His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1945

1940

1932

1950
2 Who produced the film?

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck
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?

Cary Grant

James Stewart

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy
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

A female journalist

An assistant who does someone's busy work

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

Carole Lombard

Rosalind Russell

Claudette Colbert

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

Bringing Up Baby

Adam's Rib

The Big Sleep

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

Duffy

The mayor

Bruce

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?

Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy

Spencer Tracy
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Insurance salesman

Doctor

Lawyer

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

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

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

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

Walter was ill
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?

Florida

Paris

Bermuda

Upstate New York
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Abner Biberman

Phillip Pine

Ray Danton

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

Houston

Boston

Los Angeles

Albany
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

Monkey Business

The Awful Truth

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

Roy Webb

Franz Waxman

Max Steiner

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills
20 Where does the film take place?

San Francisco

Chicago

New York City

Boston
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?

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

He removed all of the references to politics

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

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

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Let him pay for lunch
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?

Himself

Louie

His secretary

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

He feels superior to him

He thinks he is a horrible person

He is charmed by him

He is starstruck

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