The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor

Billy Wilder
2 What year was it released?
1960

1965

1940

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?
Tom Cruise

Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Walter Matthau
5 Where does the film take place?
New York City

Chicago

Rome

Boston
6 What was the population of New York in 1959?
7 million

10 million

8 million

5 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Insurance

Publishing

Advertising

Banking
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$94.70

$100.00

$200.00

$85.00
9 When is closing time?
5:10

5:20

5:30

6:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
West 60s

West Village

East Village

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

Getting changed

Taking naps

Affairs
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Fran

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Sylvia

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

Lawyer

Tailor

Doctor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Peter Falk

Jack Kruschen

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
Walter Matthau

John Ingle

David Lewis

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

Cheese crackers

Maraschino cherries

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

Narc

Party boy/sex addict

Quiet nerd
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
The Painted Veil

Anna Christie

Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
The signal is bad

It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials

Not enough channels
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Rita Hayworth

Marilyn Monroe

Myrna Loy

Greta Garbo
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

Sheldrake

Dobisch

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

A black eye

A new job

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda

Faye Dunaway

Shirley MacLaine
25 What is Fran's job?
Barista

Elevator girl

Secretary

Operator

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