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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1932

1950

1940

1945
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Darryl F. Zanuck

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks
3 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

Howard Hawks

Leo McCarey

George Cukor
4 What business does Walter own?
A radio station

A newspaper

An insurance company

A baseball team
5 Who plays Walter?
Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant

James Stewart
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
They are just meeting for the first time; Hildy wants a job

They are recently divorced coworkers

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

Brother and sister
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
An ex wife

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An assistant who does someone's busy work

A female journalist
8 Who plays Hildy?
Carole Lombard

Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell

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

Bringing Up Baby

The Big Sleep

Adam's Rib
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
Mollie Malloy

Duffy

Bruce

The mayor
11 Who plays Bruce?
Don Ameche

Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Banker

Lawyer

Doctor

Insurance salesman
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
Hildy was on a deadline for a news story about the price of cigarettes

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

Walter was ill

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

Florida

Upstate New York

Paris
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Abner Biberman

Fred MacMurray

Phillip Pine

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

Los Angeles

Boston

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

Rum

Whiskey

Cream
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
I Was a Male War Bride

The Awful Truth

Bringing Up Baby

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Max Steiner

Roy Webb

Franz Waxman

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills
20 Where does the film take place?
New York City

Boston

San Francisco

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

Ladies and Gentlemen

The Front Page

Heartbreak House
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
He changed the setting to New York

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

He removed all of the references to politics

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

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

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?
Himself

Sweeney

His secretary

Louie
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He is charmed by him

He feels superior to him

He is starstruck

He thinks he is a horrible person

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