The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

Frank Capra

Billy Wilder

George Cukor

Alfred Hitchcock
2 What year was it released?

1940

1959

1960

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

Some Like it Hot

Double Indemnity

Psycho

Sunset Boulevard
4 Who plays Baxter?

Walter Matthau

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise

Tony Curtis
5 Where does the film take place?

New York City

Boston

Chicago

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

10 million

8 million

5 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Advertising

Banking

Insurance

Publishing
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$94.70

$200.00

$85.00

$100.00
9 When is closing time?

5:10

6:30

5:30

5:20
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

East Village

West 60s

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?

Fran

Sylvia

Mrs. Dreyfuss

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

Banker

Lawyer

Tailor

Doctor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Peter Falk

Jack Kruschen

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan
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?

Cheese crackers

Maraschino cherries

Cake

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

Narc

Sad sack

Quiet nerd

Party boy/sex addict
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?

Anna Christie

Grand Hotel

Wild Orchids

The Painted Veil
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?

The signal is bad

Not enough channels

Too many commercials

It's not like going to the movies
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?

Myrna Loy

Marilyn Monroe

Greta Garbo

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

Telling his landlord

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Beating him up

Firing him
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?

Dobisch

Dorothy Parker

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 new job

A black eye

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Shirley MacLaine

Jane Fonda

Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor
25 What is Fran's job?

Barista

Elevator girl

Operator

Secretary

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