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?

1940

1965

1960

1959
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?

Psycho

Double Indemnity

Sunset Boulevard

Some Like it Hot
4 Who plays Baxter?

Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis

Tom Cruise

Walter Matthau
5 Where does the film take place?

Boston

New York City

Chicago

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

10 million

8 million

5 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Insurance

Advertising

Publishing

Banking
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$200.00

$94.70

$100.00

$85.00
9 When is closing time?

6:30

5:10

5:30

5:20
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

East Village

West Village

West 60s

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

Affairs

Ordering dinner

Getting changed

Taking naps
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?

Mrs. Sheldrake

Sylvia

Mrs. Dreyfuss

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

Banker

Lawyer

Tailor

Doctor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Peter Falk

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kruschen
15 Who plays Kirkeby?

David Lewis

Walter Matthau

John Ingle

Tony Curtis
16 What food item does Kirkeby ask Baxter to keep in his apartment?

Olives

Maraschino cherries

Cheese crackers

Cake
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?

Quiet nerd

Party boy/sex addict

Narc

Sad sack
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?

Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel

The Painted Veil

Anna Christie
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?

Too many commercials

It's not like going to the movies

Not enough channels

The signal is bad
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?

Marilyn Monroe

Rita Hayworth

Myrna Loy

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

Telling his landlord

Firing him

Beating him up

Giving him a bad efficiency report
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?

Dobisch

Dobisch's mother

Sheldrake

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

A new job

A cold

A black eye

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda
25 What is Fran's job?

Secretary

Barista

Elevator girl

Operator

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