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Number 28 on the periodic table is a conductive metal that lends its name to this lower denomination of United States coinage
What is nickel?
Debuting in 1938, this alien superhero works as a reporter in his civilian identity and now gets his powers from the sun
Who is Superman?
This Californian author wrote classics such as East of Eden and Of Mice and Men
Who is John Steinbeck?
This city boasts the United States' first and oldest Chinatown to date, born from the Gold Rush of the mid 1800s
What is San Francisco?
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Orbiting Jupiter, this moon with a very "continental" name possesses the prospect for life because of its vast subterranean sea
What is Europa?
This 28th President of the United States was governor of New Jersey and architected the League of Nations after World War I
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Debuting in the Silver Age in 1962, this superhero raised in Forest Hill, Queens, stuck around because he was a major teen superhero who wasn't a sidekick to an adult
Who is Spider-Man?
This playright from Columbus, Mississippi is known for works such as A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Who is Tennessee Williams?
Following shortly after America's first Chinatown, Canada's oldest Chinatown is located in this British Columbian city
What is Victoria?
Aptly named because we cannot see it, this type of matter was discovered because the observed amount of ordinary matter could not account for the movement of galaxies
What is dark matter?
This 2002 movie which received a sequel in 2025 details the outbreak of a "Rage Virus" and its effects in England
What is "28 Days Later"?
In the hit series "Dragon Ball" by Akira Toriyama, in order to defeat Buu, Vegeta and Goku use this mystical item to fuse
What are the Potara Earrings?
Finally resting in Camden, New Jersey, this American poet known for "O Captain! My Captain"'s lifelong collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, was worked on for almost 40 years
Who is Walt Whitman?
Paris, France has the largest Chinatown in Europe located in this unlucky number arrondissement or "district" in English
What is the 13th?
This nearest star system to our Solar System was named after a Greek letter combined with the name of a hybrid half-horse mythological creature
What is Alpha Centauri?
The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 received royal assent on August 28th to abolish slavery in this world-spanning empire
What is the British Empire?
Hailing from the Lower East Side, this man called the "King of Comics" created legends such as Captain America and Darkseid
Who is Jack Kirby?
Mentor to James Baldwin, this author had a falling out with him after Baldwin criticized his work, Native Son
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This originally Chinese and Peruvian culinary tradition soon spread to Ecuador and Chile, becoming a word synonymous with a "Chinese restaurant"
What is "chifa"?
The elongation of wavelengths of light as light escapes a blackhole is captured by this colorful name
What is redshift?
28 is the fourth one of these types of spellbinding numbers in physics which denote a specific count of protons or neutrons that result in exceptional nuclear stability
What is a magic number?
What is Baratie?
This author was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, conducting anthropological research at Barnard College, and known for writing Their Eyes Were Watching God
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
In Manila, this district is the oldest Chinatown in the world, established in 1594 by the Spaniards for Catholic Chinese
What is Binondo?