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In 1782 Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man & enlisted & served during this war |
the American Revolution
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Among his great works of fiction are "The Sun Also Rises" & "The Old Man and the Sea" |
Hemingway
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Actress Watson or Stone |
Emma
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The 88 of these star groupings is a set number--new stars discovered are just added to the closest ones |
constellations
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This is conversation between 2 or more characters in a play |
dialogue
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Tuned to the Force, the Jedi use kyber crystals in these glowing weapons |
a lightsaber
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Telesilla led an army defending Argos from a 490s B.C. attack by this warlike city-state |
Sparta
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In an epic poem, he not only kills the monster Grendel, but also Grendel's mother |
Beowulf
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An aphelion is the point in an orbit when an object is farthest from this |
the Sun
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From the Greek for "to hear", it's the qualities of a room or building that influence how well sound is heard in it |
acoustics
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By accident or not, Rose drops the Heart of the Ocean into the sea at the end of this movie |
Titanic
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Cathay Williams, the only woman in the Buffalo Soldiers, is honored with a bust in Leavenworth in this state |
Kansas
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Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution is called this, like an ancient capital |
Persepolis
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The Hornets play their hoops home games here |
Charlotte
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This planet has at least 13 moons, including Naiad, Nereid & Proteus |
Neptune
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The name of this mode of transport comes from Greek words for "spiral" & "wing" |
helicopter
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The Silmarils in this author's "The Silmarillion" are 3 Middle-earth jewels |
Tolkien
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A comrade of Geronimo, Dahteste was a 19th century female warrior of this Native American tribe |
the Apache
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In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the mariner shoots this bird with his crossbow |
the albatross
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Seasonal decoration with small red berries |
Holly
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On Sept. 20, 2016 an amateur astronomer got pictures of the first hour of one of these massive star explosions |
a supernova
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Fitting for the category, from the Greek for "true sense", it's the study of word origin |
etymology
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The Crystal Gems on this Cartoon Network show are Pearl, Amethyst, Garnet & Steven, who is half gem & the title character |
Steven Universe
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In 2015 the first women completed a grueling course at this Georgia fort & became Army rangers |
(Avi: What is Fort Sumter?)
Fort Benning
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A mom & daughter are forced to flee Mexico for a farm labor camp in California in this "hopeful" tale by Pam Muñoz Ryan |
Esperanza Rising
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The longest river on the Emerald Isle |
Shannon
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This measure of distance in the universe is equal to 3.26 light years |
(Lucas: What is... a radius?)
a parsec
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This word for a sex cell with half the genetic material needed for a complete organism is from the Greek for "marriage" |
a gamete
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The purple Power Stone & the green Time Stone are just 2 of the 6 these Thanos searched for |
Infinity Stones
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