The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder

George Cukor
2 What year was it released?
1959

1960

1965

1940
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?
Sunset Boulevard

Some Like it Hot

Psycho

Double Indemnity
4 Who plays Baxter?
Jack Lemmon

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?
New York City

Chicago

Rome

Boston
6 What was the population of New York in 1959?
8 million

5 million

7 million

10 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Banking

Advertising

Publishing

Insurance
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$100.00

$94.70

$85.00

$200.00
9 When is closing time?
5:10

6:30

5:30

5:20
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
West 60s

West Village

East Village

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

Sylvia

Fran

Mrs. Dreyfuss
13 What does Baxter's neighbor do for work?
Tailor

Lawyer

Doctor

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Jack Kruschen

Peter Falk

Edgar Buchanan

Ray Walston
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
David Lewis

Walter Matthau

John Ingle

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

Olives

Cheese crackers

Cake
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Sad sack

Quiet nerd

Narc

Party boy/sex addict
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
The Painted Veil

Grand Hotel

Anna Christie

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

The signal is bad

Too many commercials

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

Greta Garbo

Marilyn Monroe

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

Beating him up

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Telling his landlord
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dobisch's mother

Dobisch

Dorothy Parker

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

A black eye

A cold

A new job
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Faye Dunaway

Jane Fonda

Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine
25 What is Fran's job?
Barista

Operator

Secretary

Elevator girl

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