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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1945

1950

1940

1932
2 Who produced the film?
Darryl F. Zanuck

Cliff Reid

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Howard Hawks
3 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

George Cukor

Leo McCarey

Howard Hawks
4 What business does Walter own?
A radio station

A newspaper

A baseball team

An insurance company
5 Who plays Walter?
Clark Gable

Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy

James Stewart
6 What is Walter and Hildy's relationship?
Hildy used to be Walter's boss

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

Brother and sister

They are recently divorced coworkers
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?
Katharine Hepburn

Rosalind Russell

Carole Lombard

Claudette Colbert
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
Adam's Rib

Bringing Up Baby

The Big Sleep

To Have and to Have Not
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
The mayor

Duffy

Bruce

Mollie Malloy
11 Who plays Bruce?
Spencer Tracy

Gene Lockhart

Ralph Bellamy

Don Ameche
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Doctor

Insurance salesman

Banker

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

Hildy was on a deadline for a news story about the price of cigarettes

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

Walter was ill
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Florida

Upstate New York

Bermuda

Paris
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman

Phillip Pine

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

Houston

Los Angeles

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

Rum

Cream

Whiskey
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
Monkey Business

The Awful Truth

Bringing Up Baby

I Was a Male War Bride
19 Who wrote the score?
Franz Waxman

Roy Webb

Max Steiner

Sidney Cutner and Felix Mills
20 Where does the film take place?
Chicago

Boston

New York City

San Francisco
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
Heartbreak House

Ladies and Gentlemen

Twentieth Century

The Front Page
22 What change did Howard Hawks make to the original script?
He removed all of the references to politics

He made Hildy Johnson a woman

He changed the setting to New York

It was originally a musical, and he took out the songs
23 What does Walter enlist the waiter at the restaurant to do?
Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Let him pay for lunch

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Take a long time to prepare their coffees
24 Who does Walter have Duffy send on a vacation?
His secretary

Himself

Sweeney

Louie
25 What is Bruce's initial impression of Walter?
He is starstruck

He feels superior to him

He thinks he is a horrible person

He is charmed by him

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