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On the extreme points of two convex sets

Let $A$ and $B$ be two compact convex sets (which may be assumed to be polytopes) in $\mathbb R^n$ such that $A\cap B\ne\emptyset$. Is it then always true that either $A\cap\text{ext}B\ne\emptyset$ ...
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If the closed unit ball of Banach space has at least one extreme point, must the Banach space the be a dual space?

Let $X$ be a Banach space. By Banach-Alaoglu and Krein-Milman Theorems, one can show that if $X$ is a dual space, then $X$ must have at least one extreme point of the closed unit ball. I am ...