The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

Billy Wilder

George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock
2 What year was it released?
1960

1965

1959

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

Some Like it Hot

Sunset Boulevard

Psycho
4 Who plays Baxter?
Tom Cruise

Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Walter Matthau
5 Where does the film take place?
New York City

Boston

Chicago

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

8 million

5 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Publishing

Advertising

Insurance

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

$200.00

$100.00

$94.70
9 When is closing time?
6:30

5:20

5:10

5:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
West Village

East Village

West 60s

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

Getting changed

Ordering dinner

Affairs
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Sylvia

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Fran

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

Lawyer

Doctor

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Peter Falk

Jack Kruschen

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
Walter Matthau

John Ingle

David Lewis

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

Cheese crackers

Olives

Cake
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Party boy/sex addict

Quiet nerd

Sad sack

Narc
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Wild Orchids

Anna Christie

Grand Hotel

The Painted Veil
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
The signal is bad

It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials

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

Rita Hayworth

Greta Garbo

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

Telling his landlord

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Beating him up
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dobisch's mother

Sheldrake

Dobisch

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

A stomach flu

A black eye

A new job
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine

Elizabeth Taylor

Faye Dunaway
25 What is Fran's job?
Operator

Barista

Elevator girl

Secretary

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