The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor

Billy Wilder
2 What year was it released?
1959

1940

1965

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

Sunset Boulevard

Psycho

Some Like it Hot
4 Who plays Baxter?
Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?
Rome

New York City

Chicago

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

10 million

5 million

8 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Insurance

Banking

Publishing

Advertising
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$85.00

$100.00

$200.00

$94.70
9 When is closing time?
6:30

5:30

5:10

5:20
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
East Village

Harlem

West Village

West 60s
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?
Doctor

Banker

Lawyer

Tailor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kruschen

Peter Falk
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
David Lewis

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

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

Maraschino cherries

Cake

Cheese crackers
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Sad sack

Party boy/sex addict

Narc

Quiet nerd
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
The Painted Veil

Wild Orchids

Anna Christie

Grand Hotel
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials

The signal is bad

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

Rita Hayworth

Myrna Loy

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

Firing him

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Telling his landlord
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dobisch

Dobisch's mother

Dorothy Parker

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

A cold

A stomach flu

A black eye
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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