate Greed
Answer: b) Human Desperation
23. Which Sydney Pollack film is set during the Cuban Revolution?
a) Havana
b) The Interpreter
c) Out of Africa
d) The Way We Were
Answer: a) Havana
24. Which actress played the lead female role in Pollack’s Sabrina (1995)?
a) Julia Ormond
b) Meryl Streep
c) Nicole Kidman
d) Jessica Lange
Answer: a) Julia Ormond
25. In which film did Sydney Pollack serve as both director and producer?
a) Tootsie
b) The Firm
c) Out of Africa
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above