Billy Joel
This song, maybe Joel's most notorious, was his first hit to crack the Billboard top 10 in 1973.
Piano Man
He has won the Masters, golf's most prestigious tournament, a record six times.
Jack Nicklaus
This is the largest known bear species in the world.
Polar bear
This 1800s leader was the only U.S. President to not speak English as a first language.
Martin van Buren
The 2010 bill that revolutionized healthcare in the United States, often referred to as Obamacare, has this official title.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Billy Joel famously performed in this city in 1989, signaling an end of the Cold War.
Berlin
This man won five consecutive Wimbledon titles from 1976 to 1980, often considered the most successful tennis player of the 1970s.
Bjorn Borg
Despite containing only 0.03% of Earth's land area, this nation is thought to contain around 5% of the planet's biodiversity.
Costa Rica
The man convicted of assassinating President John F. Kennedy was soon thereafter assassinated by this dying man, often thought to be mob-asssociated.
Jack Ruby
The 2000 U.S. Presidential election was controversially decided by a Supreme Court ruling regarding these partially punched ballot cards.
Hanging chads
Joel went to high school in this county, also famous as the county that Robert Held grew up in.
Nassau County, New York
Prior to the 1994 Olympics, skater Nancy Kerrigan was struck in the knee with a metal baton by the bodyguard of this competitor.
Tonya Harding
This is the only mammal capable of true flight.
Bat
This President's reputation has taken a great hit in recent years as a result of several factors, including his White House screening of the controversial film "The Birth of a Nation".
This often maligned 2010 Supreme Court decision permits unlimited corporation campaign spending.
Citizens United (v. FEC)
This Joel song is often interpreted as a message about taking time to slow down, enjoy life, and not rush through the pressures of growing up or pursuing success. "When will you realize ____ waits for you?"
Vienna
This marathoner unofficially became the first person to run 26.2 miles in under two hours in 2019.
Eliud Kipchoge
This is the largest species of shark.
Whale shark
This U.S. president served immediately before the American Civil War and is often criticized for his handling of the secession crisis.
James Buchanon
This landmark 1967 Supreme Court case legalized interracial marriage.
Loving v. Virginia
Joel has been married four times, the second of which was to this American supermodel.
Christie Brinkley
This player became the first male tennis player to achieve a Career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles.
Rod Laver
This shallow water bottomdweller can strike with such force that it accelerates its forelimb faster than a bullet from a gun.
Mantis shrimp
This President, born in 1790, still has a living grandson.
John Tyler
Jimmy Carter was born and died in this small town.
Plains, Georgia