The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder

Frank Capra
2 What year was it released?
1940

1965

1960

1959
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?
Double Indemnity

Some Like it Hot

Psycho

Sunset Boulevard
4 Who plays Baxter?
Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?
Boston

Rome

Chicago

New York City
6 What was the population of New York in 1959?
5 million

10 million

8 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Insurance

Advertising

Banking

Publishing
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$200.00

$100.00

$94.70

$85.00
9 When is closing time?
5:10

6:30

5:30

5:20
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
East Village

West Village

West 60s

Harlem
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Ordering dinner

Affairs

Getting changed

Taking naps
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Mrs. Sheldrake

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Fran

Sylvia
13 What does Baxter's neighbor do for work?
Lawyer

Doctor

Tailor

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Jack Kruschen

Ray Walston

Peter Falk

Edgar Buchanan
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
David Lewis

John Ingle

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau
16 What food item does Kirkeby ask Baxter to keep in his apartment?
Maraschino cherries

Cake

Cheese crackers

Olives
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Quiet nerd

Narc

Sad sack

Party boy/sex addict
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Anna Christie

Grand Hotel

Wild Orchids

The Painted Veil
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
The signal is bad

Too many commercials

Not enough channels

It's not like going to the movies
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Rita Hayworth

Myrna Loy

Marilyn Monroe

Greta Garbo
21 How does Dobisch threaten Baxter when he doesn't want to give up his apartment?
Beating him up

Telling his landlord

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Firing him
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dobisch's mother

Dorothy Parker

Sheldrake

Dobisch
23 What does Baxter come in to work with the day after lending out his apartment to Dobisch?
A cold

A black eye

A new job

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine
25 What is Fran's job?
Elevator girl

Barista

Secretary

Operator

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