PHYSICS
Abbreviated W, in physics it's the amount of energy used to move an object over a certain distance
work
Also known for his detective fiction, French author Gaston Leroux wrote this 1910 "operatic" work
The Phantom of the Opera
Iggy Azalea
Australia
One who doodles, or a sliding storage compartment in a cabinet
drawer
Coal soot during the Industrial Revolution caused the peppered species of this insect to quickly evolve to have darker wings
a moth
Most of the visible matter in the universe exists in this ionized state, neither solid, liquid nor gas
plasma
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This Camus novel was inspired by a run-in his friend had with 2 Arab men on a beach
Celine Dion
Canada
As a flower, it's one syllable; as a pale type of wine, it's 2
rose/rosé
This actress has played Pepper Potts on film since 2008
Gwyneth Paltrow
In basic physics laws, this word precedes "of energy" & "of linear momentum
conservation
The author of "My Brilliant Friend" uses this Italian pseudonym & will stop publishing if her identity is revealed
Elena Ferrante
Nicki Minaj
Trinidad and Tobago
As an Italian musical direction, it's definitely 2 syllables; as a word meaning "talent", it can be one or 2
forte
He was arrested after leading the 1930 Salt March, which protested British rule
Gandhi
"Moment of force" is another term for this force of rotation around an axis
torque
Percy Shelley wrote the poem "Adonais" in honor of this friend and other poet
Keats
NIKI
indonesia
As a verb, this word means "gained knowledge" but as a 2-syllable adjective, it means "erudite"
learned
The Salt River is a tributary of this other 4-letter river in Arizona
the Gila River
Particles called gluons bind these other mysterious "flavored" particles together
quarks
In addition to a devilish masterwork, this German wrote "The Sorrows of Young Werther"
Goethe
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Wyclef Jean
The top of your head, or a liver spread
pate/paté
In negotiations between the U.S. & the USSR, SALT stood for these talks
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks