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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1945

1950

1932

1940
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Howard Hawks

Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck
3 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

George Cukor

Howard Hawks

Leo McCarey
4 What business does Walter own?
A newspaper

An insurance company

A radio station

A baseball team
5 Who plays Walter?
Clark Gable

James Stewart

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
Hildy used to be Walter's boss

They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister

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

An ex wife

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

Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell

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

To Have and to Have Not

Bringing Up Baby

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

The mayor

Duffy

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy

Gene Lockhart

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Insurance salesman

Doctor

Banker

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

Walter was ill
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Bermuda

Upstate New York

Paris

Florida
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Fred MacMurray

Ray Danton

Phillip Pine

Abner Biberman
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Albany

Boston

Los Angeles

Houston
17 What do Hildy and Bruce have added to their coffee at lunch?
Whiskey

Cream

Sugar

Rum
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?
Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Max Steiner

Franz Waxman

Roy Webb
20 Where does the film take place?
Chicago

Boston

San Francisco

New York City
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 removed all of the references to politics

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

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?
Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Let him pay for lunch

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call
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 is charmed by him

He thinks he is a horrible person

He feels superior to him

He is starstruck

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