The Philadelphia Story Quizzes

The Philadelphia Story Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Victor Fleming

Frank Capra

Howard Hawks

George Cukor
2 When was the film released?
1930

1937

1935

1940
3 What sporting equipment of Dexter's does Tracy break in the first scene?
An oar

A tennis racket

A golf club

A baseball bat
4 Where does the film take place?
Boston

Chicago

Philadelphia

New York
5 Who plays Dexter?
James Stewart

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant
6 Who plays Tracy?
Grace Kelly

Bette Davis

Katharine Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn
7 What is Tracy's profession?
She is a teacher

She is a horseback riding instructor

She is independently wealthy from inherited old Philadelphia money

She is a writer
8 What does Dexter do for work?
He is an actor

He is an investment banker

He is a professor

He designs yachts
9 What is Dexter and Tracy's relationship status at the start of the film?
They are polyamorous

They are just meeting each other and are close acquaintances

They are recently married

They are divorced
10 Who plays George Kittredge?
John Howard

Cary Grant

Ronald Colman

James Mason
11 What was the film based on?
A book

An opera

A television show

A play
12 What word does Tracy need to spell for the crossword puzzle?
Yogurt

Soufflé

Ostrich

Omelet
13 Who plays Dinah?
Dorothy DeBorba

Virginia Weidler

Shirley Temple

Edith Fellows
14 Who plays Mrs. Lord?
Mary Nash

Ruth Hussey

Mady Christians

Florence Nash
15 With whom is Mr. Lord having an affair?
Liz

A dancer

A lower class woman in the Bronx

His secretary
16 Who does Dinah want Tracy to marry?
George

Dexter

Mike

Sidney Kidd
17 Where do Dinah and Tracy go to meet George?
The church

The stables

Downtown Philadelphia

The pool
18 Why did Tracy allegedly divorce Dexter?
His heavy drinking and violent tendencies

She hated his friends

She suspected he was homosexual

He was too much of a snob
19 What does Tracy make fun of George about at the stables?
His job

How it seems like he's never seen a horse before

How clean his riding clothes are

His name
20 Who plays Uncle Willie?
Roland Young

Louis Hayward

Walter Huston

Lionel Barrymore
21 What is Uncle Willie reading at the stables?
A romance novel

A book by Mike Connor

War & Peace

Spy Magazine
22 Who plays Mike Connor?
Spencer Tracy

Gary Cooper

Cary Grant

James Stewart
23 What is Mike's profession?
Photographer

Tabloid journalist/struggling short story writer

Architect

Horseback riding instructor
24 Who plays Liz?
Virginia Grey

Lucille Ball

Ruth Hussey

Rosalind Russell
25 What is Liz's profession?
Dancer

Wedding planner

Actress

Photographer

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