A GEM OF A TALE
"P" IS FOR SCIENCE
FEMALE SINGERS MONONYMOUS
Mammals
"SC"ILENT C
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Tuned to the Force, the Jedi use kyber crystals in these glowing weapons
a lightsaber
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When an egg cell in a flower fertilizes itself, it's called "self-" this
pollinating
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In 1993 she was on "Star Search" in a group with Kelly Rowland called Girl's Tyme but lost to Skeleton Crew
Beyoncé
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Beneath the white fur, the skin of this bear is black, which helps absorb heat from the sun
Polar Bear
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A fertile area in Mesopotamia is described as having this shape
a crescent
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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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The mix of water & chemicals that made up Earth's oceans billions of years ago is often called this kind of "soup"
primordial (or primeval)
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"Pure Heroine" & "Melodrama" are albums by this New Zealander who became famous in her teens
Lorde
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In England, in days of yore, the head of this wild swine was a centerpiece of the Christmas feast
A boar
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The British crown jewels include one of these "with cross" & one "with dove"
a scepter
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The Silmarils in this author's "The Silmarillion" are 3 Middle-Earth jewels
Tolkien
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Among species, there are brood, social & sexual types of this relationship in which someone is usually a loser
a parasitic relationship
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This Brit: "I've never wanted to look like models...I represent the majority of women & I'm very proud of that"
Adele
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Meerkats are members of this mammal family that's noted for its cobra-killing capabilities
mongoose
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It literally means "emitting sparks" & this conversation is less than...
scintillating
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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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School glue is made up of these long molecule chains, whose name is from the Greek for "many"--adding a water & borax solution helps link them, creating gooey kids' slime
polymers
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She topped the singles charts in 1971 & '99 & we believe she's not done yet
Cher
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More than half the tigers left in the world are this subspecies from India
Bengal tigers
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The iA model of this Toyota car became the Yaris iA
Scion
2000
The purple power stone & the green time stone are just of the 6 these Thanos searched for
Infinity Stones
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It's the astronomic term for the point in the Moon's orbit when it's nearest the Earth
perigee
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Martin Luther King Jr. called this singer & activist "The Queen of American Folk Music"
Odetta
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Sharing about 93% of their DNA with humans, these monkeys, native to Asia, have long been used in medical research
Rhesus Monkeys
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This leg nerve is the longest in the body
Sciatic