The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder
2 What year was it released?
1959

1965

1960

1940
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?
Double Indemnity

Sunset Boulevard

Psycho

Some Like it Hot
4 Who plays Baxter?
Tony Curtis

Tom Cruise

Walter Matthau

Jack Lemmon
5 Where does the film take place?
Rome

Boston

New York City

Chicago
6 What was the population of New York in 1959?
8 million

7 million

10 million

5 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Insurance

Banking

Publishing

Advertising
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$200.00

$100.00

$94.70

$85.00
9 When is closing time?
5:30

5:20

6:30

5:10
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
West 60s

West Village

East Village

Harlem
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Getting changed

Affairs

Ordering dinner

Taking naps
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Sylvia

Mrs. Sheldrake

Fran

Mrs. Dreyfuss
13 What does Baxter's neighbor do for work?
Doctor

Tailor

Lawyer

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Jack Kruschen

Ray Walston

Peter Falk

Edgar Buchanan
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

John Ingle

David Lewis
16 What food item does Kirkeby ask Baxter to keep in his apartment?
Maraschino cherries

Cake

Cheese crackers

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

Sad sack

Quiet nerd

Narc
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel

Anna Christie

The Painted Veil
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials

The signal is bad

Not enough channels
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Greta Garbo

Marilyn Monroe

Rita Hayworth

Myrna Loy
21 How does Dobisch threaten Baxter when he doesn't want to give up his apartment?
Giving him a bad efficiency report

Firing him

Telling his landlord

Beating him up
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dorothy Parker

Dobisch's mother

Dobisch

Sheldrake
23 What does Baxter come in to work with the day after lending out his apartment to Dobisch?
A cold

A new job

A black eye

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine

Jane Fonda

Faye Dunaway
25 What is Fran's job?
Secretary

Barista

Operator

Elevator girl

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