The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock

Frank Capra

Billy Wilder
2 What year was it released?

1959

1940

1965

1960
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?

Some Like it Hot

Psycho

Sunset Boulevard

Double Indemnity
4 Who plays Baxter?

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?

Rome

Chicago

New York City

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

5 million

7 million

8 million

10 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Insurance

Banking

Advertising

Publishing
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$94.70

$85.00

$100.00

$200.00
9 When is closing time?

5:10

5:20

5:30

6:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

West 60s

Harlem

West Village

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

Ordering dinner

Affairs

Taking naps

Getting changed
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

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan
15 Who plays Kirkeby?

John Ingle

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

David Lewis
16 What food item does Kirkeby ask Baxter to keep in his apartment?

Cheese crackers

Maraschino cherries

Olives

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

Narc

Quiet nerd

Party boy/sex addict

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

Not enough channels

It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials
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

Beating him up

Giving him a bad efficiency report

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

Dorothy Parker

Dobisch's mother

Sheldrake

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

A stomach flu

A cold

A new job

A black eye
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine

Jane Fonda

Faye Dunaway
25 What is Fran's job?

Operator

Barista

Secretary

Elevator girl

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