The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Billy Wilder

George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock

Frank Capra
2 What year was it released?
1940

1965

1960

1959
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?
Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis

Tom Cruise

Walter Matthau
5 Where does the film take place?
Rome

Chicago

New York City

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?
Banking

Insurance

Advertising

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

$200.00

$100.00

$94.70
9 When is closing time?
5:20

6:30

5:10

5:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
Harlem

East Village

West Village

West 60s
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?
Fran

Sylvia

Mrs. Dreyfuss

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

Banker

Lawyer

Tailor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kruschen

Peter Falk
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
Tony Curtis

David Lewis

Walter Matthau

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

Maraschino cherries

Olives

Cheese crackers
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Quiet nerd

Party boy/sex addict

Sad sack

Narc
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
The Painted Veil

Anna Christie

Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
Too many commercials

The signal is bad

It's not like going to the movies

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

Telling his landlord

Beating him up

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

Dorothy Parker

Dobisch's mother

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

A black eye

A new job

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine

Jane Fonda
25 What is Fran's job?
Barista

Secretary

Operator

Elevator girl

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