The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor

Frank Capra

Billy Wilder
2 What year was it released?
1959

1940

1960

1965
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?
Double Indemnity

Sunset Boulevard

Some Like it Hot

Psycho
4 Who plays Baxter?
Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

Jack Lemmon

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?
7 million

10 million

5 million

8 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Insurance

Advertising

Publishing

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

$85.00

$94.70

$100.00
9 When is closing time?
5:10

6:30

5:20

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

Harlem

West Village

West 60s
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Getting changed

Ordering dinner

Affairs

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

Fran

Sylvia

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

Doctor

Banker

Lawyer
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Peter Falk

Jack Kruschen

Edgar Buchanan

Ray Walston
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
David Lewis

Tony Curtis

John Ingle

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

Cheese crackers

Cake

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

Party boy/sex addict

Quiet nerd

Narc
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Anna Christie

The Painted Veil

Grand Hotel

Wild Orchids
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
It's not like going to the movies

The signal is bad

Too many commercials

Not enough channels
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Greta Garbo

Myrna Loy

Marilyn Monroe

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

Firing him

Giving him a bad efficiency report

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

Dorothy Parker

Sheldrake

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

A cold

A black eye

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Faye Dunaway

Jane Fonda

Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine
25 What is Fran's job?
Operator

Barista

Elevator girl

Secretary

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