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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1932

1950

1945

1940
2 Who produced the film?
Cliff Reid

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Howard Hawks

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

Leo McCarey

George Cukor

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

A newspaper

A baseball team

A radio station
5 Who plays Walter?
Clark Gable

James Stewart

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
Brother and sister

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

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

They are recently divorced coworkers
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?
Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn

Claudette Colbert

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

To Have and to Have Not

Adam's Rib

The Big Sleep
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
Mollie Malloy

Duffy

The mayor

Bruce
11 Who plays Bruce?
Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Insurance salesman

Lawyer

Doctor

Banker
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

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

Walter was ill

There was a flood at Niagara Falls
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Florida

Bermuda

Upstate New York

Paris
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

Ray Danton

Phillip Pine
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Boston

Houston

Los Angeles

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

Cream

Whiskey

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

Bringing Up Baby

I Was a Male War Bride

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Franz Waxman

Roy Webb

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Max Steiner
20 Where does the film take place?
Boston

San Francisco

New York City

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

Twentieth Century

The Front Page

Heartbreak House
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

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

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

Himself

Louie

His secretary
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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