The sago is really a cycad, but its common name calls it which kind of tree, whose fronds churches use on the Sunday before Easter?

Which politician, then serving as mayor of Paris, lost the 1988 French presidential election to François Mitterrand? Which soft men's hat with a front-to-back crease takes its name from the heroine of an 1882 play? Which kind of star, whose name means "new" in Latin, suddenly flares up to many times its normal brightness? In "The Scarlet Letter", Hester Prynne must wear an "A" for her affair with which minister? Which 1985 Bruce Springsteen hit shares its title with a Dave Marsh book about him? Which 2000 Baha Men hit asked a famous question about some barking canines? To audition for which musical did Yul Brynner famously sing while sitting cross-legged on the floor with a guitar? On April 2, 1979, the House voted to reset what to a temporary $830 billion to avoid a U.S. default?