Europe
Scotland and a northern portion of a neighboring country make up this union that once conquered India and Hong Kong
This nine-letter term means to gradually increase in volume
What is crescendo?
Though the series is filmed in locations on Earth, it takes place within these celestial bodies in the fictional world
What are exoplanets?
Vasco da Gama set sail from this country to travel to Asia via the Cape of Good Hope
What is Portugal?
One of these incomplete bars may begin a piece of music; however, it does take away its length from the last bar of a piece that it is present in
What is a pickup?
The prequel trilogy of Star Wars introduced microscopic creatures that connected the characters to the force; those creatures are named after these key organelles and share their first two letters with them
What are mitochondria?
Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia make up the three nations collectively known as these states
What are the Baltic States?
This time signature is essentially common time counted using a longer note as the basic unit of time
What is cut time?
A sheep was the first animal to go through this process, which was pioneered a few years before the Star Wars film featuring an army of the results of this process was released
What is cloning?
What is Denmark?
DAILY DOUBLE
In string music, this term means to hit the strings using the wooden end of the bow to produce a percussive sound, as in the beginning of Holst's "The Planets"
The role of this particle, which contributed to the validation of the standard model of particle physics, can be compared to the role of the Jedi as carriers of the Force in Star Wars
What is the Higgs boson?
This mountain range in northern Europe is traditionally seen as the border between Europe and Asia
What are the Urals?
This Italian term refers to a strong emphasis on a particular note
What is marcato?
The cooling of these substances can give a hover vehicle (like the ones seen widely across Star Wars) the magnet that it requires to function
What are superconductors?