The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

George Cukor

Billy Wilder

Alfred Hitchcock

Frank Capra
2 What year was it released?

1959

1940

1960

1965
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?

Some Like it Hot

Psycho

Sunset Boulevard

Double Indemnity
4 Who plays Baxter?

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?

Chicago

New York City

Rome

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

5 million

8 million

10 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Publishing

Banking

Advertising

Insurance
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$94.70

$85.00

$100.00

$200.00
9 When is closing time?

5:20

6:30

5:30

5:10
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

West Village

West 60s

East Village

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. Sheldrake

Mrs. Dreyfuss

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

Lawyer

Doctor

Banker

Tailor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Edgar Buchanan

Ray Walston

Peter Falk

Jack Kruschen
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?

Narc

Party boy/sex addict

Quiet nerd

Sad sack
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?

The Painted Veil

Grand Hotel

Anna Christie

Wild Orchids
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?

The signal is bad

Too many commercials

Not enough channels

It's not like going to the movies
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?

Myrna Loy

Marilyn Monroe

Rita Hayworth

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

Beating him up

Firing him

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Telling his landlord
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 cold

A stomach flu

A black eye
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Jane Fonda

Elizabeth Taylor
25 What is Fran's job?

Elevator girl

Operator

Barista

Secretary

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