A Note From Bob
Sixty-four years ago today
Wednesday morning, and a quieter anniversary. On August 5, 1962, the world woke to the news that Marilyn Monroe was gone at just 36. She spent barely a decade and a half in the spotlight, yet no star from Hollywood's golden era casts a longer shadow. Today's featured quiz is the woman behind the legend: Marilyn Monroe, 15 questions. And when you finish, a Golden Age of Hollywood quiz on the era that made her is waiting further down. Pour the coffee.
Trivia Question of the Day
Marilyn Monroe starred in the 1959 comedy that the American Film Institute later named the greatest American comedy of all time. What was the film?
The answer is at the bottom of this email.
Today's Featured Quiz
Marilyn Monroe
She was born Norma Jeane Mortenson, spent her childhood shuffled between foster homes and an orphanage, and was working in a munitions factory when a photographer spotted her in 1944. Within a decade she was the most famous woman on the planet. The subway grate, the breathy birthday song, the studio she took on and beat: 15 questions on the face of the twentieth century. How well do you know Marilyn?
The Answer
Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy cast Monroe alongside Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as two musicians hiding from the mob in an all-female band. It became one of the biggest hits of her career, won her a Golden Globe, and in 2000 the American Film Institute named it the greatest American comedy ever made. Today's second quiz is just below.
On This Day
On this day in 1962, the news broke from a quiet house in Brentwood: Marilyn Monroe had died at 36. She came up through the last great years of the studio system, the world of Bogart and Bacall, Gable and Garbo, Technicolor and CinemaScope. That world is your second quiz today: The Golden Age of Hollywood, 15 questions on the era that built the movies.
Stay
Curious.
Bob
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