The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Billy Wilder

Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor

Frank Capra
2 What year was it released?
1959

1960

1965

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

Psycho

Some Like it Hot

Double Indemnity
4 Who plays Baxter?
Jack Lemmon

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?
Chicago

Rome

New York City

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

8 million

10 million

5 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Insurance

Publishing

Advertising

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

$85.00

$94.70

$200.00
9 When is closing time?
5:30

5:10

5:20

6:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
Harlem

West 60s

East Village

West 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?
Mrs. Sheldrake

Fran

Sylvia

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

Doctor

Lawyer

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Peter Falk

Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kruschen

Ray Walston
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
John Ingle

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

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

Olives

Cheese crackers

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

Narc

Party boy/sex addict

Sad sack
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Anna Christie

Grand Hotel

The Painted Veil

Wild Orchids
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
Not enough channels

The signal is bad

It's not like going to the movies

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

Marilyn Monroe

Greta Garbo

Myrna Loy
21 How does Dobisch threaten Baxter when he doesn't want to give up his apartment?
Telling his landlord

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Firing him

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

Sheldrake

Dobisch's mother

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

A black eye

A cold

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Jane Fonda
25 What is Fran's job?
Barista

Elevator girl

Secretary

Operator

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