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His Girl Friday Quiz 1

1 When was the film released?
1945

1950

1940

1932
2 Who produced the film?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Howard Hawks

Darryl F. Zanuck

Cliff Reid
3 Who directed the film?
Frank Capra

Leo McCarey

George Cukor

Howard Hawks
4 What business does Walter own?
A baseball team

A newspaper

An insurance company

A radio station
5 Who plays Walter?
James Stewart

Cary Grant

Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy
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

They are recently divorced coworkers

Brother and sister
7 What is a "girl Friday"?
A female journalist

An ex wife

A woman with whom a married man is having an affair

An assistant who does someone's busy work
8 Who plays Hildy?
Claudette Colbert

Rosalind Russell

Katharine Hepburn

Carole Lombard
9 Which of the following is not a Howard Hawks film?
To Have and to Have Not

Adam's Rib

The Big Sleep

Bringing Up Baby
10 Who accompanies Hildy to the office at the start of the film?
Duffy

Bruce

Mollie Malloy

The mayor
11 Who plays Bruce?
Ralph Bellamy

Spencer Tracy

Gene Lockhart

Don Ameche
12 What is Bruce's profession?
Banker

Insurance salesman

Lawyer

Doctor
13 Why did Hildy and Walter have to miss their honeymoon?
Walter was ill

There was a flood at Niagara Falls

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

Walter insisted they follow a news story about a coal mine
14 Where did Hildy meet Bruce?
Bermuda

Upstate New York

Florida

Paris
15 Who plays Diamond Louie?
Phillip Pine

Ray Danton

Fred MacMurray

Abner Biberman
16 Where do Hildy and Bruce intend to move?
Albany

Houston

Los Angeles

Boston
17 What do Hildy and Bruce have added to their coffee at lunch?
Rum

Cream

Whiskey

Sugar
18 Which of the following Cary Grant movies was not directed by Howard Hawks?
Bringing Up Baby

The Awful Truth

I Was a Male War Bride

Monkey Business
19 Who wrote the score?
Max Steiner

Roy Webb

Franz Waxman

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

Chicago

Boston

New York City
21 What play/earlier film is the film based on?
The Front Page

Heartbreak House

Ladies and Gentlemen

Twentieth Century
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

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

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

Call Walter over for an imaginary phone call

Engage Bruce in a lengthy discussion about insurance

Let him pay for lunch
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 feels superior to him

He is starstruck

He is charmed by him

He thinks he is a horrible person

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