HISTORY
It took $15 million to add 828,000 square miles to the U.S. in this historic 1803 deal
the Louisiana Purchase
This dog who guarded the entrance to Hades is often described as having 3 heads & a serpent's tail
Cerberus
Found in almost every living cell, DNA stands for this
deoxyribonucleic acid
This hunchbacked bell ringer of the Cathedral of Notre Dame was deaf
Quasimodo
She closed out the 2021 inauguration celebration by singing "Firework" as fireworks shot across the sky
Katy Perry
Known as the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma in 1974, the nation changed its name to this 15 years later
Myanmar
In Norse myth, slain heroes chosen by Odin feasted & reveled in this great "hall"
Valhalla
Famous ones of these include the Perseids in July or August & the Leonids in November
meteor showers
The young narrator of "To Kill a Mockingbird" has the given names Jean Louise but goes by this nickname
Scout
Suites based on shows like "Adventure Time" & "Ben 10" are at the hotel named for this network
Cartoon Network
Tradition says here's the roughly 25-mile route Pheidippides ran in 490 B.C., bringing news of victory to Athens from this plain whose name is known beyond ancient history
Marathhon
An avid hunter, this handsome youth was killed by a wild boar
Adonis
Coal & natural gas are types of this alliterative stuff formed in the earth from plant or animal remains, & used as a source of energy
fossil fuels
Washington Irving's story about this nap-happy fella was first published in "The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."
Rip Van Winkle
In this 2017 Greta Gerwig coming-of-age movie , Sacramento teen Christine McPherson would rather go by a different, more buggy name
Lady Bird
In 1609 this English navigator sailed into the yet-to-be-named Delaware Bay; he'd sail in a river named for him the same year
Hudson
The Egyptian sun god Re became identified with this god of Thebes & their names were joined together
Amun
It's about 5 feet long & includes the cecum & the colon
the large intestine
This title character says, "I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me. Why should it keep what I must lose?"
Dorian Gray
An industrious raccoon named Tom Nook runs the in-game business in this Nintendo game
Animal Crossing
In 1559 Protestant reformer John Calvin founded the university of this Swiss city
Geneva
A weaver by day & an unraveler by night, she kept suitors at bay during Odysseus' absence by never finishing her shroud
Penelope
It's equal to -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit
absolute zero
In Lousia May Alcott's "Little Women" Beth is a pianist, Meg is traditional, Amy is an artist, and this sister is a tomboy
Jo
Mobster & assassin Frank Sheeran is the title character of this 2019 Martin Scorsese mob epic
The Irishman