Beyond Neptune
This spiral galaxy stretches across the night sky as a hazy, glowing band of stars.
What is the Milky Way?
Eight kings by this name ruled England between the 12th and 16th centuries, the last and most famous of which had six wives and established the Church of England.
What is Henry?
The largest American company is this retailer, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Rosaline, Eurydice, Dianoga
Rosaline: Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet)
Eurydice: Greek Myth (Orpheus and Eurydice)
Dianoga: Star Wars (A New Hope)
This dish, fried squid, can be served with dipping sauces like remoulade or marinara.
What is calamari?
Our closest Local Group neighbor, this galaxy will collide with our own in 4 billion years.
What is Andromeda?
From the Sun King to the monarch executed in 1793, this name dominated the French throne for over 7 centuries.
What is Louis?
Apple is headquartered in the city of Cupertino, in this state.
What is California?
Lear, Antigone, Jyn
Lear: Shakespeare (King Lear)
Antigone: Greek Myth (Daughter of Oedipus)
Jyn: Star Wars (Rogue One)
Bouillabaisse is a traditional Provençal fish soup originating in the port city of Marseille, in this country.
What is France?
Discovered in 1705, this famous periodic comet swings so far from the Sun that its orbit reaches beyond Neptune.
What is Halley's Comet?
Of the ten British monarchs from 1714 to 1952, only four (William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, and Edward VIII) did not bear this name.
What is George?
With a near monopoly on the GPUs required to train AI models, this semiconductor company has recently become the world's most valuable.
What is NVIDIA?
Cassius, Cassian, Cassiopeia
Cassian: Star Wars (Rogue One, primarily)
Cassius: Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)
Cassiopeia: Greek Myth (Queen of Aethiopia)
Traditional uses for these little tinned fish include adding them to puttanesca sauce or Caesar dressing.
What are anchovies?
Named for its crustacean-like appearance, this supernova remnant in Taurus was first seen exploding in 1054.
What is the Crab Nebula?
Two 18th-century empresses of Russia went by this name, the second of which being known as "the Great".
What is Catherine?
Though most of its top-earning locations are in the continental U.S., Costco's single highest-revenue store is more than 2,000 miles from Los Angeles, in this city.
What is Honolulu?
Tarkin, Seyton, Alecto
Tarkin: Star Wars (A New Hope)
Seyton: Shakespeare (Macbeth)
Alecto: Greek Myth (One of the furies)
A New Orleans dish named after financier John D. Rockefeller requires this bivalve mollusk.
What are Oysters?
Outside the orbit of Neptune exists this circumstellar disc consisting mostly of asteroids, icy bodies, and dwarf planets, such as Pluto.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
Separated by nearly 1,300 years, the father of Alexander the Great and the Spanish Hapsburg who annexed Portugal share this name.
What is Philip?
This executive returned to lead Disney in 2022 after previously expanding its empire to include Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm.
Who is Bob Iger?
Lepidus, Leto, Bail
Lepidus: Shakespeare (Julius Caesar, primarily)
Leto: Greek Mythology (Mother of Apollo / Artemis)
Bail: Star Wars (Adoptive Father of Leia)
An Italian dialect gives us this name for the European sea bass, which is often served with lemon
What is branzino?