The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

Billy Wilder

Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor

Frank Capra
2 What year was it released?

1960

1965

1940

1959
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?

Some Like it Hot

Double Indemnity

Psycho

Sunset Boulevard
4 Who plays Baxter?

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

Tom Cruise

Jack Lemmon
5 Where does the film take place?

New York City

Chicago

Boston

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

8 million

5 million

10 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Insurance

Advertising

Publishing

Banking
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$100.00

$200.00

$94.70

$85.00
9 When is closing time?

5:10

6:30

5:30

5:20
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

West 60s

Harlem

West Village

East Village
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?

Getting changed

Ordering dinner

Taking naps

Affairs
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?

Mrs. Sheldrake

Sylvia

Fran

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

Tailor

Banker

Lawyer

Doctor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Jack Kruschen

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan

Peter Falk
15 Who plays Kirkeby?

David Lewis

John Ingle

Tony Curtis

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

Maraschino cherries

Cheese crackers

Olives

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

Party boy/sex addict

Narc

Sad sack

Quiet nerd
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?

The Painted Veil

Anna Christie

Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?

Too many commercials

Not enough channels

It's not like going to the movies

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

Greta Garbo

Marilyn Monroe

Myrna Loy

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

Telling his landlord

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Firing him

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

Dobisch

Sheldrake

Dorothy Parker

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 stomach flu

A black eye

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway
25 What is Fran's job?

Elevator girl

Barista

Secretary

Operator

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