Famous Americans
Her grave marker at Arlington bears only a cross, the years 1929-1994, & her full name, including "Bouvier"
Jackie Kennedy
In a battle between them, Ares is defeated by this Greek goddess of war, his female counterpart
Athena
This metallic element's name comes from Latin for the island of Cyprus, where it was mined
Copper
Money paid to release one from the hoosegow
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a large bundle of goods
Ball/bale
This Black Panther actor wanted T'Challa's accent to be authentically African, so he spoke in a dialect based on South African Xhosa
Chadwick Boseman
Last name of the brothers whose "Of Thee I Sing" was the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize
Gershwin
In some myths, Eros is the son of this love goddess
Aphrodite
It's the only elemental metal that's liquid at room temperature, which it can be used to measure
Mercury
An adjective meaning twofold
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a deadly contest
Dual/duel
The arc reactor in Tony Stark's chest had a core of this element, symbol Pd; exposure to it would later poison him
palladium
This man who helped win ratification of the Constitution by Maryland gave his name to a famous fort
James McHenry
This Greek goddess of agriculture has a daughter by Zeus (her brother)
Demeter
This coinage metal, atomic number 28, was identified by a Swedish chemist in 1751
nickel
A warning on the links
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what Vier means in German
fore/four
Groot's vocabulary in Guardians 2 is limited; this actor got a script with translations from Groot-speak so his delivery could vary
Vin Diesel
This 19th century political cartoonist popularized the elephant & donkey as party symbols
Thomas Nast
As a baby, this handsome youth was put into the care of Persephone, who later had to share custody
Adonis
Its mass 1 isotope is also called protium
Hydrogen
To quote an author
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the location of a proposed building
cite/site
Ant-Man is warned about getting small in this sub-atomic micro-verse; he gets stuck there after his retrieval crew blips
the Quantum Realm
After filling Joe McCarthy's Senate seat, this Democrat fought long & hard against wasteful govt. spending
William Proxmire
She is both the mother & the wife of Oedipus
Jocasta
Y? Y ask about this element with the symbol Y? Because it's used in structural ceramics, fluorescent lamps & simulated diamonds
yttrium
An insect
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to hurry away
flea/flee
Captain Marvel gets some powers due to the Tesseract; others she has via an infusion of this alien race's blood thanks to Yon-Rogg
Kree