Spacebound
Gene Kranz, the no-nonsense flight director of Apollo 13 is played in the movie by this The Truman Show actor.
Who is Ed Harris?
This city includes such sights as the British Museum, the river Thames, and the ravens of the Tower.
What is London, England?
Robert Galbraith is the crime fiction pen name of this fantasy author.
Who is J.K Rowling?
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s operatic musical was 15-year-old Libby’s favorite; she watched the Gerard Butler movie daily for a week.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
This embroidery stitch – Libby’s favorite – creates a seamless line for outlines and lettering.
What is the back stitch?
This Apollo 11 astronaut never walked on the moon but stayed behind in the command module.
Who is Mike/Michael Collins?
Libby’s extended family call this city home – and so does Independence Hall, the place where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
As in The Secret Garden and A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett often references this colonized country.
What is India?
This later Paul Simon album stunned the world, but it was one of the very first things Libby ever listened to.
What is Graceland?
The customer is responsible for this 20% portion after the insurance has paid 80% of the charge.
What is coinsurance?
Thanks to the weeks-long Gemini 7 mission, by the time of Apollo 13, this astronaut had the most hours in space.
Who is Jim Lovell?
This US City includes Baylor College and the Magnolia Silos market, but Libby went there for the library.
What is Waco, Texas?
Known for Little Women, Louisa May Alcott also wrote about Rose and her seven boy cousins in this book.
What is Eight Cousins? (Will also accept Rose in Bloom)
Another Webber musical was the first one Libby ever heard; her dad blasted this rock opera through the stereo system.
What is Jesus Christ Superstar?
This crotchety founding father is Libby’s favorite – he lived to see the 50th anniversary of Independence Day.
Who is John Adams?
This disaster on the Apollo 1 mission claimed the lives of the three astronauts and delayed the Apollo space program in its wake.
What is a fire?
Libby was able to be in Toledo, Spain for this festival, which includes giant wooden dolls and a flower-strewn parade for the Holy Sacrament.
What is Corpus Christi?
Starring in books such as All Systems Red and Rogue Protocol, the eponymous protagonist of this series does not consider itself human.
Who is Murderbot?/What is the Murderbot Diaries?
This band is Libby’s modern favorite; it features drums, guitars, and cello.
Who are the Happy Fits?
This foodstuff, known as maize in England, is one of the first human-engineered crops.
What is corn?
The meaning of the Apollo 13 motto, “Ex luna, sciencia.”
What is from the moon, knowledge?
When touring this historical Roman building, Libby learned that Assassin’s Creed got it right about the rosettes that covered its famous dome.
What is the Pantheon?
Libby’s favorite of Tom Stoppard’s plays, this play bounces back and forth between two periods of time and around math, science, and literature.
What is Arcadia?
Possibly the only number Libby really remembers, this is Jean Valjean’s prison number in Les Miserables.
What is 24601?
This disease of the blood vessels of the extremities is what causes Libby’s feet to turn purple.
What is Reynaud’s Disease?