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1. Margo Channing is the biggest star on Broadway but is beginning to show her age. She encounters a young woman named X who claims to be her biggest fan, and who worms her way into Margo’s life, eventually becoming her secretary. Gradually, it is revealed that X is more scheming and duplicitous than she seems. She begins working to supplant Margo: she takes the role of her understudy and engineers Margo’s absence so that she can play her role onstage. X gives such a good performance that her own career as a theatre star begins to take off, and she becomes a bigger star than Margo. At the end of the film, X herself encounters an apparently besotted young fan, and it is implied that the cycle will continue. Which film?

2. In the 1920s, soap flakes were used to clean laundry. The flakes performed poorly in hard water, leaving a ring in the washing machine, dulling colours, and turning whites gray. Then researchers discovered two-part molecules, which they called synthetic surfactants, each part executing a specific function-one pulled grease and dirt from the clothes, while the other suspended dirt until it could be rinsed away. This led to the creation of the first ever product for heavily soiled clothes called ___________.

3. In the film EVOLUTION starring Julianne Moore, this element was used to stop the ‘alien’ from growing rapidly. It was transported in a fire engine and sprayed into the sanctum sanctorum of the alien. This element is used extensively in the manufacture of shampoo and other cosmetics. It was isolated in 1870. Name the element.

4. X is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. It was also used as a military stockade, Today, the island is a historic site supervised by the National Park Service as part of theGolden Gate National Recreation Area and is open to tours. It was first discovered by Juan de Ayala and its name comes from the Spanish (and originally Arabic) word for the pelican. Id X.

5. HI-VOLT was a proposal by late Robert.L.Forward to drain at least 1% of its natural level within a year. The proposal involved deploying highly electrically charged tethers in orbit. The idea was that electrons would be deflected by the large electrostatic fields & intersects the atmosphere & harmlessly dissipates. In the 1961 movie, VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, it catches fire threatening earth. What are we talking about?

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