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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1950

1940

1932

1945
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Howard Hawks

Darryl F. Zanuck

Cliff Reid
3 Who directed the film?
Leo McCarey

Howard Hawks

George Cukor

Frank Capra
4 What business does Walter own?
A newspaper

An insurance company

A radio station

A baseball team
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
They are just meeting for the first time; Hildy wants a job

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

Brother and sister

They are recently divorced coworkers
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
A female journalist

An ex wife

An assistant who does someone's busy work

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair
8 Who plays Hildy?
Claudette Colbert

Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell

Carole Lombard
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
Bringing Up Baby

The Big Sleep

Adam's Rib

To Have and to Have Not
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
The mayor

Bruce

Duffy

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy

Don Ameche
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Doctor

Lawyer

Banker

Insurance salesman
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
Walter was ill

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

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
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Bermuda

Paris

Florida

Upstate New York
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

Ray Danton
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Los Angeles

Houston

Boston

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

Whiskey

Rum

Cream
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?
Franz Waxman

Roy Webb

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Max Steiner
20 Where does the film take place?
New York City

San Francisco

Chicago

Boston
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
The Front Page

Heartbreak House

Ladies and Gentlemen

Twentieth Century
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

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?
Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Let him pay for lunch
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 feels superior to him

He is starstruck

He is charmed by him

He thinks he is a horrible person

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