The "Act to Provide for the Better Government" of which island divided it in two in 1920?

Which word means both an acrobat and a flat-bottomed drinking glass? An act of the early 1900s united the Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal and Orange River Colony to form which country? A 1986 act named the chairman of which panel as the president's principal military adviser? An act of March 3, 1863, established what, which became the subject of riots in New York that July? Which actor titled his autobiography "My Wicked, Wicked Ways"? Which actor, born February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana, died September 30, 1955, near Paso Robles, California? An actor for almost 40 years, who made his film debut playing Kasper Gutman in 1941's "The Maltese Falcon"? Which word, synonymous with theatrical makeup, appears in a 1965 musical title, "The Roar of the ___, the Smell of the…