The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

Frank Capra

Billy Wilder

Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor
2 What year was it released?

1960

1965

1959

1940
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?

Sunset Boulevard

Double Indemnity

Some Like it Hot

Psycho
4 Who plays Baxter?

Tom Cruise

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon
5 Where does the film take place?

Rome

Boston

New York City

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

8 million

10 million

5 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Publishing

Banking

Advertising

Insurance
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$94.70

$200.00

$85.00

$100.00
9 When is closing time?

5:30

5:20

5:10

6:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

East Village

West Village

West 60s

Harlem
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?

Getting changed

Taking naps

Affairs

Ordering dinner
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?

Fran

Mrs. Sheldrake

Sylvia

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

Lawyer

Tailor

Doctor

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Peter Falk

Jack Kruschen

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan
15 Who plays Kirkeby?

Tony Curtis

John Ingle

Walter Matthau

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

Cake

Maraschino cherries

Cheese crackers

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

Party boy/sex addict

Narc

Quiet nerd

Sad sack
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?

Anna Christie

Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel

The Painted Veil
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?

The signal is bad

It's not like going to the movies

Not enough channels

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

Greta Garbo

Myrna Loy

Marilyn Monroe

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

Telling his landlord

Firing him

Giving him a bad efficiency report

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

Dorothy Parker

Sheldrake

Dobisch

Dobisch's mother
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 cold

A new job
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda
25 What is Fran's job?

Barista

Elevator girl

Secretary

Operator

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