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?

1965

1940

1959

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

Psycho

Double Indemnity

Some Like it Hot

Sunset Boulevard
4 Who plays Baxter?

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

Tom Cruise

Jack Lemmon
5 Where does the film take place?

Rome

Chicago

New York City

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

8 million

7 million

10 million

5 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Insurance

Publishing

Advertising

Banking
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$85.00

$100.00

$94.70

$200.00
9 When is closing time?

5:30

5:20

5:10

6:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

West 60s

West Village

Harlem

East Village
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?

Taking naps

Affairs

Ordering dinner

Getting changed
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Fran

Mrs. Sheldrake

Sylvia
13 What does Baxter's neighbor do for work?

Tailor

Banker

Doctor

Lawyer
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Jack Kruschen

Ray Walston

Peter Falk

Edgar Buchanan
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?

Maraschino cherries

Olives

Cheese crackers

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

Sad sack

Narc

Quiet nerd

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

Grand Hotel

Anna Christie

Wild Orchids

The Painted Veil
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

Myrna Loy

Greta Garbo

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

Firing him

Beating him up

Telling his landlord

Giving him a bad efficiency report
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?

Dobisch's mother

Dorothy Parker

Dobisch

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

A cold

A new job

A black eye

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Faye Dunaway

Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine

Elizabeth Taylor
25 What is Fran's job?

Operator

Secretary

Barista

Elevator girl

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