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This Marvel superhero gets a little bigger — and much greener — when he’s angry.
Who is the Hulk?
In the world of movies, this term is often used for a fresh take on an old franchise.
What is Reboot?
This word, meaning “fear of confined spaces,” comes from the Latin claustrum, meaning “barrier” or “lock.”
What is claustrophobia?
This creature can survive without its head for several days before dying from thirst.
What is a cockroach?
This “King of Rock and Roll” was known for hits like Jailhouse Rock and Hound Dog.
Who is Elvis Presley?
Each March, this Midwestern city celebrates St. Patrick’s Day by dyeing its river bright green.
What is Chicago?
In physics, it’s the change in direction of a wave, such as light, passing from one medium to another.
What is refraction?
In Ancient Greece, if a politician was voted into exile, citizens wrote their names on shards of pottery called ostraka. This practice gave us this 9-letter verb for excluding someone from a group.
This creature's heart beats up to 1,200 times per minute when it’s active.
What is a hummingbird?
This gemstone, a type of quartz, is often found in geodes and can be purple in color.
What is amethyst?
The Masters golf tournament awards winners this iconic jacket.
What is the Green Jacket?
This period of European history, meaning "rebirth," saw a surge in art, literature, and learning between the 14th and 17th centuries.
What is the Renaissance?
The word “salary” comes from salarium, which referred to this essential commodity once paid to Roman soldiers.
What is salt?
This sea creature can regenerate not just its arms but its entire central body if needed.
What is a starfish?
Known as the “God of Hellfire,” this frontman of KISS painted his face and rocked the stage for decades.
Who is Gene Simmons?
This Shakespeare title character is often described as being “green-eyed monster” when consumed by jealousy.
Who is Othello?
This 1938 Daphne du Maurier novel begins with the famous line, "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."
What is Rebecca?
This word for a deceptive or cowardly person originally referred to a "broken bench." In Medieval Italy, when a merchant could no longer pay his debts, his trading bench was physically smashed to show he was out of business.
What is bankrupt?
This Australian marsupial has fingerprints so similar to humans that they can confuse crime scene investigators.
What is a koala?
The Rolling Stones got their name from this type of music, inspired by a Muddy Waters song.
What is blues rock?
This environmentally themed 2006 documentary was presented by former Vice President Al Gore.
What is An Inconvenient Truth?
This 2000 sports drama starred Denzel Washington as high school football coach Herman Boone.
What is Remember the Titans?
This common 10-letter word for a person's surroundings comes from the Old French viron, meaning "a circle." To be in this is literally to be "encircled" by your world.
What is environment?
This tiny frog from South America is one of the world’s most poisonous animals, yet weighs less than a paperclip.
What is the golden poison dart frog?
This igneous rock, often black and used in construction, comes from cooled lava.
What is basalt?