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What is Puerto Rico?
The new Progressive Party on this island wants it to become a U.S. state
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What is a joker?
In poker it's commonly used as a wild card
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Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?
In 2020 the MTV Movie & TV Awards honored this "Halloween" actress as the greatest scream queen of all time
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What is the town crier?
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The herald with this 2-word job announced important news & proclamations
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What is Apollo 13?
An oxygen tank explosion on this mission in 1970 led to some tense days before the crew managed to get back to earth
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What is Antilles?
The 3 major island groups of the Caribbean are the Bahamas & the "Greater" & "Lesser" these
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What is a penguin?
The Adelie is a medium-sized one
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Who is Jada Pinkett Smith?
With her mom Adrienne & daughter Willow, she hosts a web series called "Red Table Talk"
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What is a barber?
Oddly, the same person who performed minor surgeries once also had this job, joined with surgeon in the name of a guild
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Who is Janet Jackson?
The Patriots beat the Panthers, but her "wardrobe malfunction" at Super Bowl XXXVIII is what most people remember
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What is a daiquiri?
A rum-producing district in eastern Cuba lends its name to this cocktail of rum, lime juice & sugar
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What is a scarecrow?
In the movies he sings "If I Only Had A Brain"
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Who is John Cougar Mellencamp?
When he first rocked out to "Pink Houses" & "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.", he was using these 3 names
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What is a miller and a milliner?
In these 2 similarly named jobs, one ground grain into flour & the other, often a woman, made & sold clothes & hats
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What is Mars?
After one group of scientists used kilograms & another used pounds, a probe sent to this planet in 1998 was lost in orbit
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What is the British Virgin Islands?
Norman Island in this British archipelago is said to have inspired "Treasure Island"
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What is an egghead?
What Humpty Dumpty is--literally, that is, not because of his smarts
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Who is Haley Joel Osment?
Just a kid when he saw dead people in "The Sixth Sense", today, he's all grown up & still acting
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What is a lavender?
It wasn't just a purple color & flower, it was also a washerwoman
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What is Three Mile Island?
In 1979 an automatic valve at this Pennsylvania facility failed to close, leading to damage to the core
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What is the Cayman Trench?
The Caribbean Sea's greatest depth, about 25,000 feet, is in this trench bearing the name of a crocodilian
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What is poison ivy?
Its scientific name is Toxicodendron radicans
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Who is Sarah Michelle Gellar?
Married to Freddie Jr., she uses Prinze as her legal last name
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What is a scrivener?
Like Bartleby in Melville's title, it was a clerk or copyist
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Who is William Mulholland?
This engineer's L.A. Aqueduct worked fine, but his St. Francis Dam north of the city collapsed in 1928, flooding Ventura County
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