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| 2018, George Clooney, $239m. Most of Clooney's income in 2018 came from the sale of Casamigos Tequila. What is the term, derived from the Nahuatl word for "baked agave", for any spirit distilled from agave, including tequila? | Mezcal | 67%
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| 2019, Dwayne Johnson, $89.4m. Shorakapok Rock is the site where Peter Minuit, in 1626, supposedly bought what island for the equivalent of 60 guilders? | Manhattan | 44%
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| 2015, Robert Downey Jr., $80m. In 2001, Downey was fired from what popular TV show due to drug charges, soon after winning a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor? | Ally McBeal | 33%
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| 2024, Dwayne Johnson, $88m. Who was the highest paid actress in 2024? That year, she starred in three TV miniseries on three different streaming platforms, and starred in two movies, Babygirl and A Family Affair. | Nicole Kidman | 33%
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| 2021, Dwayne Johnson, $270m. Like George Clooney in 2018, most of Johnson's 2021 income was from the sale of a tequila company. The rest came in part from his starring role in what Netflix film which costarred Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds? | Red Notice | 33%
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| 2016, Dwayne Johnson, $64.5m. Johnson played football at what university during their AP National Championship in 1991? It was the university's first year in the Big East after nearly 50 years as an independent, and the university joined a different conference in 2004. | University of Miami (Florida) | 33%
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| 2017, Mark Wahlberg, $68m. As part of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Wahlberg had the second rap #1 of all time on the Billboard Hot 100. What rapper had the first rap #1? | Vanilla Ice | 33%
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| 2022, Tyler Perry, $175m. Perry's first film earned more than $50 million despite a 16% approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie is titled "Diary of a Mad" what? Although featuring Madea, the name Madea is not in the title. | Black Woman | 11%
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| 2020, Dwayne Johnson, $87.5m. In December 1997, what wrestler and sometime actor with a semantically similar ring name defeated Johnson to retain the Intercontinental Championship, and then forfeited the title to Johnson one day later? | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 11%
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| 2023, Adam Sandler, $73m. In October 2014, Sandler signed a landmark four movie deal with Netflix. What Western comedy was the first film to result from that deal? | The Ridiculous 6 | 11%
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