The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder

Frank Capra
2 What year was it released?
1940

1959

1965

1960
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?
Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise

Walter Matthau
5 Where does the film take place?
Rome

Boston

Chicago

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

8 million

5 million

10 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Banking

Insurance

Advertising

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

$100.00

$200.00

$94.70
9 When is closing time?
5:20

6:30

5:30

5:10
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
Harlem

West Village

West 60s

East Village
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

Fran

Mrs. Dreyfuss

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

Lawyer

Tailor

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kruschen

Peter Falk

Ray Walston
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
David Lewis

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

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

Maraschino cherries

Cake

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

Sad sack

Quiet nerd

Party boy/sex addict
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Wild Orchids

The Painted Veil

Grand Hotel

Anna Christie
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
Too many commercials

It's not like going to the movies

The signal is bad

Not enough channels
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Rita Hayworth

Greta Garbo

Marilyn Monroe

Myrna Loy
21 How does Dobisch threaten Baxter when he doesn't want to give up his apartment?
Giving him a bad efficiency report

Beating him up

Firing him

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

Dorothy Parker

Sheldrake

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 stomach flu

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda
25 What is Fran's job?
Operator

Secretary

Elevator girl

Barista

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