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THIS TALK SHOW HOST, known for her glasses, hosted the first female led audience participation, issue driven talk show, doing so from 1983 to 2002.

THIS JUDGE is the current judge on "The People's Court," having been on the bench since 2001.

THIS PRESIDENT was portrayed by Nigel Hawthorne in the film "Amistad," which depicted events that took place during his administration.

THIS ACTRESS was nominated for Oscars for her roles in "The Help" and "Zero Dark Thirty." She failed to win there but did win a Golden Globe for the latter.

THIS ACTRESS won the Breakthrough Performance Award at the MTV Movie Awards for her role as Gloria, the psychotic possessive girlfriend of Vince Vaughn's character in "Wedding Crashers."

On October 21, 1805, THIS MAN expected a lot of other men to do their duty. Afterwards, the Victory was look! a sniper!

THIS BIBLICAL CHARACTER, the twin brother of Jacob, sold his birthright back to his twin for a pottage of lentils.

THIS COMPOSER had won an Emmy for "Desperate Housewives," a Grammy for "Batman," and was nominated for four Oscars. All this on top of being the man who composed the theme to "The Simpsons."

Two words: "You Lose." OK, a few more: THIS PERSON crushed Samuel Gompers' bid to unionize during the Boston Police Strike in 1919 as the 48th Governor of Massachusetts.

THIS MAN helped free Chile from Spanish rule during the War of Chilean Independence and ruled as the 2nd Supreme Dictator of Chile. You wouldn't know it based off of his last name.

Among THIS ROYAL'S trusts and charities are WellChild, the HALO Trust and the Invictus Games. Between 2013 and 2015, his family ranking fell from 3rd to 5th.

THIS SINGER'S career took off in 1992 with the release of "Little Earthquakes," from which she had a minor hit with "Crucify." Her most successful album was "Boys for Pele," which was released in 1996 (#2 in the US).

THIS WRESTLER, born Mark William Calaway, once used Kid Rock's "American Baddass" as his entrance song, was named "The Most Cold-Hearted, Destructive Force in the History of the WWE," and was known his unprecedented 21 match winning streak from 1991 to 2013.

THIS MILITARY LEADER was once President of what would later become Louisiana State University. A few years later, he presented Lincoln with the most unique Christmas present ever given after "making Georgia howl."

THIS GODDESS, the daughter of Zeus and Demter, is the Greek goddess of the underworld,springtime, flowers, and vegetation.

"Odour of Chrysanthemums." "The Virgin and the Gypsy," and "The Rocking-Horse Winner" are some of the story stories from THIS AUTHOR, best known for a longer work that, thirty years after his death, ran afoul of British law in the 1960 case "Regina versus Penguin Books Limited."

THIS ACTRESS (and sometimes Match Game panelist) plays the title character in "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt."

Born Pauline Mathews, THIS SINGER was famous in the 70s for such hits as "I've Got the Music in Me" and her duet with Elton John, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."

A band fronted by THIS SINGER sang the title song from the James Bond film "The World is Not Enough."

So what's the common thread?