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​​​​Actress who played the Wonder Woman character in the 2017 movie...

Who is Gal Gadot?



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"The Queen of Soul"...


Who is Aretha Franklin?

100

Hidden Figures film stars Taraji P. Henson as "this person", a mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions.

Who is Katherine Johnson?

100

I am the VP of  Staten Island & Electric Svcs... 

Who is Michele L O'Connell ?



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This is Con Edisons earliest corporate predecessor founded in 1823....

New York Gas Light Company

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Catwoman has been Batman's most enduring love interest and is known for her complex love-hate relationship with him. Her real name is.... 

Who is Selina Kyle?




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She launched a daytime television talk show in September 2003. The show has won 25 Emmy Awards. She was named a special envoy for Global AIDS Awareness.

Who is Ellen DeGeneres?


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I am square-bottomed and used for your everyday grocery shopping. I was invented by Margaret Knight.

What is a Paper Bag?

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I am the Director of the  Supply Chain Organization ...

Who is Rica K Johnson ?

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After many mergers and aquisitions of gas, steam, and electric companies the name was finally changed to Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. in this year.....

1936

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                       DAILY DOUBLE!! : 

First black female superhero that was played by Halle Barry in the X-Men movie series ...

Who is Storm?

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She was both the youngest news anchor and the first black female news anchor at Nashville's WLAC-TV.

She has a Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa...

Who is Oprah Winfrey?

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                     DAILY DOUBLE!!!: 

Historian Jane Peyton claims that ancient Mesopotamian women were the first to develop, sell, and even drink "this drink". Raise a glass for this fermented drink!

What is Beer?

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Senior VP of Customer Operations from May 1st 2005-Present...

Who is Marilyn Caselli?

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Con Edison's very first power plant operated by the Edison Illuminating Company was located on this street.....

Pearl Street

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The character first appeared in Strange Tales #180 (June 1975). She is the adopted daughter of Thanos, and the last of her species. Her powers include superhuman strength and agility and an accelerated healing factor. She also is an elite combatant, being able to beat most of the opponents in the galaxy. She is a member of the group known as the Infinity Watch.
Who is Gamora?
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                     DAILY DOUBLE!!: 

She tells us "Who runs the world"...                 


Who is Beyonce'?


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Turns out, you can split an atom. This was one of the major discoveries made by her while she was studying “radioactive” elements. She received her first Nobel Prize for the discovery of radioactivity and her second for the discovery of polonium and radium. She was also the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.

Who is Marie Curie?

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Current General Manager of Substation Operations Planning ....

Who is Margaret Walters?

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                            Daily Double:

He was the CEO for Con Edison between 1967-1982?

Charles F. Luce

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"Mystery Woman of the Jungle", is the first female comic-book superhero....
Who is Fantomah?"Mystery Woman of the Jungle", is the first female comic-book superhero. Created by writer-artist Fletcher Hanks, under the pseudonym Barclay Flagg, she debuted in a namesake backup feature in Jungle Comics #2 (Feb. 1940), and continued as a backup feature until her final appearance in issue #51 (March 1944).
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President Bill Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 1993. She discussed her views on abortion and sexual equality and authored the court's opinion in United States v. Virginia which struck down the Virginia Military Institute's (VMI) male-only admissions policy.

Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?



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Originally called The Landlord’s Game and a critique of the injustices of unchecked capitalism, the idea for "this game" was stolen by a man named Charles Darrow and sold to Parker Brothers. The company did eventually track down Elizabeth Magie but only offered her $500 for her invention.


What is Monopoly?

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Alison Bardeguez is the first field supervisor that goes to work with ...

What is a service dog?

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Con Edison is the oldest continually traded stock on the NYSE.  It began trading in this year....

1824

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