Stars
Nicknamed Lucy after a song, a star in Centaurus hosts a core of this gem, 10 billion trillion trillion carats in size
What is the Diamond?
Seth Rogen, Ike Barinholtz & Catherine O'Hara star in this comedy about Tinseltown execs
What is The Studio?
An early proponent of Newton, Laura Bassi was the first female professor of this science in Europ
What is Physics?
I've mastered origami, the art of folding paper, & now I'm tackling kirigami, the art of folding & also doing this to paper
What is Cutting?
CANADIAN GIRLFRIENDS:
In the early 2010s, Brody Jenner had a Canadian girlfriend, this singer
Who is Avril Lavigne?
Castor is approximately 17 light years away from this star it shares a constellation with
What is Pollux?
Kristine Froseth played the alluring Alaska Young in this miniseries based on John Green's young adult novel
What is Looking for Alaska?
This archduchess & empress led Austria through the Seven Years' War & was the mother of Marie Antoinette
Who is Marie Theresa?
I bought an antique physiognotrace at an estate sale & I use it for making these portraits, named for a French finance minister
What are Silhouettes?
CLASSIC ROCK & CLASSIC FILMS:
In 1976 Groucho Marx sent this band a telegram congratulating them on their "sage choice" in album titles
Who is Queen?
Epsilon Leonis & Mu Leonis are stars in this asterism of Leo with the name of a farming tool
What is a Scythe? (Sickle)
In 2024 Peacock announced a new series called "The Paper", set in the same universe as this sitcom
What is The Office?
Also an engraver & an artist, this poet had a lyrical menagerie that included "The Lamb" & "The Tyger"
Who is William Blake?
I attend a weekly crop, an event often likened to a quilting bee that originated in this crafty activity
What is Scarpbooking?
HISTORIC PHRASES:
In 1914 Belgium's queen gave this phrase a political meaning, saying one had descended between her & Germany
What is an Iron Curtain?
Called the Star of Isis in Ancient Egypt, its rise in summer forecasted the rise of the Nile River
What is Sirius?
After three episodes on "Star Trek: Discovery", Rebecca Romijn brought first officer Una Chin-Riley to this prequel series
What is Strange New Worlds?
Published in 1776, "The Wealth of Nations" by this Scot became a foundational study of the history of economics
Who is Adam Smith?
I've found a new use for olive oil: making this type of soap named for a region of Spain
What is Castile?
20TH CENTURY NAMES:
According to one obituary, in 1935 he owned 13 magazines, 8 radio stations, 2 movie companies & $56 million in real estate
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
Arcturus, the brightest star in Boötes, is this colorful type of star, the fate of some main sequence stars
What is a Red Giant?
The adaptation of Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" stars this "Gone Girl" girl
Who is Rosamund Pike?
Toussaint Louverture emancipated enslaved people on this island & lobbied for independence there
What is Hispaniola?
When I hear this word, I no longer think soup but "pottery that's been fired once in a kiln & hasn't been glazed"
What is Bisque?
TODAY SPELLING COUNTS:
The winning word at the first Scripps National Spelling Bee was this, a plant & genus with sword-shaped leaves now on the trophy
What is Gladiolus?