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This women's tennis player defeated her sister in the Australian Open while she was pregnant
Who is Serena Williams?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe began with the release of this movie starring Robert Downey Jr.
What is Iron Man?
American Programmer Jack Sweeney was issued a cease and desist letter by this American singer-songwriter for tracking her private jet
Who is Taylor Alison Swift?
In Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywaker goes to the Dagobah system to visit this character
Who is Yoda?
Hamlet with Lions, this Disney movie follows a young heir who is forced to flee after his uncle kills his father and usurps the throne
What is the Lion King?
This franchise defeated the Dallas Mavericks four games to one, winning their first championship since 2008 and 18th overall, the most of any franchise in this sport
What is the Boston Celtics?
Part Buddy Cop and Part Sci-fi this marvel movie introduces audiences to their first female title character
What is Captain Marvel?
Born and raised in Houston, Texas, this artists released a song named after a card game that reached number one on Billboard's Hot Country Songs. (Name of the artist not the song)
Who is Beyoncé?
The original script for The Empire Strikes Back had Han and Leia both confess feelings for each other before he was frozen in carbonite. Director Irvin Kershner felt this was too sapy so he had Harrison Ford repeatly improvise lines until they found this line.
What is "I Know"?
This animated film featuring gnomes as the main characters differs from its Shakespearean source in the third act as the director Kelly Asbury wanted to "keep daggers and poison and suicide out" (the name of the adapation not the original play)
What is Gnomeo & Juliet?
This member of the big four sports leagues in North America (MLB, the NBA, the NFL, and the NHL) plays its entire season in one calendar year
What is Major League Baseball?
The Pentagon frequently gives Marvel Directors military equipment and access in exchange for script approval. This film was poised to receive similar support, but was rejected due to the unclear nature of the secretive government agency SHIELD and its plan to nuke New York City.
What is the Avenegers (2012 film)?
Luke comb's cover of this song did not change the lyrics "I work in the market as a checkout girl" and reached 23rd on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart
What is Fast Car?
In Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), Obi Wan Kenobi commits this war crime which Screen Rant descirbed as an "amazing and hilarious tactic" to defeat Seperatists forces on the planet of Christophsis
What is Perfidy or faking surrending?
(It is a war crime under Protocol I of the Geneva Convention)
The 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You follows new student Cameron James who is smitten with Bianca Stratford and attempts to get bad boy Patrick Veron to date her antisocial sister Kat in order to get around her father's strict rules on dating. It is a modern day adaption of this Shakespearean comedy
What is the Taming of the Shrew?
This WNBA team won their first WNBA Championship in franchise history after defeating the Minnesota Lynx in the 2024 WNBA Finals.
What is the New York Liberty?
In this film a CIA agent helps to restore the legitimate government of an African Nation prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction
What is Black Panther?
This song by American singer-songwriter Billie Elish, peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and appeared in the Barbie Soundtrack
What is "What Was I Made For?"
In an interview with James Cameron, Star Wars creator George Lucas compared the rebels to this real world group because of their use of asymmetric tactics against a highly organized empire on a forrest planet.
What is the Vietcong? (National Liberation Front of South Vietnam)
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a line spoken by this character from Hamlet
Who is Queen Gertrude?
In 1965, this man served as an analyst for ABC's Major League Baseball Game of the Week telecasts, the first black person to do so.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This character's role was recast after the first Iron Man Movie because the actor was reportedly offered a 50 to 80 percent pay cut for Iron Man 2
Who is James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War machine / Iron Patriot?
This song which spent 19 weeks at the top of the chart interpolates its chorus from J-Kwon's 2004 single of a similar name. Chris Molanphy of Slate wrote that it "fuses the kid-friendly counting lyrics from J-Kwon’s original rap hit ... with more adult concerns that reflect our current national malaise"
What is "A Bar Song (Tipsy)?"
The Bechdel test is measure of women's representation in film. This is the first Star Wars movie to pass the test.
What is Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
This Shakespearean sonnet features the line "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" (you need the number)
What is Sonnet 18