It Happened One Night Quizzes

It Happened One Night Quiz 1

1 What year was the film released?
1939

1930

1937

1934
2 Who wrote the screenplay?
Frank Capra

Robert Riskin

Sidney Buchman

Samuel Hopkins Adams
3 Who directed the film?
George Cukor

Victor Fleming

Howard Hawks

Frank Capra
4 Who produced the film?
Howard Hughes

Frank Capra and Harry Cohn

Howard Hawks

George Cukor
5 What was the screenplay based on?
A novel

A play

Another movie

A short story
6 Who wrote the story on which the film is based?
Sinclair Lewis

John Steinbeck

Phillip Barry

Samuel Hopkins Adams
7 Why is Ellie refusing to eat at the start of the film?
She isn't hungry

She is protesting her father having kidnapped her

She is spoiled and doesn't like any of the food

She wants to divorce King Westley, but her father won't let her
8 Where is Ellie at the start of the film?
Getting married to King Westley in Atlanta

At their mansion

On her father's yacht

At a hotel
9 Who plays Ellie?
Joan Crawford

Myrna Loy

Claudette Colbert

Carole Lombard
10 Who plays Ellie's father?
Sidney Franklin

Walter Connolly

Joseph Walker

Clark Gable
11 What is Mr. Andrews' opinion of King Westley?
He thinks he is shallow and an untrustworthy man

He thinks he is the perfect match for Ellie

He doesn't know much about him

He thinks he is too poor to marry his daughter
12 Why does Mr. Andrews slap Ellie?
Because she begins to call the police

Because she tells him that King Westley will be the heir to his fortune

Because she tells him he is insignificant and powerless

Because she overturns the table he is eating off of
13 What does Ellie do when her father slaps her?
Call the police

Run away from him, dive off the boat, and swim to shore

Scream for help

Slap him back
14 What city are they in at the start of the film?
Atlanta

Boca Raton

Miami

Jacksonville
15 Who plays Peter Warne?
Spencer Tracy

Robert Montgomery

Clark Gable

Cary Grant
16 What is Peter on the phone about at the bus depot?
His wife is telling him she wants a divorce

His father is in the hospital

He is being fired

He is proposing
17 What is Peter's profession?
Lawyer

Salesman

Banker

Newspaperman
18 Who plays Peter's editor?
Gregory Ratoff

Charles C. Wilson

Lloyd Bacon

Jules White
19 What makes Joe Gordon fire Peter once and for all?
Peter tells him that he slept with his wife

Peter asks for more time on an article he's been working on for over three months

Peter tells him that he called him collect

Peter calls him a "coward"
20 Where are Ellie and Peter taking the bus to?
Richmond

Philadelphia

Boston

New York
21 Why can't Peter sit down on the bus?
They oversold the tickets

Ellie is taking up two seats

There are newspapers on the seat

There is a woman passed out on the only available seat
22 What significant historical event was taking place at the time that the film was made?
Prohibition

The Great Depression

The Industrial Revolution

The Sexual Revolution
23 How does Peter try to help Ellie at the first rest stop?
When he sees someone steal her bag, he runs after them

He tries to buy her a meal, but she refuses

He mentions that she shouldn't smoke cigarettes

He tries to tell her to wear less fancy clothes while riding the bus
24 What is Ellie doing when the man steals her bag?
Reading

Looking at her reflection in a mirror

Smoking

Complaining about the seats to the bus driver
25 Ellie and Peter's relationship at the beginning is:
Contentious

Warm

Playful

Instantly romantic