Breakfast at Tiffany's Quiz: Holly Golightly's New York

The opening shot of a taxi on an empty Fifth Avenue at sunrise set the tone for a 1961 classic, and this Breakfast at Tiffany's quiz explores the New York of Holly Golightly. Play 10 interactive questions on Truman Capote's novella, Blake Edwards, the Givenchy dress, Moon River, the unnamed Cat and the brownstone on East 71st Street.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Year
When was the film released?
Author
Who wrote the novella the film is based on?
Director
Who directed the film?
Store
On which avenue is the Tiffany and Co. store in the opening scene?
Breakfast
What does Holly eat in the opening scene?
Song
Which song won the Oscar for Best Original Song?
Dress
Who designed Hepburn's famous black dress?
Cat
What is the name of Holly's cat?
Apartment
On which street is Holly's brownstone apartment?
Neighbor
Who plays the writer Paul Varjak?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: When was the film released?
Answer: 1961
Paramount released it in October 1961.
Q2: Who wrote the novella the film is based on?
Answer: Truman Capote
Capote published it in 1958.
Q3: Who directed the film?
Answer: Blake Edwards
Edwards later made the Pink Panther films.
Q4: On which avenue is the Tiffany and Co. store in the opening scene?
Answer: Fifth Avenue
The flagship stands at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street.
Q5: What does Holly eat in the opening scene?
Answer: A pastry and coffee
She gazes into Tiffany's windows at dawn.
Q6: Which song won the Oscar for Best Original Song?
Answer: Moon River
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer wrote it.
Q7: Who designed Hepburn's famous black dress?
Answer: Hubert de Givenchy
The dress became one of the most famous in film history.
Q8: What is the name of Holly's cat?
Answer: Cat
Holly says she has no right to give it a name.
Q9: On which street is Holly's brownstone apartment?
Answer: East 71st Street
The house is on the Upper East Side.
Q10: Who plays the writer Paul Varjak?
Answer: George Peppard
Paul moves into Holly's building and falls for her.

Breakfast At Tiffany'S Quiz – Holly Golightly's New York

Breakfast at Tiffany's, released in 1961 and directed by Blake Edwards, adapts Truman Capote's 1958 novella. Audrey Hepburn plays Holly Golightly, a charming New York socialite, and George Peppard plays writer Paul Varjak.

The film opens with Holly eating a pastry and drinking coffee in front of Tiffany and Co. on Fifth Avenue at dawn, wearing a black Givenchy dress. She lives in a brownstone on East 71st Street with a cat she calls Cat.

Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's Moon River won the Oscar for Best Original Song. Scenes at the New York Public Library and the store itself made the film a lasting picture of Manhattan glamour.

What This Quiz Teaches

Film fans and New York lovers will enjoy these questions.

Who made the film
Where the opening is set
Which song won an Oscar
Who designed the dress
Where Holly lived

Did You Know?

Capote reportedly wanted Marilyn Monroe for the role.
Mickey Rooney's role is now widely criticized.
Hepburn sang Moon River on a fire escape.
Tiffany's opened on a Sunday for filming.
The film is set in the late 1950s and early 1960s.