The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Billy Wilder

Frank Capra

George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock
2 What year was it released?
1940

1965

1960

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

Psycho

Some Like it Hot

Sunset Boulevard
4 Who plays Baxter?
Tom Cruise

Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Walter Matthau
5 Where does the film take place?
Boston

Chicago

New York City

Rome
6 What was the population of New York in 1959?
10 million

8 million

7 million

5 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Banking

Publishing

Insurance

Advertising
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$85.00

$200.00

$100.00

$94.70
9 When is closing time?
6:30

5:20

5:30

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

East Village

West Village

Harlem
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Taking naps

Getting changed

Affairs

Ordering dinner
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Sylvia

Fran

Mrs. Dreyfuss

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

Lawyer

Tailor

Doctor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Jack Kruschen

Edgar Buchanan

Ray Walston

Peter Falk
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
David Lewis

John Ingle

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau
16 What food item does Kirkeby ask Baxter to keep in his apartment?
Cheese crackers

Cake

Olives

Maraschino cherries
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Narc

Party boy/sex addict

Quiet nerd

Sad sack
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Anna Christie

The Painted Veil

Grand Hotel

Wild Orchids
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
Not enough channels

It's not like going to the movies

Too many commercials

The signal is bad
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Marilyn Monroe

Myrna Loy

Greta Garbo

Rita Hayworth
21 How does Dobisch threaten Baxter when he doesn't want to give up his apartment?
Beating him up

Firing him

Telling his landlord

Giving him a bad efficiency report
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dorothy Parker

Dobisch's mother

Sheldrake

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

A new job

A black eye

A cold
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor

Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine
25 What is Fran's job?
Elevator girl

Operator

Barista

Secretary

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