"The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters", "The Sorting Hat"
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America was the world's first inverted, outside-looping one of these rides
A Roller Coaster
One who does this threatens to reveal damaging information if not paid to keep quiet
Blackmails
It's the term for a chord that goes through the center of a circle
A diameter
MJFF stands for this Canadian actor's foundation, which raises money to find a cure for Parkinson's disease
Michael J Fox
"Baskerville Hall", "First Report of Dr. Watson"
The Hound of the Baskervilles
At the Grammys from the Staples Center in 2020, Alicia Keys said, "We are... heartbroken in The House That" this Laker "Built"
Kobe Bryant
When one of these is "raised", it's a warning of danger
A Red Flag
A congruent number is a positive integer that can be the area of a rational right triangle; in the case of the right trianglewith the measurements of 3, 4, and 5, this is the congruent number
6
After his mom posted videos of him on YouTube, Usher signed him to a record deal & he became a global pop icon as a teen
Justin Bieber
"Tom Shows His Generosity--Aunt Polly Weakens"
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
This tiny 4-letter green plant covers forest floors; what's called this on the north side of trees is often actually algae
Moss
Not a full but a partial loss of electrical power
A Brownout
To indicate a factorial for a given integer, you put this punctuation mark after it
An exclamation mark
This star of "John Wick" bought Harley-Davidson motorcycles for the stunt crew he worked with on "The Matrix Reloaded"
Keanu Reeves
"Huts on the Beach", "Castle Rock"
Lord of the Flies
The female of this animal named for an Australian island gives birth to 20-40 joeys but only 4 survive
A Tasmanian Devil
A drawing made in designing a building, or any plan, as in one "for success"
A blueprint
It's the bottom edge of a geometric figure, or a number that is raised to a power
The base
This Canadian star of "La La Land" has written letters to KFC & McDonald's on behalf of PETA
Ryan Gosling
"Mowgli's Brothers"
The Jungle Book
President Carter's executive orders 12127 & 12148 set up this agency that's ready for disaster
FEMA
More verdant paddocks, or something more promising, like a new job
Vector calculus involves 2 or more of these changeable quantities, either dependent or independent
Variables
He was just 18 & really "Sid the Kid" in 2005-06, when he racked up 102 points for the Pittsburgh Penguins
Sydney Crosby