Shared Roots
The Latin root meaning "public" is behind this word, which can mean "public", as well as many other things, and this other word that generally refers to the ways in which information is passed around.
What are common and communication?
The number of full weeks in a year.
What is 52?
After removing this woman's head, Perseus decided it was a good idea to carry it around with him in a bag, and, lo and behold, it eventually proved very useful to him.
Who is Medusa?
In addition to Kentucky, Virginia, and Massachusetts, it is one of the four states that is legally designated as a "commonwealth."
What is Pennsylvania?
The Greek root meaning "the people" is behind this word that describes an outbreak of a disease and this word which describes a form of government.
What are epidemic and democracy?
The number of petals on an orchid blossom.
What is 5?
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is the philosophy that this mythical beast lives by... at least as far as decapitation is concerned.
What is the hydra?
It is the only state in the Union that can split into several smaller states (earning itself an extra eight senators) without the permission of Congress.
What is Texas?
The Greek for "self" is the root behind this word for a vehicle and this word for a common neurological developmental disorder.
What are automobile and autism?
The number of slots in a Jeep's front grille.
What is 7?
This Knight of the Round Table had to learn the hard way that when a mysterious being waltzes into your magical fairy tale kingdom offering to trade heads, it's generally safe to assume it's a trap.
Who is Sir Gawain?
Due to the ruling in Texas v White in which Supreme Court ruled that, in the eyes of the law, the Confederate States never technically seceded, the creation of this state is (jocularly) of questionable constitutionality.
What is West Virginia?
The Latin root for "turn" is behind this word, which might be used to describe something scandalous and divisive, and this word, which you might see on a card in UNO.
What are controversial and reverse?
The highest number of Nobel Prizes won by the same person.
What is 2?
The monster Humbaba begs for mercy from this epic Mesopotamian hero, but he refuses opting instead for a noggin amputation.
Who is Gilgamesh?
In 1872 the United States was awarded the San Juan islands in this state by international arbitration by Kaiser Wilhelm I.
What is Washington?
The Latin root meaning "to grasp" is behind this word which means "all inclusive" and this word used to describe a monkey's tail.
What are comprehensive and prehensile?
The number of surviving Avengers who travel back in time in Endgame.
What is 9?
The titular hero of an approximately millennium-old epic poem slays this legendary beast with his bear hands, but decapitates the corpse for good measure upon finding it some days later.
Who is Grendel?
The state of Arizona does not use daylight savings time unlike the rest of the continental United States. The Navajo Nation, inside Arizona, does use daylight savings time. This indigenous nation inside the Navajo nation also doesn't use daylight savings time, and a small piece of the Navajo nation inside this nation's territory follows the conventions of the rest of the Navajo nation by using daylight savings time, so there is a region using daylight savings time in a region that doesn't in a region that does in a region that doesn't in a region that does.
What is the Hopi Nation?