His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1932

1940

1945

1950
2 Who produced the film?

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Darryl F. Zanuck

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks
3 Who directed the film?

Frank Capra

Howard Hawks

George Cukor

Leo McCarey
4 What business does Walter own?

An insurance company

A newspaper

A radio station

A baseball team
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

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

Brother and sister

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

Claudette Colbert

Rosalind Russell

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

Adam's Rib

Bringing Up Baby

The Big Sleep

To Have and to Have Not
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?

Mollie Malloy

Bruce

The mayor

Duffy
11 Who plays Bruce?

Ralph Bellamy

Spencer Tracy

Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Insurance salesman

Banker

Lawyer

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

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

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

Paris

Florida

Bermuda
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Abner Biberman

Ray Danton

Fred MacMurray

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

Albany

Boston

Houston

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

Rum

Sugar

Cream

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

The Awful Truth

Monkey Business

I Was a Male War Bride

Bringing Up Baby
19 Who wrote the score?

Roy Webb

Franz Waxman

Max Steiner

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

Chicago

Boston

San Francisco

New York City
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 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

He made Hildy Johnson a woman
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Let him pay for lunch
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?

His secretary

Sweeney

Louie

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

He thinks he is a horrible person

He feels superior to him

He is starstruck

He is charmed by him

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