The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

Billy Wilder

Alfred Hitchcock

Frank Capra

George Cukor
2 What year was it released?

1960

1959

1965

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

Some Like it Hot

Sunset Boulevard

Psycho

Double Indemnity
4 Who plays Baxter?

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?

New York City

Rome

Boston

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

5 million

8 million

10 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Publishing

Banking

Advertising

Insurance
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$100.00

$85.00

$200.00

$94.70
9 When is closing time?

5:30

5:20

6:30

5:10
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

West 60s

West Village

East Village

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

Affairs

Taking naps

Getting changed

Ordering dinner
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?

Sylvia

Mrs. Sheldrake

Mrs. Dreyfuss

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

Tailor

Lawyer

Doctor

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Ray Walston

Peter Falk

Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kruschen
15 Who plays Kirkeby?

John Ingle

Tony Curtis

David Lewis

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

Cheese crackers

Olives

Maraschino cherries

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

Party boy/sex addict

Narc

Quiet nerd

Sad sack
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?

Anna Christie

The Painted Veil

Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?

The signal is bad

Too many commercials

It's not like going to the movies

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

Marilyn Monroe

Myrna Loy

Rita Hayworth

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

Beating him up

Telling his landlord

Firing him

Giving him a bad efficiency report
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?

Dorothy Parker

Dobisch's mother

Dobisch

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

A new job

A stomach flu

A black eye

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine
25 What is Fran's job?

Secretary

Barista

Operator

Elevator girl

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