The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
George Cukor

Frank Capra

Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder
2 What year was it released?
1965

1940

1959

1960
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?
Double Indemnity

Some Like it Hot

Psycho

Sunset Boulevard
4 Who plays Baxter?
Walter Matthau

Jack Lemmon

Tom Cruise

Tony Curtis
5 Where does the film take place?
Rome

Boston

Chicago

New York City
6 What was the population of New York in 1959?
5 million

10 million

7 million

8 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Publishing

Insurance

Banking

Advertising
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$100.00

$94.70

$85.00

$200.00
9 When is closing time?
5:30

5:10

5:20

6:30
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
East Village

West Village

West 60s

Harlem
11 What does Baxter let executives use his apartment for?
Getting changed

Ordering dinner

Affairs

Taking naps
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Mrs. Sheldrake

Mrs. Dreyfuss

Sylvia

Fran
13 What does Baxter's neighbor do for work?
Lawyer

Banker

Doctor

Tailor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Jack Kruschen

Edgar Buchanan

Peter Falk

Ray Walston
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
John Ingle

Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

David Lewis
16 What food item does Kirkeby ask Baxter to keep in his apartment?
Cheese crackers

Cake

Maraschino cherries

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

Wild Orchids

Grand Hotel
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
Not enough channels

The signal is bad

Too many commercials

It's not like going to the movies
20 Who does Dobisch's date look like?
Greta Garbo

Rita Hayworth

Marilyn Monroe

Myrna Loy
21 How does Dobisch threaten Baxter when he doesn't want to give up his apartment?
Firing him

Telling his landlord

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Beating him up
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Dobisch

Dobisch's mother

Dorothy Parker

Sheldrake
23 What does Baxter come in to work with the day after lending out his apartment to Dobisch?
A cold

A new job

A black eye

A stomach flu
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Faye Dunaway

Jane Fonda

Shirley MacLaine

Elizabeth Taylor
25 What is Fran's job?
Barista

Operator

Elevator girl

Secretary

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