The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Billy Wilder

Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor
2 What year was it released?
1959

1940

1965

1960
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?
Psycho

Sunset Boulevard

Double Indemnity

Some Like it Hot
4 Who plays Baxter?
Walter Matthau

Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?
Rome

Boston

New York City

Chicago
6 What was the population of New York in 1959?
10 million

5 million

8 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Banking

Advertising

Insurance

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

$100.00

$94.70

$85.00
9 When is closing time?
6:30

5:20

5:30

5:10
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
West 60s

Harlem

East Village

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

Taking naps

Getting changed

Affairs
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Sylvia

Mrs. Sheldrake

Mrs. Dreyfuss

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

Tailor

Doctor

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Edgar Buchanan

Ray Walston

Peter Falk

Jack Kruschen
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
John Ingle

David Lewis

Tony Curtis

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

Cheese crackers

Maraschino cherries

Olives
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Party boy/sex addict

Quiet nerd

Narc

Sad sack
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Grand Hotel

Anna Christie

The Painted Veil

Wild Orchids
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
Not enough channels

It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials

The signal is bad
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Rita Hayworth

Myrna Loy

Greta Garbo

Marilyn Monroe
21 How does Dobisch threaten Baxter when he doesn't want to give up his apartment?
Firing him

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Telling his landlord

Beating him up
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dobisch

Dorothy Parker

Dobisch's mother

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

A cold

A stomach flu

A black eye
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Shirley MacLaine

Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda

Faye Dunaway
25 What is Fran's job?
Elevator girl

Barista

Operator

Secretary

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