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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1940

1950

1945

1932
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck

Howard Hawks
3 Who directed the film?
Howard Hawks

George Cukor

Leo McCarey

Frank Capra
4 What business does Walter own?
A newspaper

An insurance company

A radio station

A baseball team
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy

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

They are recently divorced coworkers

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

Hildy used to be Walter's boss
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
An ex wife

An assistant who does someone's busy work

A female journalist

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair
8 Who plays Hildy?
Claudette Colbert

Rosalind Russell

Carole Lombard

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

To Have and to Have Not

Bringing Up Baby

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?
Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Doctor

Lawyer

Insurance salesman

Banker
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
There was a flood at Niagara Falls

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

Walter was ill

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Paris

Upstate New York

Bermuda

Florida
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

Ray Danton

Phillip Pine
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Houston

Boston

Albany

Los Angeles
17 What do Hildy and Bruce have added to their coffee at lunch?
Whiskey

Cream

Sugar

Rum
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
Bringing Up Baby

The Awful Truth

I Was a Male War Bride

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Franz Waxman

Max Steiner

Roy Webb

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills
20 Where does the film take place?
Boston

New York City

San Francisco

Chicago
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
Heartbreak House

Ladies and Gentlemen

Twentieth Century

The Front Page
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

He removed all of the references to politics

He changed the setting to New York
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Let him pay for lunch

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Take a long time to prepare their coffees
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?
Louie

His secretary

Himself

Sweeney
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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