The Philadelphia Story Quizzes

The Philadelphia Story Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Howard Hawks

George Cukor

Frank Capra

Victor Fleming
2 When was the film released?
1937

1940

1935

1930
3 What sporting equipment of Dexter's does Tracy break in the first scene?
An oar

A tennis racket

A golf club

A baseball bat
4 Where does the film take place?
New York

Boston

Chicago

Philadelphia
5 Who plays Dexter?
James Stewart

Spencer Tracy

Cary Grant

Clark Gable
6 Who plays Tracy?
Audrey Hepburn

Grace Kelly

Bette Davis

Katharine Hepburn
7 What is Tracy's profession?
She is independently wealthy from inherited old Philadelphia money

She is a teacher

She is a writer

She is a horseback riding instructor
8 What does Dexter do for work?
He is an actor

He is an investment banker

He is a professor

He designs yachts
9 What is Dexter and Tracy's relationship status at the start of the film?
They are just meeting each other and are close acquaintances

They are recently married

They are polyamorous

They are divorced
10 Who plays George Kittredge?
James Mason

Ronald Colman

Cary Grant

John Howard
11 What was the film based on?
A play

An opera

A television show

A book
12 What word does Tracy need to spell for the crossword puzzle?
Ostrich

Soufflé

Omelet

Yogurt
13 Who plays Dinah?
Edith Fellows

Dorothy DeBorba

Virginia Weidler

Shirley Temple
14 Who plays Mrs. Lord?
Florence Nash

Ruth Hussey

Mary Nash

Mady Christians
15 With whom is Mr. Lord having an affair?
Liz

His secretary

A dancer

A lower class woman in the Bronx
16 Who does Dinah want Tracy to marry?
George

Sidney Kidd

Mike

Dexter
17 Where do Dinah and Tracy go to meet George?
The church

The pool

Downtown Philadelphia

The stables
18 Why did Tracy allegedly divorce Dexter?
He was too much of a snob

She suspected he was homosexual

She hated his friends

His heavy drinking and violent tendencies
19 What does Tracy make fun of George about at the stables?
How clean his riding clothes are

His name

His job

How it seems like he's never seen a horse before
20 Who plays Uncle Willie?
Walter Huston

Lionel Barrymore

Roland Young

Louis Hayward
21 What is Uncle Willie reading at the stables?
War & Peace

A book by Mike Connor

A romance novel

Spy Magazine
22 Who plays Mike Connor?
Cary Grant

Spencer Tracy

James Stewart

Gary Cooper
23 What is Mike's profession?
Tabloid journalist/struggling short story writer

Photographer

Horseback riding instructor

Architect
24 Who plays Liz?
Lucille Ball

Rosalind Russell

Virginia Grey

Ruth Hussey
25 What is Liz's profession?
Photographer

Wedding planner

Dancer

Actress

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