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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1940

1945

1950

1932
2 Who produced the film?
Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3 Who directed the film?
Leo McCarey

Howard Hawks

Frank Capra

George Cukor
4 What business does Walter own?
A newspaper

An insurance company

A baseball team

A radio station
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant

Clark Gable
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"?
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?
Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell

Claudette Colbert

Carole Lombard
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
The Big Sleep

Adam's Rib

To Have and to Have Not

Bringing Up Baby
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
The mayor

Mollie Malloy

Bruce

Duffy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Gene Lockhart

Ralph Bellamy

Spencer Tracy

Don Ameche
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Lawyer

Banker

Doctor

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

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

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

Upstate New York

Bermuda

Florida
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Ray Danton

Phillip Pine

Abner Biberman

Fred MacMurray
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?
Cream

Whiskey

Rum

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

Bringing Up Baby

I Was a Male War Bride

The Awful Truth
19 Who wrote the score?
Max Steiner

Franz Waxman

Roy Webb

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

Boston

Chicago

New York City
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
The Front Page

Heartbreak House

Ladies and Gentlemen

Twentieth Century
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
He removed all of the references to politics

He changed the setting to New York

It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs

He made Hildy Johnson a woman
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?
Himself

His secretary

Sweeney

Louie
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He is starstruck

He is charmed by him

He feels superior to him

He thinks he is a horrible person

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