The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Billy Wilder

Frank Capra

George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock
2 What year was it released?
1960

1959

1965

1940
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?
Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?
Rome

New York City

Boston

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

10 million

8 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Publishing

Banking

Advertising

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

$94.70

$85.00

$200.00
9 When is closing time?
5:20

5:10

5:30

6:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
East Village

Harlem

West 60s

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

Taking naps

Ordering dinner

Affairs
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Sylvia

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Mrs. Sheldrake

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

Tailor

Banker

Doctor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Jack Kruschen

Edgar Buchanan

Peter Falk

Ray Walston
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
Walter Matthau

David Lewis

John Ingle

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

Cheese crackers

Maraschino cherries

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

Sad sack

Party boy/sex addict

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

Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel

The Painted Veil
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
It's not like going to the movies

The signal is bad

Not enough channels

Too many commercials
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Rita Hayworth

Marilyn Monroe

Myrna Loy

Greta Garbo
21 How does Dobisch threaten Baxter when he doesn't want to give up his apartment?
Giving him a bad efficiency report

Firing him

Telling his landlord

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

Sheldrake

Dobisch's mother

Dorothy Parker
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 new job

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Jane Fonda

Elizabeth Taylor
25 What is Fran's job?
Operator

Elevator girl

Secretary

Barista

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