The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Billy Wilder

George Cukor

Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock
2 What year was it released?
1959

1960

1940

1965
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?
Some Like it Hot

Double Indemnity

Sunset Boulevard

Psycho
4 Who plays Baxter?
Walter Matthau

Tom Cruise

Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis
5 Where does the film take place?
Boston

Rome

New York City

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

5 million

7 million

8 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Insurance

Advertising

Publishing

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

$94.70

$200.00

$85.00
9 When is closing time?
5:20

5:30

6:30

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

Harlem

East Village

West Village
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Ordering dinner

Getting changed

Affairs

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

Sylvia

Mrs. Sheldrake

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

Lawyer

Doctor

Tailor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kruschen

Peter Falk

Ray Walston
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

Olives

Cheese crackers

Cake
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?
Grand Hotel

Anna Christie

The Painted Veil

Wild Orchids
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
Not enough channels

It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials

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

Marilyn Monroe

Greta Garbo

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

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Firing him

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

Dorothy Parker

Dobisch

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

A black eye

A cold

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine

Jane Fonda

Faye Dunaway
25 What is Fran's job?
Operator

Elevator girl

Barista

Secretary

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