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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1945

1932

1950

1940
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks

Darryl F. Zanuck
3 Who directed the film?
Howard Hawks

Frank Capra

George Cukor

Leo McCarey
4 What business does Walter own?
A radio station

A baseball team

An insurance company

A newspaper
5 Who plays Walter?
Cary Grant

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy

James Stewart
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
Hildy used to be Walter's boss

They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister

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

A female journalist

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

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

Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell

Carole Lombard
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
To Have and to Have Not

The Big Sleep

Adam's Rib

Bringing Up Baby
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
Mollie Malloy

The mayor

Duffy

Bruce
11 Who plays Bruce?
Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Insurance salesman

Lawyer

Banker

Doctor
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
There was a flood at Niagara Falls

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
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Paris

Upstate New York

Florida

Bermuda
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Ray Danton

Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

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

Albany

Boston

Los Angeles
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?
Monkey Business

Bringing Up Baby

The Awful Truth

I Was a Male War Bride
19 Who wrote the score?
Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Max Steiner

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?
The Front Page

Twentieth Century

Ladies and Gentlemen

Heartbreak House
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
He changed the setting to New York

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

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

He removed all of the references to politics
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Let him pay for lunch
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?
His secretary

Louie

Himself

Sweeney
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He feels superior to him

He is starstruck

He thinks he is a horrible person

He is charmed by him

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