The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
George Cukor

Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder
2 What year was it released?
1965

1959

1960

1940
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?
Sunset Boulevard

Some Like it Hot

Double Indemnity

Psycho
4 Who plays Baxter?
Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise
5 Where does the film take place?
Rome

New York City

Boston

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

8 million

10 million

5 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Insurance

Banking

Publishing

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

$85.00

$100.00

$200.00
9 When is closing time?
5:30

5:20

5:10

6:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
East Village

West Village

Harlem

West 60s
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Getting changed

Affairs

Ordering dinner

Taking naps
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Mrs. Sheldrake

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Fran

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

Lawyer

Tailor

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Ray Walston

Jack Kruschen

Edgar Buchanan

Peter Falk
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

John Ingle

David Lewis
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?
Party boy/sex addict

Sad sack

Quiet nerd

Narc
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel

The Painted Veil

Anna Christie
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's mother

Dobisch

Sheldrake

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

A new job

A stomach flu

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor
25 What is Fran's job?
Secretary

Elevator girl

Operator

Barista

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