The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?

Alfred Hitchcock

Frank Capra

George Cukor

Billy Wilder
2 What year was it released?

1965

1959

1960

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

Some Like it Hot

Psycho

Sunset Boulevard

Double Indemnity
4 Who plays Baxter?

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise

Tony Curtis

Walter Matthau
5 Where does the film take place?

Chicago

Rome

New York City

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

8 million

5 million

7 million

10 million
7 What business is Baxter in?

Publishing

Advertising

Insurance

Banking
8 How much does Baxter make a week?

$85.00

$94.70

$200.00

$100.00
9 When is closing time?

6:30

5:10

5:20

5:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?

West Village

East Village

Harlem

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

Taking naps

Affairs

Ordering dinner

Getting changed
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?

Sylvia

Fran

Mrs. Sheldrake

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

Doctor

Tailor

Lawyer

Banker
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?

Peter Falk

Ray Walston

Jack Kruschen

Edgar Buchanan
15 Who plays Kirkeby?

David Lewis

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

John Ingle
16 What food item does Kirkeby ask Baxter to keep in his apartment?

Maraschino cherries

Cake

Cheese crackers

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

Sad sack

Party boy/sex addict

Quiet nerd

Narc
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?

The Painted Veil

Anna Christie

Grand Hotel

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?

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Telling his landlord

Beating him up

Firing him
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 new job

A cold

A black eye

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?

Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine

Faye Dunaway

Elizabeth Taylor
25 What is Fran's job?

Elevator girl

Barista

Operator

Secretary

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