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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1940

1950

1932

1945
2 Who produced the film?
Cliff Reid

Darryl F. Zanuck

Howard Hawks

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3 Who directed the film?
George Cukor

Leo McCarey

Frank Capra

Howard Hawks
4 What business does Walter own?
A newspaper

A radio station

An insurance company

A baseball team
5 Who plays Walter?
Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy

James Stewart

Cary Grant
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
They are recently divorced coworkers

They are just meeting for the first time; Hildy wants a job

Hildy used to be Walter's boss

Brother and sister
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
An assistant who does someone's busy work

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An ex wife

A female journalist
8 Who plays Hildy?
Claudette Colbert

Carole Lombard

Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
Bringing Up Baby

Adam's Rib

To Have and to Have Not

The Big Sleep
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
The mayor

Duffy

Bruce

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche

Ralph Bellamy

Spencer Tracy
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Doctor

Insurance salesman

Lawyer

Banker
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine

Walter was ill

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

Hildy was on a deadline for a news story about the price of cigarettes
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Upstate New York

Bermuda

Florida

Paris
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Phillip Pine

Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

Ray Danton
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Houston

Los Angeles

Boston

Albany
17 What do Hildy and Bruce have added to their coffee at lunch?
Whiskey

Sugar

Cream

Rum
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
I Was a Male War Bride

Bringing Up Baby

The Awful Truth

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Max Steiner

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills

Roy Webb

Franz Waxman
20 Where does the film take place?
Chicago

San Francisco

New York City

Boston
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
Ladies and Gentlemen

The Front Page

Twentieth Century

Heartbreak House
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
He removed all of the references to politics

It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

He changed the setting to New York
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Take a long time to prepare their coffees

Let him pay for lunch

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?
Sweeney

Himself

Louie

His secretary
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He thinks he is a horrible person

He is charmed by him

He is starstruck

He feels superior to him

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