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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1940

1945

1950

1932
2 Who produced the film?
Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Howard Hawks
3 Who directed the film?
Leo McCarey

Frank Capra

Howard Hawks

George Cukor
4 What business does Walter own?
A radio station

A newspaper

An insurance company

A baseball team
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Clark Gable

Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
They are recently divorced coworkers

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

Brother and sister

Hildy used to be Walter's boss
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?
Claudette Colbert

Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn

Carole Lombard
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?
Duffy

Bruce

The mayor

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy

Spencer Tracy

Gene Lockhart
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Insurance salesman

Lawyer

Banker

Doctor
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
There was a flood at Niagara Falls

Hildy was on a deadline for a news story about the price of cigarettes

Walter was ill

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

Bermuda

Paris

Florida
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Abner Biberman

Ray Danton

Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Houston

Los Angeles

Boston

Albany
17 What do Hildy and Bruce have added to their coffee at lunch?
Rum

Sugar

Whiskey

Cream
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
Bringing Up Baby

The Awful Truth

I Was a Male War Bride

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Roy Webb

Max Steiner

Franz Waxman

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

San Francisco

New York City

Chicago
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
The Front Page

Heartbreak House

Twentieth Century

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

Let him pay for lunch

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

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

Sweeney

Louie

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

He is starstruck

He feels superior to him

He thinks he is a horrible person

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