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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1932

1940

1945

1950
2 Who produced the film?
Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks

Darryl F. Zanuck

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

Frank Capra

George Cukor

Howard Hawks
4 What business does Walter own?
A baseball team

A newspaper

A radio station

An insurance company
5 Who plays Walter?
Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy

Clark Gable

James Stewart
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
Brother and sister

They are recently divorced coworkers

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

An ex wife

A female journalist

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

Rosalind Russell

Claudette Colbert

Katharine Hepburn
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
Adam's Rib

To Have and to Have Not

The Big Sleep

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

Mollie Malloy

Duffy

Bruce
11 Who plays Bruce?
Don Ameche

Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Lawyer

Insurance salesman

Banker

Doctor
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

Walter was ill

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

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

Florida

Paris

Bermuda
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Abner Biberman

Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray

Ray Danton
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

Sugar

Cream

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

Monkey Business

The Awful Truth

Bringing Up Baby
19 Who wrote the score?
Roy Webb

Max Steiner

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Franz Waxman
20 Where does the film take place?
Boston

New York City

San Francisco

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

Heartbreak House

Ladies and Gentlemen

The Front Page
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
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

He changed the setting to New York
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Let him pay for lunch

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call
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 is starstruck

He is charmed by him

He feels superior to him

He thinks he is a horrible person

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