The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Billy Wilder

Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor
2 What year was it released?
1959

1965

1940

1960
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?
Walter Matthau

Tom Cruise

Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis
5 Where does the film take place?
Rome

Chicago

New York City

Boston
6 What was the population of New York in 1959?
10 million

7 million

8 million

5 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Advertising

Publishing

Insurance

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

$94.70

$85.00

$200.00
9 When is closing time?
5:20

6:30

5:30

5:10
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
Harlem

East Village

West 60s

West Village
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Ordering dinner

Taking naps

Getting changed

Affairs
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Fran

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Sylvia

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

Tailor

Lawyer

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Peter Falk

Jack Kruschen

Edgar Buchanan

Ray Walston
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

David Lewis

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

Olives

Cheese crackers

Maraschino cherries
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Narc

Sad sack

Party boy/sex addict

Quiet nerd
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel

Anna Christie

The Painted Veil
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
Not enough channels

It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials

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

Rita Hayworth

Greta Garbo

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

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Firing him

Telling his landlord
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 black eye

A stomach flu

A new job

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Jane Fonda

Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway
25 What is Fran's job?
Barista

Secretary

Elevator girl

Operator

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