The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Billy Wilder

Alfred Hitchcock

Frank Capra

George Cukor
2 What year was it released?
1965

1940

1959

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

Double Indemnity

Psycho

Some Like it Hot
4 Who plays Baxter?
Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise

Walter Matthau
5 Where does the film take place?
Boston

New York City

Chicago

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

7 million

10 million

5 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Publishing

Advertising

Insurance

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

$100.00

$94.70

$200.00
9 When is closing time?
6:30

5:10

5:20

5:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
West 60s

West Village

Harlem

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

Affairs

Taking naps

Getting changed
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Mrs. Sheldrake

Sylvia

Fran

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

Doctor

Lawyer

Tailor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Jack Kruschen

Peter Falk

Ray Walston

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

Cheese crackers

Maraschino cherries

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?
Anna Christie

Grand Hotel

The Painted Veil

Wild Orchids
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
Not enough channels

The signal is bad

Too many commercials

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

Marilyn Monroe

Myrna Loy

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

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Beating him up

Firing him
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dobisch's mother

Dobisch

Dorothy Parker

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

A new job

A cold

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Faye Dunaway

Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine

Elizabeth Taylor
25 What is Fran's job?
Elevator girl

Operator

Barista

Secretary

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