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

1960

1959

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

Double Indemnity

Some Like it Hot

Psycho
4 Who plays Baxter?
Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise

Walter Matthau
5 Where does the film take place?
Boston

Chicago

Rome

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

10 million

8 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Publishing

Insurance

Advertising

Banking
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$200.00

$94.70

$100.00

$85.00
9 When is closing time?
6:30

5:30

5:20

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

Harlem

East Village

West 60s
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Taking naps

Ordering dinner

Affairs

Getting changed
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Fran

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Mrs. Sheldrake

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

Lawyer

Banker

Doctor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Jack Kruschen

Edgar Buchanan

Peter Falk

Ray Walston
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
David Lewis

Walter Matthau

John Ingle

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

Cake

Olives

Cheese crackers
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Quiet nerd

Party boy/sex addict

Sad sack

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

Anna Christie

The Painted Veil

Wild Orchids
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
The signal is bad

Too many commercials

It's not like going to the movies

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?
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?
Dorothy Parker

Dobisch

Sheldrake

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

A black eye

A stomach flu

A new job
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor
25 What is Fran's job?
Secretary

Operator

Barista

Elevator girl

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