From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 9/12/25 18:27, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   > * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Marilyn Monroe   
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   > Long after her death more than 60 years ago, Marilyn Monroe   
   > remains a pop-culture icon of immense influence and significance.   
   > Ranked by the American Film Institute as the 6th-greatest female   
   > screen legend from the Golden Age of Hollywood, she is one of the   
   > most recognizable celebrities of all time.  Here are 10 questions   
   > about her and her legacy.   
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   > 1. Marilyn Monroe starred in two movies that were filmed -- in   
   >     whole or in part -- in Canada.  Name one of them.   
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   > 2. What was Marilyn Monroe's last complete picture before her   
   >     death in 1962?   
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   > 3. Numerous movies have been made *about* Marilyn Monroe.  One of   
   >     them was "My Week with Marilyn".  Released in 2011, it starred   
   >     Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh -- and which actress as Marilyn   
   >     Monroe?   
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   > 4. Marilyn Monroe was married three times.  Her second husband   
   >     was baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.  Her third husband was   
   >     Pulitzer-Prizewinning playwright Arthur Miller.  Who was her   
   >     first husband?   
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   > 5. Marilyn Monroe has also been the subject of countless books --   
   >     fiction and non-fiction alike.  In the year 2000, this   
   >     award-winning American novelist published a novel of 1,000-plus   
   >     pages about Marilyn, titled "Blonde".  Who was this novelist?   
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   > 6. In what country did Marilyn Monroe famously entertain US troops   
   >     in January 1954, performing 10 shows in four days?   
      
   S Korea   
      
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   > 7. What was Marilyn Monroe's name as a child?   
      
   Norma Jeane   
      
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   > 8. One of Marilyn Monroe's signature song-and-dance numbers was   
   >     "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the movie "Gentlemen   
   >     Prefer Blondes".  In 1985, a music video was released that paid   
   >     tribute to this iconic performance.  Name either the song or   
   >     the performer featured in this video.   
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   > 9. Marilyn Monroe's most famous and recognizable pose is universally   
   >     recognized as one from the movie "The Seven Year Itch".  What is   
   >     she doing?   
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   > 10. In 1964, this avant-garde American artist painted five portraits   
   >     of Marilyn Monroe in different color schemes.  In 2022, one of   
   >     them sold for $195 million US.  Name the artist.   
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   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 8 - Science - Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?   
   >   
   > This is a general science round based on the Ministry of Education   
   > Grade 5 Science Curriculum guidelines.   
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   > 1. Why does an LED bulb use less energy than an incandescent bulb   
   >     in producing the same amount of brightness?   
      
   Because it takes a lot less energy to excite the band gaps that produce   
   visible light than it does to heat up a filament to white hot temperature.   
      
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   > 2. What happens when you put a freshly-filled helium-filled balloon   
   >     in the refrigerator?   
      
   it shrinks   
      
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   > 3. What is the largest gland in the human body, weighing in at about   
   >     1.5 kg, and situated in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen?   
      
   liver   
      
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   > 4. What is the structure that, when it contracts and moves, causes   
   >     the lungs to expand?   
      
   diaphragm   
      
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   > 5. What type of technology uses the energy of moving air to turn   
   >     the gears of a generator, which in turn generates electricity?   
      
   wind turbine   
      
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   > 6. What is the general term for an energy source that is considered   
   >     to be limitless?   
      
   renewable   
      
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   > 7. While mass is the amount of stuff in an object, what determines   
   >     that object's weight?   
      
   gravity   
      
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   > 8. What is the term used to describe the amount of mass per volume?   
      
   density   
      
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   > 9. What is the name given to the lower chambers of the heart?   
   >   
   > 10. What is the name of the vessels that bring blood from around   
   >     the body back to the heart?   
      
   veins   
      
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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