His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1950

1945

1932

1940
2 Who produced the film?
Darryl F. Zanuck

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

Leo McCarey

George Cukor

Howard Hawks
4 What business does Walter own?
An insurance company

A baseball team

A radio station

A newspaper
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy

Clark Gable
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
Brother and sister

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

They are recently divorced coworkers

Hildy used to be Walter's boss
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
An ex wife

A female journalist

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An assistant who does someone's busy work
8 Who plays Hildy?
Carole Lombard

Katharine Hepburn

Claudette Colbert

Rosalind Russell
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
Bringing Up Baby

The Big Sleep

Adam's Rib

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

The mayor

Mollie Malloy

Bruce
11 Who plays Bruce?
Spencer Tracy

Gene Lockhart

Ralph Bellamy

Don Ameche
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Lawyer

Doctor

Insurance salesman

Banker
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
There was a flood at Niagara Falls

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

Walter was ill

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

Bermuda

Paris

Upstate New York
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Phillip Pine

Abner Biberman

Ray Danton

Fred MacMurray
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Houston

Boston

Albany

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

Whiskey

Sugar

Rum
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
I Was a Male War Bride

Bringing Up Baby

The Awful Truth

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Max Steiner

Roy Webb

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Franz Waxman
20 Where does the film take place?
San Francisco

Chicago

New York City

Boston
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
Heartbreak House

Twentieth Century

The Front Page

Ladies and Gentlemen
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
He removed all of the references to politics

He changed the setting to New York

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Let him pay for lunch

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?
Louie

Himself

Sweeney

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

He is starstruck

He is charmed by him

He feels superior to him

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