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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1940

1945

1932

1950
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Darryl F. Zanuck

Howard Hawks

Cliff Reid
3 Who directed the film?
George Cukor

Frank Capra

Howard Hawks

Leo McCarey
4 What business does Walter own?
An insurance company

A radio station

A newspaper

A baseball team
5 Who plays Walter?
Cary Grant

Clark Gable

James Stewart

Spencer Tracy
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
They are just meeting for the first time; Hildy wants a job

They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister

Hildy used to be Walter's boss
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

A female journalist

An ex wife

An assistant who does someone's busy work
8 Who plays Hildy?
Claudette Colbert

Carole Lombard

Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
Adam's Rib

Bringing Up Baby

To Have and to Have Not

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

Mollie Malloy

The mayor

Bruce
11 Who plays Bruce?
Ralph Bellamy

Don Ameche

Spencer Tracy

Gene Lockhart
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

Walter was ill

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

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

Upstate New York

Paris

Florida
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Abner Biberman

Fred MacMurray

Phillip Pine

Ray Danton
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Los Angeles

Albany

Houston

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

Cream

Sugar

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

I Was a Male War Bride

Bringing Up Baby

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Franz Waxman

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Roy Webb

Max Steiner
20 Where does the film take place?
Boston

New York City

Chicago

San Francisco
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
Heartbreak House

Twentieth Century

The Front Page

Ladies and Gentlemen
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
He made Hildy Johnson a woman

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
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Let him pay for lunch

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Take a long time to prepare their coffees
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?
His secretary

Sweeney

Himself

Louie
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He is starstruck

He thinks he is a horrible person

He is charmed by him

He feels superior to him

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