The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Billy Wilder

George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock

Frank Capra
2 What year was it released?
1959

1940

1960

1965
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?
Sunset Boulevard

Double Indemnity

Psycho

Some Like it Hot
4 Who plays Baxter?
Tom Cruise

Walter Matthau

Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis
5 Where does the film take place?
New York City

Chicago

Boston

Rome
6 What was the population of New York in 1959?
10 million

7 million

8 million

5 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Advertising

Banking

Publishing

Insurance
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$100.00

$94.70

$85.00

$200.00
9 When is closing time?
5:20

5:10

6:30

5:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
Harlem

West Village

East Village

West 60s
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Affairs

Taking naps

Ordering dinner

Getting changed
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Mrs. Sheldrake

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Sylvia

Fran
13 What does Baxter's neighbor do for work?
Doctor

Tailor

Banker

Lawyer
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Peter Falk

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kruschen
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

David Lewis

John Ingle
16 What food item does Kirkeby ask Baxter to keep in his apartment?
Cheese crackers

Maraschino cherries

Cake

Olives
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Party boy/sex addict

Sad sack

Narc

Quiet nerd
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Anna Christie

Grand Hotel

The Painted Veil

Wild Orchids
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
The signal is bad

It's not like going to the movies

Not enough channels

Too many commercials
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Rita Hayworth

Myrna Loy

Marilyn Monroe

Greta Garbo
21 How does Dobisch threaten Baxter when he doesn't want to give up his apartment?
Beating him up

Firing him

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Telling his landlord
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dobisch

Sheldrake

Dobisch's mother

Dorothy Parker
23 What does Baxter come in to work with the day after lending out his apartment to Dobisch?
A black eye

A new job

A stomach flu

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine

Jane Fonda
25 What is Fran's job?
Barista

Secretary

Elevator girl

Operator

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