His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1940

1950

1932

1945
2 Who produced the film?

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Darryl F. Zanuck
3 Who directed the film?

Leo McCarey

Frank Capra

George Cukor

Howard Hawks
4 What business does Walter own?

A radio station

A newspaper

A baseball team

An insurance company
5 Who plays Walter?

James Stewart

Cary Grant

Clark Gable

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

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

They are recently divorced coworkers

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

Brother and sister
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?

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

Duffy

Bruce

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?

Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy

Spencer Tracy

Gene Lockhart
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Banker

Insurance salesman

Lawyer

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

Walter was ill

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

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
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?

Paris

Florida

Bermuda

Upstate New York
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Phillip Pine

Ray Danton

Fred MacMurray

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

Albany

Houston

Los Angeles

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

Cream

Sugar

Whiskey

Rum
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?

Monkey Business

I Was a Male War Bride

The Awful Truth

Bringing Up Baby
19 Who wrote the score?

Max Steiner

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Roy Webb

Franz Waxman
20 Where does the film take place?

Chicago

New York City

Boston

San Francisco
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?

Twentieth Century

Heartbreak House

The Front Page

Ladies and Gentlemen
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?

He changed the setting to New York

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
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?

Let him pay for lunch

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?

Sweeney

Himself

Louie

His secretary
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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