His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1940

1932

1950

1945
2 Who produced the film?

Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3 Who directed the film?

Howard Hawks

George Cukor

Frank Capra

Leo McCarey
4 What business does Walter own?

A baseball team

A radio station

A newspaper

An insurance company
5 Who plays Walter?

James Stewart

Spencer Tracy

Clark Gable

Cary Grant
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?

They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister

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

Hildy used to be Walter's boss
7 What is a "girl Friday"?

An ex wife

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An assistant who does someone's busy work

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

Duffy

The mayor
11 Who plays Bruce?

Don Ameche

Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Doctor

Lawyer

Insurance salesman

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

Walter was ill

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

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

There was a flood at Niagara Falls
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?

Paris

Bermuda

Florida

Upstate New York
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Ray Danton

Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray

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

Albany

Houston

Boston

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

Rum

Sugar

Cream

Whiskey
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?

Franz Waxman

Roy Webb

Max Steiner

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

New York City

Chicago

Boston

San Francisco
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?

He changed the setting to New York

He removed all of the references to politics

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

He made Hildy Johnson a woman
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

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

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

Himself

His secretary

Sweeney

Louie
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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