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1. Which popular folk singer rose to stardom in the Sixties and Seventies, then experienced a religious conversion and stopped performing, until making a comeback in the mid-2000s?
2. Which national TV sportscaster lost his job(s) in 1997 when he was accused of and charged with a felony sex offense but returned to a national TV network two years later to broadcast basketball and return to national prominence?
3. Which U.S. politician served as a two-term governor in a large state, lost an election to the United States Senate, ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States three times, and was later reelected governor of the state in which he had previously served as governor?
4. Which American major-league baseball pitcher injured the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm mid-career, underwent a revolutionary surgery which was later named after him, and returned to complete his career with 288 pitching wins, 164 of them after surgery?
5. Which politician served as mayor of a major American city until videotape of him smoking crack cocaine became public when he was charged with several felonies, served his prison term and was re-elected mayor of the same city?
6. Which singer, who also appeared in stage productions of "Hair" and "The Rocky Horror Show," fell off the charts only to come storming back onto the world music stage with an album called "Bat out of Hell II" in 1993?
7. Which businessperson turned an interest in cooking and home decorating into a multi-million dollar empire, only to be prosecuted and sent to prison, then rebuilt a diverse business of magazine publishing, writing books, television programmes and marketing?
8. Which American young woman was crowned Miss America only to lose her title when nude photographs of her were published in "Penthouse" magazine, then came back to prominence, first as an R&B singer, then on Broadway, then in film and finally in television?
9. Which Formula One race car driver drove for Enzo Ferrari, won a world championship, then crashed in Germany while well on his way to a second world championship, was so badly injured that he was given last rites in hospital, only to return to the cockpit in six weeks to drive the Italian Grand Prix?
10. Which "Brat Pack" actor lost a promising career in films to drugs and alcohol, spent time in jail, rehab and prison, seemed to have recovered when he got a role in television's "Ally McBeal" only to return to treatment and incarceration, until 2003 when he restarted a film career which has been remarkably successful?
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