His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1950

1940

1945

1932
2 Who produced the film?

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Darryl F. Zanuck
3 Who directed the film?

Howard Hawks

Frank Capra

Leo McCarey

George Cukor
4 What business does Walter own?

A radio station

A newspaper

An insurance company

A baseball team
5 Who plays Walter?

Cary Grant

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy

James Stewart
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?

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

They are recently divorced coworkers

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

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

An assistant who does someone's busy work

An ex wife

A female journalist

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

Katharine Hepburn

Carole Lombard

Rosalind Russell

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

Adam's Rib

The Big Sleep

Bringing Up Baby

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

The mayor

Bruce

Mollie Malloy

Duffy
11 Who plays Bruce?

Spencer Tracy

Don Ameche

Gene Lockhart

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Doctor

Banker

Lawyer

Insurance salesman
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?

Upstate New York

Florida

Paris

Bermuda
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Abner Biberman

Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray

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

Los Angeles

Boston

Houston

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

Whiskey

Cream

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

Franz Waxman

Max Steiner

Roy Webb
20 Where does the film take place?

Chicago

Boston

San Francisco

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

Ladies and Gentlemen

The Front Page

Heartbreak House

Twentieth Century
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

He changed the setting to New York

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?

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Let him pay for lunch

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?

Himself

Louie

Sweeney

His secretary
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?

He thinks he is a horrible person

He feels superior to him

He is starstruck

He is charmed by him

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