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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1932

1950

1940

1945
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Howard Hawks

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

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy

James Stewart
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
Hildy used to be Walter's boss

They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister

They are just meeting for the first time; Hildy wants a job
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
A female journalist

An ex wife

An assistant who does someone's busy work

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

Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn

Carole Lombard
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

Mollie Malloy

Duffy

Bruce
11 Who plays Bruce?
Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy

Ralph Bellamy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Insurance salesman

Lawyer

Doctor

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

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

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
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Bermuda

Upstate New York

Florida

Paris
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Abner Biberman

Ray Danton

Fred MacMurray

Phillip Pine
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?
Sugar

Cream

Rum

Whiskey
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
I Was a Male War Bride

Bringing Up Baby

The Awful Truth

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Franz Waxman

Roy Webb

Max Steiner

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

New York City

Chicago

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

Ladies and Gentlemen

Twentieth Century

Heartbreak House
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?
Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Let him pay for lunch

Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?
Himself

Sweeney

His secretary

Louie
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He is charmed by him

He feels superior to him

He is starstruck

He thinks he is a horrible person

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