The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Alfred Hitchcock

George Cukor

Billy Wilder

Frank Capra
2 What year was it released?
1965

1940

1960

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

Sunset Boulevard

Some Like it Hot

Psycho
4 Who plays Baxter?
Jack Lemmon

Tony Curtis

Tom Cruise

Walter Matthau
5 Where does the film take place?
Boston

New York City

Rome

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

8 million

7 million

10 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Advertising

Publishing

Insurance

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

$100.00

$85.00

$200.00
9 When is closing time?
5:10

5:20

6:30

5:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
West 60s

West Village

Harlem

East Village
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. Sheldrake

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Sylvia
13 What does Baxter's neighbor do for work?
Doctor

Banker

Tailor

Lawyer
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Peter Falk

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan

Jack Kruschen
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

John Ingle

David Lewis
16 What food item does Kirkeby ask Baxter to keep in his apartment?
Cake

Olives

Maraschino cherries

Cheese crackers
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Party boy/sex addict

Sad sack

Quiet nerd

Narc
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Grand Hotel

Wild Orchids

Anna Christie

The Painted Veil
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
The signal is bad

It's not like going to the movies

Not enough channels

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?
Giving him a bad efficiency report

Beating him up

Telling his landlord

Firing him
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dobisch's mother

Dobisch

Dorothy Parker

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

A stomach flu

A new job

A black eye
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda
25 What is Fran's job?
Barista

Secretary

Elevator girl

Operator

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