Women Soldiers
A Bit Of Lit
First Names With Double Letters
Space Science
A Gem Of A Tale
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In 1782 Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man & enlisted & served during this war

The American Revolution

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Among his great works of fiction are "The Sun Also Rises" & "The Old Man and the Sea"

Hemingway

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Actress Watson or Stone

Emma

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The 88 of these star groupings is a set number--new stars discovered are just added to the closest ones

a constellation
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Tuned to the Force, the Jedi use kyber crystals in these glowing weapons

Lightsaber

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Telesilla led an army defending Argos from a 490s B.C. attack by this warlike city-state

Sparta

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In an epic poem, he not only kills the monster Grendel, but also Grendel's mother

Beowulf

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“Weeping“ tree

Willow

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An aphelion is the point in an orbit when an object is farthest from this

The Sun

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By accident or not, Rose drops the Heart of the Ocean into the sea at the end of this movie

Titanic

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Cathay Williams, the only woman in the Buffalo Soldiers, is honored with a bust in Leavenworth in this state

Kansas

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Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution is called this, like an ancient capital

Persepolis

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The Hornets play their hoops home games here

Charlotte

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This planet has at least 13 moons, including Naiad, Nereid & Proteus

Neptune

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The Silmarils in this author's "The Silmarillion" are 3 Middle-earth jewels

Tolkien

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A comrade of Geronimo, Dahteste was a 19th century female warrior of this Native American tribe

Apache

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DAILY DOUBLE: In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the mariner shoots this bird with his crossbow

The Albatross

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Seasonal decoration with small red berries

Holly

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On Sept. 20, 2016 an amateur astronomer got pictures of the first hour of one of these massive star explosions

A supernova

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The Crystal Gems on this Cartoon Network show are Pearl, Amethyst, Garnet & Steven, who is half gem & the title character

Steven Universe

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In 2015 the first women completed a grueling course at this Georgia fort & became Army rangers

Fort Benning

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A mom & daughter are forced to flee Mexico for a farm labor camp in California in this "hopeful" tale by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Esperanza Ring

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The longest river on the Emerald Isle

Shannon

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This measure of distance in the universe is equal to 3.26 light years

A parsec

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The purple Power Stone & the green Time Stone are just 2 of the 6 these Thanos searched for

Infinity Stones