The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

George Cukor

Billy Wilder

Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock
2 What year was it released?

1940

1959

1960

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

Psycho

Sunset Boulevard

Some Like it Hot

Double Indemnity
4 Who plays Baxter?

Jack Lemmon

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?

Boston

Rome

New York City

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

5 million

7 million

10 million

8 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Insurance

Advertising

Banking

Publishing
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$100.00

$85.00

$94.70

$200.00
9 When is closing time?

5:30

5:10

5:20

6:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

West 60s

East Village

Harlem

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

Getting changed

Affairs

Taking naps

Ordering dinner
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?

Fran

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Sylvia

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

Doctor

Lawyer

Banker

Tailor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Edgar Buchanan

Ray Walston

Peter Falk

Jack Kruschen
15 Who plays Kirkeby?

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

David Lewis

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

Cheese crackers

Maraschino cherries

Olives

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

Party boy/sex addict

Quiet nerd

Sad sack

Narc
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?

The Painted Veil

Grand Hotel

Anna Christie

Wild Orchids
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?

Rita Hayworth

Myrna Loy

Greta Garbo

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

Firing him

Telling his landlord

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Beating him up
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 stomach flu

A black eye

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda

Faye Dunaway

Shirley MacLaine
25 What is Fran's job?

Operator

Barista

Secretary

Elevator girl

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