His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1950

1932

1945

1940
2 Who produced the film?

Darryl F. Zanuck

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks
3 Who directed the film?

Leo McCarey

Frank Capra

Howard Hawks

George Cukor
4 What business does Walter own?

A newspaper

A baseball team

A radio station

An insurance company
5 Who plays Walter?

James Stewart

Spencer Tracy

Clark Gable

Cary Grant
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?

They are just meeting for the first time; Hildy wants a job

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

Brother and sister

They are recently divorced coworkers
7 What is a "girl Friday"?

An assistant who does someone's busy work

A female journalist

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An ex wife
8 Who plays Hildy?

Carole Lombard

Claudette Colbert

Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?

Bringing Up Baby

To Have and to Have Not

Adam's Rib

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

Mollie Malloy

Bruce

Duffy

The mayor
11 Who plays Bruce?

Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy

Spencer Tracy

Gene Lockhart
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Insurance salesman

Doctor

Lawyer

Banker
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

Walter was ill

Hildy was on a deadline for a news story about the price of cigarettes
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?

Upstate New York

Florida

Bermuda

Paris
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

Phillip Pine

Ray Danton
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?

Boston

Houston

Los Angeles

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

Rum

Cream

Whiskey

Sugar
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?

Monkey Business

The Awful Truth

Bringing Up Baby

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

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Franz Waxman

Max Steiner

Roy Webb
20 Where does the film take place?

Chicago

Boston

New York City

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

Heartbreak House

Twentieth Century

The Front Page

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?

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Let him pay for lunch

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?

Louie

His secretary

Sweeney

Himself
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?

He is charmed by him

He is starstruck

He thinks he is a horrible person

He feels superior to him

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