1. What is your definition of successful? My definition of success is doing something you enjoy.  
2. What have you given up to become successful? Sometimes you have to give up your free time to work harder to be successful.
3. What did Parks give up to become successful? Parks gave up his other options in life to pursue his dreams in photography.
4. Who was Genevieve Young's father?
5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)?  Parks wrote his first book in 1964.
6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam? Gordon Parks was offered a lot of money.
7. Why did Parks refuse the money? Parks didn't be
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
9. What was significant about the character Shaft? Shaft gave african americans a strong character to look to.
10. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons? Gordon Parks preferred his 35mm camera.
11. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce? Young said she was unsure about why her and Parks broke apart.
12. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
13. Who was Gordon Parks, jr? Gordon Parks Jr. is Gordon Parks son and directed films such as Super Fly.
14. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
15. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years?