A great many of the stars in the Milky Way are this type, referring to a pair rotating around each other
what is binary stars?
The FBI had a standoff not with a shooter but with this company over whether the techies there would unlock a dead shooter's phone
What is Apple?
Tom Mapother became this action star
Who is Tom Cruise?
The South by Southwest Conference is a big draw in this city
What is Austin?
She sang in Fleetwood Mac, put out solo records & joined Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
Who is Stevie Nicks?
The Schwarzschild radius of one of these is the distance from its center to its event horizon
what is a a black hole?
In October WikiLeaks released thousands of emails from inside the campaign of this candidate
Who is Hillary Clinton?
Lauren Palmer adopted a new first name when her manager overheard her mom calling her this 4-letter nickname
Who is Keke
Beautiful Waitemada Harbour can be found in this, New Zealand's most populous city
What is Auckland?
In 1998 Brandy & Monica had a hit with this song that sounds as much like a duel as a duet
What is "The Boy Is Mine"
Named for a 19th century astronomer, the points of sunlight that appear during a total eclipse are called Baily's these
what is Baily's beads?
Corruption aided by offshore companies was revealed in the leak of these, named for a Central American country
What are the Panama Papers?
Part of this stage name of Mark Sinclair Vincent came from his bouncer friends in New York City
Who is Vin Diesel?
This North Carolina city is the eastern gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains
What is Asheville?
In 2025 Barbra Streisand sang "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" with this Irishman nearly 50 years her junior
Who is Hozier?
An "M" in front of the number of a galaxy refers to this Frenchman who catalogued a bunch of them in the 18th century
Who is Messier?
Drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán, known by this nickname, was recaptured in January, six months after escaping prison
What is "El Chapo"?
Bronx-born Isis Gaston took this rhyming stage name from a Finsta she made as a teen
Who is Ice Spice?
Great Scot! It sits upon the Rivers Dee & Don on the North Sea
What is Aberdeen?
The 2014 Top 10 hit "Love Me Harder" is a duet between The Weeknd & this singer--they also collabed on "Save Your Tears"
Who is Ariana Grande?
Named for a Dutch astronomer, this cloud beyond Neptune is likely the source of most long-period comets
What is the Oort cloud?
PM Narendra Modi declared the bills worth 500 & 1,000 of these units no longer money, wiping out 86% of the country's cash
What is the rupee?
The verdict is out on whether this Brit would have been more intimidating in "Get Carter" if his name in the credits was Maurice Micklewhite
Who is Michael Caine?
In 1917 T.E. Lawrence helped capture this Jordanian port town on a gulf of the same name
What is Aqaba?
In "Happy Gilmore" Adam Sandler unconvincingly tells Julie Bowen, "What? Friends listen to" this Ross-Richie duet "in the dark"
What is "Endless Love"