In the 1970s, struggling actress Jamie Lee Curtis landed the role of Laurie Strode in the seminal horror movie Halloween. Since then, she's starred in dozens of movies (True Lies and Freaky Friday to name a few) and managed to become a best-selling author and a member of the House of Lords. It just goes to show: If you don't get stabbed to death in the first hour, you'll do great!
In the late 1980s, Curtis filed a patent for a diaper/baby wipe combo, so we've invited her to play a game called "Eureka!" Three questions about inventors and their inventions.
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