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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1950

1940

1932

1945
2 Who produced the film?
Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Howard Hawks
3 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

Leo McCarey

George Cukor

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

An insurance company

A radio station

A newspaper
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"?
A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An assistant who does someone's busy work

An ex wife

A female journalist
8 Who plays Hildy?
Claudette Colbert

Carole Lombard

Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
To Have and to Have Not

Bringing Up Baby

Adam's Rib

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

Mollie Malloy

The mayor

Duffy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Spencer Tracy

Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Banker

Doctor

Lawyer

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

Walter was ill
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Paris

Upstate New York

Bermuda

Florida
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

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

Albany

Los Angeles

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

Sugar

Rum

Cream
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?
Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Max Steiner

Franz Waxman

Roy Webb
20 Where does the film take place?
New York City

Boston

San Francisco

Chicago
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
Heartbreak House

Ladies and Gentlemen

Twentieth Century

The Front Page
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

He removed all of the references to politics

He changed the setting to New York
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Let him pay for lunch

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

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

Louie

Himself

His secretary
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He thinks he is a horrible person

He is starstruck

He is charmed by him

He feels superior to him

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