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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1940

1950

1945

1932
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Darryl F. Zanuck

Howard Hawks

Cliff Reid
3 Who directed the film?
George Cukor

Howard Hawks

Frank Capra

Leo McCarey
4 What business does Walter own?
A baseball team

A radio station

An insurance company

A newspaper
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Clark Gable

Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
Brother and sister

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

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

They are recently divorced coworkers
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An ex wife

A female journalist

An assistant who does someone's busy work
8 Who plays Hildy?
Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell

Carole Lombard

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

The Big Sleep

To Have and to Have Not

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

Bruce

Duffy

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Lawyer

Banker

Doctor

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?
Upstate New York

Florida

Paris

Bermuda
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Fred MacMurray

Phillip Pine

Ray Danton

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

Houston

Los Angeles

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

Rum

Whiskey

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

I Was a Male War Bride

Bringing Up Baby

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Max Steiner

Roy Webb

Franz Waxman

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

San Francisco

Boston

New York City
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
Heartbreak House

The Front Page

Ladies and Gentlemen

Twentieth Century
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
He changed the setting to New York

It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs

He removed all of the references to politics

He made Hildy Johnson a woman
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Let him pay for lunch

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

He is starstruck

He thinks he is a horrible person

He feels superior to him

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