His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1932

1945

1940

1950
2 Who produced the film?

Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3 Who directed the film?

Howard Hawks

Leo McCarey

Frank Capra

George Cukor
4 What business does Walter own?

A radio station

A baseball team

A newspaper

An insurance company
5 Who plays Walter?

Cary Grant

Clark Gable

James Stewart

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

They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

They are just meeting for the first time; Hildy wants a job
7 What is a "girl Friday"?

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

A female journalist

An ex wife

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

Rosalind Russell

Claudette Colbert

Carole Lombard

Katharine Hepburn
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?

Bringing Up Baby

Adam's Rib

The Big Sleep

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

Bruce

Mollie Malloy

Duffy

The mayor
11 Who plays Bruce?

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Lawyer

Insurance salesman

Banker

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

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

Walter was ill
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?

Paris

Bermuda

Florida

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?

Los Angeles

Albany

Houston

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

Whiskey

Rum

Sugar

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

I Was a Male War Bride

Monkey Business

The Awful Truth

Bringing Up Baby
19 Who wrote the score?

Franz Waxman

Max Steiner

Roy Webb

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

San Francisco

New York City

Boston

Chicago
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?

Ladies and Gentlemen

Heartbreak House

The Front Page

Twentieth Century
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?

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Let him pay for lunch

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance
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 starstruck

He thinks he is a horrible person

He feels superior to him

He is charmed by him

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