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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1945

1932

1950

1940
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Howard Hawks

Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck
3 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

George Cukor

Leo McCarey

Howard Hawks
4 What business does Walter own?
A newspaper

An insurance company

A radio station

A baseball team
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Clark Gable

Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
Brother and sister

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

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

They are recently divorced coworkers
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
An assistant who does someone's busy work

An ex wife

A female journalist

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair
8 Who plays Hildy?
Carole Lombard

Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell

Claudette Colbert
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
To Have and to Have Not

Bringing Up Baby

The Big Sleep

Adam's Rib
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
Duffy

The mayor

Bruce

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Insurance salesman

Lawyer

Banker

Doctor
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
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

Walter was ill
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Bermuda

Upstate New York

Paris

Florida
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Ray Danton

Abner Biberman

Phillip Pine

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

Albany

Houston

Boston
17 What do Hildy and Bruce have added to their coffee at lunch?
Sugar

Cream

Rum

Whiskey
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
The Awful Truth

I Was a Male War Bride

Monkey Business

Bringing Up Baby
19 Who wrote the score?
Max Steiner

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Roy Webb

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

Ladies and Gentlemen

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

He changed the setting to New York

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

He removed all of the references to politics
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Let him pay for lunch

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

Sweeney

His secretary

Louie
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He feels superior to him

He is starstruck

He is charmed by him

He thinks he is a horrible person

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