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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1932

1940

1945

1950
2 Who produced the film?
Darryl F. Zanuck

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks
3 Who directed the film?
Leo McCarey

Frank Capra

George Cukor

Howard Hawks
4 What business does Walter own?
A radio station

A newspaper

An insurance company

A baseball team
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Cary Grant

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
They are recently divorced coworkers

They are just meeting for the first time; Hildy wants a job

Brother and sister

Hildy used to be Walter's boss
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
A female journalist

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An ex wife

An assistant who does someone's busy work
8 Who plays Hildy?
Rosalind Russell

Carole Lombard

Claudette Colbert

Katharine Hepburn
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
The Big Sleep

Bringing Up Baby

Adam's Rib

To Have and to Have Not
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
Bruce

Mollie Malloy

The mayor

Duffy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Lawyer

Insurance salesman

Doctor

Banker
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
Walter was ill

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

Hildy was on a deadline for a news story about the price of cigarettes
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Paris

Upstate New York

Bermuda

Florida
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

Ray Danton

Phillip Pine
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Boston

Houston

Albany

Los Angeles
17 What do Hildy and Bruce have added to their coffee at lunch?
Cream

Sugar

Whiskey

Rum
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
Bringing Up Baby

I Was a Male War Bride

The Awful Truth

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Franz Waxman

Max Steiner

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Roy Webb
20 Where does the film take place?
Chicago

New York City

San Francisco

Boston
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
Twentieth Century

The Front Page

Ladies and Gentlemen

Heartbreak House
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs

He removed all of the references to politics

He changed the setting to New York

He made Hildy Johnson a woman
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Let him pay for lunch

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Take a long time to prepare their coffees
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?
His secretary

Sweeney

Himself

Louie
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He thinks he is a horrible person

He is charmed by him

He is starstruck

He feels superior to him

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