The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

By Ned Riseley · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed April 16, 2018

1 Who directed the film?

Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor

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?

Walter Matthau

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise

Tony Curtis
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

8 million

5 million

10 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Banking

Insurance

Publishing

Advertising
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$85.00

$100.00

$200.00

$94.70
9 When is closing time?

6:30

5:30

5:10

5:20
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

Harlem

West Village

West 60s

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

Ordering dinner

Taking naps

Affairs

Getting changed
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?

Fran

Sylvia

Mrs. Sheldrake

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

Doctor

Banker

Tailor

Lawyer
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kruschen

Peter Falk
15 Who plays Kirkeby?

David Lewis

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

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

Maraschino cherries

Cheese crackers

Cake

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

Narc

Party boy/sex addict

Sad sack

Quiet nerd
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?

Anna Christie

Wild Orchids

The Painted Veil

Grand Hotel
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?

The signal is bad

Not enough channels

It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?

Marilyn Monroe

Greta Garbo

Rita Hayworth

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

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 black eye

A stomach flu

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Jane Fonda
25 What is Fran's job?

Elevator girl

Barista

Secretary

Operator

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