His Girl Friday Quizzes

His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?

1940

1932

1945

1950
2 Who produced the film?

Howard Hawks

Darryl F. Zanuck

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cliff Reid
3 Who directed the film?

Frank Capra

Howard Hawks

George Cukor

Leo McCarey
4 What business does Walter own?

A radio station

An insurance company

A baseball team

A newspaper
5 Who plays Walter?

James Stewart

Cary Grant

Clark Gable

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

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

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister
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?

Carole Lombard

Claudette Colbert

Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?

The Big Sleep

Bringing Up Baby

Adam's Rib

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

The mayor

Bruce

Duffy

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche
12 What is Bruce's profession?

Lawyer

Insurance salesman

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

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

Walter was ill
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?

Upstate New York

Paris

Bermuda

Florida
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?

Fred MacMurray

Phillip Pine

Ray Danton

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?

Cream

Rum

Sugar

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

I Was a Male War Bride

The Awful Truth

Bringing Up Baby

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?

Max Steiner

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Franz Waxman

Roy Webb
20 Where does the film take place?

Chicago

San Francisco

New York City

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

The Front Page

Ladies and Gentlemen

Heartbreak House

Twentieth Century
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?

He removed all of the references to politics

He changed the setting to New York

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

He made Hildy Johnson a woman
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

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

Sweeney

Louie

His secretary

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

He is starstruck

He feels superior to him

He thinks he is a horrible person

He is charmed by him

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