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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1932

1945

1940

1950
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck

Howard Hawks
3 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

George Cukor

Leo McCarey

Howard Hawks
4 What business does Walter own?
A newspaper

A baseball team

An insurance company

A radio station
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Clark Gable

Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
Hildy used to be Walter's boss

Brother and sister

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

They are recently divorced coworkers
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
A female journalist

An assistant who does someone's busy work

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An ex wife
8 Who plays Hildy?
Carole Lombard

Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn

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

Bringing Up Baby

To Have and to Have Not

The Big Sleep
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
The mayor

Duffy

Mollie Malloy

Bruce
11 Who plays Bruce?
Gene Lockhart

Ralph Bellamy

Spencer Tracy

Don Ameche
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Doctor

Lawyer

Insurance salesman

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

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

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?
Florida

Paris

Bermuda

Upstate New York
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Abner Biberman

Fred MacMurray

Ray Danton

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

Albany

Houston

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?
The Awful Truth

Monkey Business

I Was a Male War Bride

Bringing Up Baby
19 Who wrote the score?
Roy Webb

Franz Waxman

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Max Steiner
20 Where does the film take place?
Boston

San Francisco

Chicago

New York City
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
Heartbreak House

The Front Page

Twentieth Century

Ladies and Gentlemen
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?
Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Let him pay for lunch

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

Louie

Sweeney

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

He feels superior to him

He thinks he is a horrible person

He is starstruck

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