The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

By Ned Riseley · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed April 16, 2018

1 Who directed the film?

Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor

Frank Capra

Billy Wilder
2 What year was it released?

1940

1960

1965

1959
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?

Some Like it Hot

Double Indemnity

Sunset Boulevard

Psycho
4 Who plays Baxter?

Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?

New York City

Chicago

Boston

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

8 million

5 million

10 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Banking

Publishing

Advertising

Insurance
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$200.00

$94.70

$85.00

$100.00
9 When is closing time?

5:30

5:20

6:30

5:10
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

Fran

Mrs. Sheldrake

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

Lawyer

Banker

Tailor

Doctor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Ray Walston

Peter Falk

Jack Kruschen

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

Olives

Cheese crackers

Maraschino cherries
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

The Painted Veil

Anna Christie

Grand Hotel
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?

It's not like going to the movies

The signal is bad

Too many commercials

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

Myrna Loy

Marilyn Monroe

Greta Garbo

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

Firing him

Telling his landlord

Beating him up

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

Dobisch

Sheldrake

Dorothy Parker

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

A cold

A stomach flu

A new job

A black eye
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Jane Fonda

Elizabeth Taylor

Faye Dunaway

Shirley MacLaine
25 What is Fran's job?

Elevator girl

Secretary

Barista

Operator

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