His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1950

1940

1932

1945
2 Who produced the film?

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck
3 Who directed the film?

Howard Hawks

Leo McCarey

George Cukor

Frank Capra
4 What business does Walter own?

An insurance company

A baseball team

A newspaper

A radio station
5 Who plays Walter?

Spencer Tracy

James Stewart

Cary Grant

Clark Gable
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?

They are recently divorced coworkers

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

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

Brother and sister
7 What is a "girl Friday"?

An ex wife

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

A female journalist

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

Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn

Carole Lombard

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

The Big Sleep

Bringing Up Baby

Adam's Rib

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

Bruce

The mayor

Duffy

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?

Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy

Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Banker

Doctor

Lawyer

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?

Paris

Florida

Upstate New York

Bermuda
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Abner Biberman

Ray Danton

Fred MacMurray

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

Boston

Albany

Los Angeles

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

Sugar

Rum

Cream

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

Bringing Up Baby

The Awful Truth

I Was a Male War Bride

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?

Franz Waxman

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Max Steiner

Roy Webb
20 Where does the film take place?

Boston

Chicago

San Francisco

New York City
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?

Twentieth Century

Ladies and Gentlemen

The Front Page

Heartbreak House
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

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
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

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

Himself

Louie

His secretary

Sweeney
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?

He is charmed by him

He feels superior to him

He is starstruck

He thinks he is a horrible person

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