His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1950

1932

1940

1945
2 Who produced the film?
Darryl F. Zanuck

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3 Who directed the film?
George Cukor

Howard Hawks

Leo McCarey

Frank Capra
4 What business does Walter own?
An insurance company

A radio station

A baseball team

A newspaper
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

They are just meeting for the first time; Hildy wants a job
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An assistant who does someone's busy work

A female journalist

An ex wife
8 Who plays Hildy?
Carole Lombard

Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn

Claudette Colbert
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
To Have and to Have Not

Bringing Up Baby

Adam's Rib

The Big Sleep
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
Duffy

The mayor

Bruce

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Insurance salesman

Lawyer

Banker

Doctor
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
Walter was ill

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

Hildy was on a deadline for a news story about the price of cigarettes

There was a flood at Niagara Falls
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Bermuda

Florida

Upstate New York

Paris
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Fred MacMurray

Phillip Pine

Ray Danton

Abner Biberman
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Albany

Los Angeles

Boston

Houston
17 What do Hildy and Bruce have added to their coffee at lunch?
Rum

Sugar

Whiskey

Cream
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
The Awful Truth

Monkey Business

Bringing Up Baby

I Was a Male War Bride
19 Who wrote the score?
Max Steiner

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Franz Waxman

Roy Webb
20 Where does the film take place?
Boston

New York City

Chicago

San Francisco
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
Twentieth Century

The Front Page

Heartbreak House

Ladies and Gentlemen
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
He removed all of the references to politics

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

He changed the setting to New York

It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Let him pay for lunch

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?
Sweeney

His secretary

Himself

Louie
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He thinks he is a horrible person

He is starstruck

He feels superior to him

He is charmed by him

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