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 Liesand 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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