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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1932

1950

1940

1945
2 Who produced the film?
Cliff Reid

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Darryl F. Zanuck

Howard Hawks
3 Who directed the film?
George Cukor

Frank Capra

Leo McCarey

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

A newspaper

A radio station

An insurance company
5 Who plays Walter?
Clark Gable

Cary Grant

James Stewart

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

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

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

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An ex wife
8 Who plays Hildy?
Rosalind Russell

Carole Lombard

Katharine Hepburn

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

To Have and to Have Not

The Big Sleep

Bringing Up Baby
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
Bruce

Mollie Malloy

The mayor

Duffy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Banker

Insurance salesman

Doctor

Lawyer
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

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

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

Walter was ill
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Upstate New York

Florida

Bermuda

Paris
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Ray Danton

Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman
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

Cream

Sugar

Whiskey
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
The Awful Truth

Bringing Up Baby

Monkey Business

I Was a Male War Bride
19 Who wrote the score?
Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Franz Waxman

Roy Webb

Max Steiner
20 Where does the film take place?
Chicago

San Francisco

New York City

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

Twentieth Century

The Front Page

Heartbreak House
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?
Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Let him pay for lunch

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?
Sweeney

His secretary

Louie

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

He feels superior to him

He is charmed by him

He is starstruck

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