This state contains the Sierra Nevada mountains.
California
This film provided the first major team-up movie of Marvel's rebooted super hero franchises.
The Avengers
With strong buzz from debut single "Tim McGraw", this country-turned-pop icon published this eponymous debut in 2006.
Taylor Swift
Nicknamed "Blackfish" this species of whale is the largest marine carnivore.
Orca
Kansas
This American range shares geologic markers with its sister range across the Atlantic in the Scottish Highlands.
Appalachian
This 2016 movie's sequel has just released into theatres this Thanksgiving season.
Zootopia
Sabrina Carpenter
This character from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea also lends his name to a famous film star fish.
Captain Nemo
Mr. Plott attended high-school in this western Nebraska town for one year:his Freshman.
North Platte, NE
This mountain range forms the border between Spain, France, and tiny Andorra.
Pyrenees
This franchise sequel/reboot trilogy [first of three films] began under the directorship of J.J. Abrams.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dangerously in Love is the debut album from this Texan who became a music titan throughout the 2010s and to present day.
Beyonce
This marine creature has tendrils over 100 feet long and takes its name from a 18th century sailing vessel and an Iberian country.
Portuguese Man-o'-War
Mr. Plott holds undergraduate degrees in these two disciplines.
Political Science, History
This range in North Africa, primarily Morocco, was home to an extinct species of black lions, who's last recorded members died in the early 20th century.
Atlas
This biopic directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day Lewis, came out in 2012 unpacking the Presidential burdens of the Civil War.
Lincoln
Pink Friday
This marine mammal was a creature of mythic descriptions, with a massive single tooth that protrudes from its skull.
Narwhal
In 2005, Mr. Plott learned about this MMORPG, a portmanteau of Run and Escape.
Runescape
These mountains in the middle of the Italian peninsula provided a natural southern border for the ancient Etruscan people.
Apennines
This film won best picture in 2018, starring Vigo Mortensen and Mashershala Ali sees an Italian taxi driver ferrying an African American musician across the Jim Crow south.
Green Book
This now globally renowned artist released her debut album True Romance in 2013 to limited fanfare, with modest success on UK Pop and House charts.
Charli XCX
This shrimp has some of the world's strongest punch in proportion to its size.
Mantis Shrimp
This small, furry, and typically alpine or arctic carnivore, served as the mascot for Mr. Plott's elementary and middle school.
Lynx