His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1932

1940

1945

1950
2 Who produced the film?

Darryl F. Zanuck

Cliff Reid

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3 Who directed the film?

Leo McCarey

Howard Hawks

Frank Capra

George Cukor
4 What business does Walter own?

A baseball team

A newspaper

A radio station

An insurance company
5 Who plays Walter?

Clark Gable

Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy

James Stewart
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?

They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister

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

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

An ex wife

An assistant who does someone's busy work

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

A female journalist
8 Who plays Hildy?

Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell

Claudette Colbert

Carole Lombard
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?

The Big Sleep

Adam's Rib

To Have and to Have Not

Bringing Up Baby
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?

Bruce

Duffy

Mollie Malloy

The mayor
11 Who plays Bruce?

Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart

Spencer Tracy
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Banker

Insurance salesman

Doctor

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

Hildy was on a deadline for a news story about the price of cigarettes

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

Walter was ill

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?

Florida

Upstate New York

Paris

Bermuda
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray

Ray Danton

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

Los Angeles

Albany

Boston

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

Sugar

Rum

Cream

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

Monkey Business

I Was a Male War Bride

Bringing Up Baby

The Awful Truth
19 Who wrote the score?

Roy Webb

Franz Waxman

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Max Steiner
20 Where does the film take place?

San Francisco

Boston

New York City

Chicago
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?

Ladies and Gentlemen

Heartbreak House

Twentieth Century

The Front Page
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?

He removed all of the references to politics

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs

He changed the setting to New York
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Let him pay for lunch

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 is charmed by him

He feels superior to him

He thinks he is a horrible person

He is starstruck

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