The Philadelphia Story Quizzes

The Philadelphia Story Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Howard Hawks

Victor Fleming

Frank Capra

George Cukor
2 When was the film released?
1940

1935

1937

1930
3 What sporting equipment of Dexter's does Tracy break in the first scene?
A baseball bat

A golf club

An oar

A tennis racket
4 Where does the film take place?
New York

Chicago

Philadelphia

Boston
5 Who plays Dexter?
James Stewart

Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy

Clark Gable
6 Who plays Tracy?
Grace Kelly

Audrey Hepburn

Bette Davis

Katharine Hepburn
7 What is Tracy's profession?
She is independently wealthy from inherited old Philadelphia money

She is a writer

She is a teacher

She is a horseback riding instructor
8 What does Dexter do for work?
He is an actor

He is a professor

He designs yachts

He is an investment banker
9 What is Dexter and Tracy's relationship status at the start of the film?
They are divorced

They are polyamorous

They are just meeting each other and are close acquaintances

They are recently married
10 Who plays George Kittredge?
Cary Grant

James Mason

Ronald Colman

John Howard
11 What was the film based on?
An opera

A television show

A book

A play
12 What word does Tracy need to spell for the crossword puzzle?
Yogurt

Omelet

Soufflé

Ostrich
13 Who plays Dinah?
Shirley Temple

Virginia Weidler

Dorothy DeBorba

Edith Fellows
14 Who plays Mrs. Lord?
Mady Christians

Florence Nash

Mary Nash

Ruth Hussey
15 With whom is Mr. Lord having an affair?
A dancer

Liz

His secretary

A lower class woman in the Bronx
16 Who does Dinah want Tracy to marry?
Mike

Sidney Kidd

Dexter

George
17 Where do Dinah and Tracy go to meet George?
The church

Downtown Philadelphia

The stables

The pool
18 Why did Tracy allegedly divorce Dexter?
His heavy drinking and violent tendencies

She hated his friends

She suspected he was homosexual

He was too much of a snob
19 What does Tracy make fun of George about at the stables?
His job

How it seems like he's never seen a horse before

How clean his riding clothes are

His name
20 Who plays Uncle Willie?
Lionel Barrymore

Louis Hayward

Walter Huston

Roland Young
21 What is Uncle Willie reading at the stables?
A book by Mike Connor

Spy Magazine

War & Peace

A romance novel
22 Who plays Mike Connor?
Gary Cooper

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant

James Stewart
23 What is Mike's profession?
Horseback riding instructor

Photographer

Tabloid journalist/struggling short story writer

Architect
24 Who plays Liz?
Ruth Hussey

Rosalind Russell

Virginia Grey

Lucille Ball
25 What is Liz's profession?
Wedding planner

Photographer

Dancer

Actress

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