His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1940

1950

1932

1945
2 Who produced the film?
Darryl F. Zanuck

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cliff Reid
3 Who directed the film?
Howard Hawks

Leo McCarey

George Cukor

Frank Capra
4 What business does Walter own?
A radio station

A newspaper

A baseball team

An insurance company
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Clark Gable

Cary Grant

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

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

They are recently divorced coworkers

Hildy used to be Walter's boss
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
An assistant who does someone's busy work

An ex wife

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

A female journalist
8 Who plays Hildy?
Carole Lombard

Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn

Claudette Colbert
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
The Big Sleep

To Have and to Have Not

Bringing Up Baby

Adam's Rib
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
Duffy

Mollie Malloy

The mayor

Bruce
11 Who plays Bruce?
Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Lawyer

Insurance salesman

Doctor

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?
Bermuda

Upstate New York

Paris

Florida
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

Ray Danton

Phillip Pine
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Los Angeles

Albany

Houston

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

Whiskey

Rum

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

Monkey Business

I Was a Male War Bride

The Awful Truth
19 Who wrote the score?
Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Max Steiner

Franz Waxman

Roy Webb
20 Where does the film take place?
New York City

Boston

Chicago

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

Ladies and Gentlemen

Twentieth Century

The Front Page
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
He removed all of the references to politics

He changed the setting to New York

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?
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?
Louie

His secretary

Himself

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

He feels superior to him

He thinks he is a horrible person

He is starstruck

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