Some Like It Hot: The Marilyn Monroe Quiz

About Some Like It Hot: The Marilyn Monroe Quiz

Some Like It Hot: The Marilyn Monroe Quiz is a free nostalgia trivia quiz with 15 multiple-choice questions aimed at mixed difficulty. With her luminous smile, comedic brilliance, and unforgettable screen presence, Marilyn Monroe remains Hollywood's most iconic star — and her remarkable life is as fascinating as any film she ever made. A typical run takes about 7 minutes, hints are always one tap away, and your streak ticks up the first time you finish a game on a given day.

A few sample questions

1. 1. What was Marilyn Monroe's birth name?

   Answer: Norma Jeane Mortenson

   Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, and was baptized as Norma Jeane Baker after her mother's surname; she adopted the stage name Marilyn Monroe when she launched her acting career.

2. 2. Which Hollywood studio signed Marilyn Monroe to the contract that launched her stardom in the early 1950s?

   Answer: 20th Century Fox

   20th Century Fox signed Marilyn Monroe and released all three of her landmark 1953 films — Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and How to Marry a Millionaire — turning her into the biggest female star of the decade.

3. 3. Which 1953 thriller, set near the famous waterfalls on the US-Canada border, was the first film in which Marilyn Monroe received top star billing?

   Answer: Niagara

   In Niagara (1953), Monroe played scheming wife Rose Loomis who plots to murder her husband at Niagara Falls; it was her first film with top billing and helped establish her as a major Hollywood star.

4. 4. In the 1953 musical comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Marilyn Monroe played Lorelei Lee alongside which co-star?

   Answer: Jane Russell

   Jane Russell played Dorothy Shaw to Monroe's Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and the two stars became close friends during filming — their chemistry on screen made the film a smash hit.

5. 5. In the 1953 comedy "How to Marry a Millionaire," Marilyn Monroe appeared alongside which two other legendary Hollywood stars?

   Answer: Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall

   How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) brought together three of Hollywood's biggest female stars — Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall — as three women hunting for wealthy husbands in New York City.

Things you'll learn along the way

• ✓Marilyn Monroe married her neighbor James Dougherty on June 19, 1942, largely to avoid being sent back to an orphanage; they divorced in 1946 when Monroe began her modeling and acting career.
• ✓Joe DiMaggio was one of baseball's all-time greats, a New York Yankees center fielder whose record 56-consecutive-game hitting streak in 1941 remains one of the most celebrated achievements in sports history.
• ✓Arthur Miller was one of America's most celebrated playwrights, author of Death of a Salesman (1949) and The Crucible (1953); he and Monroe married in 1956 and divorced in 1961.