The Apartment Quizzes

The Apartment Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder

Frank Capra

George Cukor
2 What year was it released?
1960

1965

1959

1940
3 What other Billy Wilder film had come out the year before?
Psycho

Double Indemnity

Some Like it Hot

Sunset Boulevard
4 Who plays Baxter?
Walter Matthau

Tom Cruise

Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon
5 Where does the film take place?
Chicago

Rome

New York City

Boston
6 What was the population of New York in 1959?
8 million

10 million

5 million

7 million
7 What business is Baxter in?
Publishing

Insurance

Banking

Advertising
8 How much does Baxter make a week?
$94.70

$100.00

$200.00

$85.00
9 When is closing time?
6:30

5:10

5:30

5:20
10 Where is Baxter's apartment?
West 60s

East Village

West Village

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

Affairs

Ordering dinner

Taking naps
12 With whom is Kirkeby having an affair?
Fran

Mrs. Sheldrake

Sylvia

Mrs. Dreyfuss
13 What does Baxter's neighbor do for work?
Tailor

Banker

Lawyer

Doctor
14 Who plays Dr. Dreyfuss?
Jack Kruschen

Peter Falk

Ray Walston

Edgar Buchanan
15 Who plays Kirkeby?
Walter Matthau

Tony Curtis

John Ingle

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

Maraschino cherries

Cheese crackers

Cake
17 What is Baxter's reputation in his building?
Party boy/sex addict

Quiet nerd

Sad sack

Narc
18 What movie does Baxter watch at home?
Grand Hotel

Wild Orchids

Anna Christie

The Painted Veil
19 What frustrates Baxter about watching television?
Too many commercials

Not enough channels

The signal is bad

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

Myrna Loy

Greta Garbo

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

Beating him up

Giving him a bad efficiency report

Telling his landlord
22 To whom does the Marilyn Monroe lookalike think the apartment belongs?
Sheldrake

Dobisch's mother

Dobisch

Dorothy Parker
23 What does Baxter come in to work with the day after lending out his apartment to Dobisch?
A black eye

A cold

A stomach flu

A new job
24 Who plays Fran Kubelik?
Jane Fonda

Faye Dunaway

Shirley MacLaine

Elizabeth Taylor
25 What is Fran's job?
Secretary

Operator

Barista

Elevator girl

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