The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Alfred Hitchcock

Frank Capra

George Cukor

Billy Wilder
2 What year was it released?
1940

1960

1959

1965
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?
Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

Tom Cruise

Jack Lemmon
5 Where does the film take place?
Boston

Rome

Chicago

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

10 million

8 million

5 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Banking

Insurance

Advertising

Publishing
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$94.70

$85.00

$200.00

$100.00
9 When is closing time?
5:20

5:10

6:30

5:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
West Village

Harlem

East Village

West 60s
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Taking naps

Affairs

Ordering dinner

Getting changed
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Sylvia

Mrs. Sheldrake

Fran

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

Lawyer

Doctor

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Jack Kruschen

Edgar Buchanan

Peter Falk

Ray Walston
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
David Lewis

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

John Ingle
16 What food item does Kirkeby ask Baxter to keep in his apartment?
Cheese crackers

Cake

Maraschino cherries

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

Party boy/sex addict

Sad sack

Narc
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

It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials

Not enough channels
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Rita Hayworth

Greta Garbo

Myrna Loy

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

Telling his landlord

Giving him a bad efficiency report

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

Dobisch

Dorothy Parker

Dobisch's mother
23 What does Baxter come in to work with the day after lending out his apartment to Dobisch?
A black eye

A stomach flu

A new job

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Jane Fonda

Elizabeth Taylor

Faye Dunaway

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

Secretary

Operator

Barista

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