His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1945

1940

1950

1932
2 Who produced the film?

Darryl F. Zanuck

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3 Who directed the film?

Howard Hawks

George Cukor

Leo McCarey

Frank Capra
4 What business does Walter own?

An insurance company

A newspaper

A baseball team

A radio station
5 Who plays Walter?

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant

James Stewart

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

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

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

Brother and sister

They are recently divorced coworkers
7 What is a "girl Friday"?

An assistant who does someone's busy work

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An ex wife

A female journalist
8 Who plays Hildy?

Katharine Hepburn

Claudette Colbert

Carole Lombard

Rosalind Russell
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?

Bruce

The mayor

Duffy

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?

Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy

Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Doctor

Insurance salesman

Banker

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

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

Walter was ill

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?

Upstate New York

Florida

Paris

Bermuda
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Ray Danton

Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?

Boston

Albany

Los Angeles

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

Sugar

Rum

Whiskey

Cream
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?

Monkey Business

The Awful Truth

Bringing Up Baby

I Was a Male War Bride
19 Who wrote the score?

Franz Waxman

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Max Steiner

Roy Webb
20 Where does the film take place?

New York City

Chicago

Boston

San Francisco
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?

Twentieth Century

Heartbreak House

The Front Page

Ladies and Gentlemen
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?

He changed the setting to New York

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

He removed all of the references to politics

It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?

Let him pay for lunch

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

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?

Sweeney

Himself

His secretary

Louie
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?

He is starstruck

He feels superior to him

He is charmed by him

He thinks he is a horrible person

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