His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1932

1945

1940

1950
2 Who produced the film?

Darryl F. Zanuck

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3 Who directed the film?

George Cukor

Leo McCarey

Frank Capra

Howard Hawks
4 What business does Walter own?

A radio station

A baseball team

An insurance company

A newspaper
5 Who plays Walter?

James Stewart

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant

Clark Gable
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

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

They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister
7 What is a "girl Friday"?

An ex wife

A female journalist

An assistant who does someone's busy work

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

Carole Lombard

Claudette Colbert

Rosalind Russell

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

Bringing Up Baby

Adam's Rib

To Have and to Have Not

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

Mollie Malloy

The mayor

Bruce

Duffy
11 Who plays Bruce?

Gene Lockhart

Ralph Bellamy

Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Lawyer

Insurance salesman

Doctor

Banker
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

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

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

Florida

Bermuda

Paris

Upstate New York
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

Ray Danton
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?

Houston

Albany

Boston

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

Cream

Sugar

Rum

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?

New York City

San Francisco

Chicago

Boston
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?

Ladies and Gentlemen

The Front Page

Heartbreak House

Twentieth Century
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

He changed the setting to New York

It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

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

Himself

His secretary

Louie

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

He feels superior to him

He thinks he is a horrible person

He is starstruck

He is charmed by him

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