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1. Stepin Fetchit was a stage name; what was his birth name?
2. Stepin Fetchit is best known for his various film roles, all based on a "stock" character he developed from his first film onwards. Starting in 1925 with his role in "The Mysterious Stranger", and continuing in 1927, with a part in "In Old Kentucky", who was this character who would both make and break Fetchit's film career?
3. Fetchit once played a character called Snowshoe, who was Charlie Chan's assistant, in a film released in 1935. In which of these films was this?
4. Stepin Fetchit was friends with the actor Will Rogers, and they made four films together in the 1930s. Which of these is *not* one of them?
5. Although he was the first black actor to become a millionaire, Stepin Fetchit was eventually declared bankrupt.
6. In 1970, Stepin Fetchit sued for defamation of character. Who did he sue?
7. Which of these honours was *not* awarded to Stepin Fetchit?
8. In the 1960s, Stepin Fetchit underwent a religious conversion and joined the entourage of which famous person?
9. In 1969, Stepin Fetchit's son ran amok with a gun on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, shooting three people dead, and injuring over a dozen others, before turning the gun on himself. What was his name?
10. Which event ended Stepin Fetchit's film career in 1976?
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