Science Fiction
Genetically re-created dinosaurs run amok on an island in this 1990 Michael Crichton novel
Jurassic Park
With 11 medals total, she's the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history
Simone Biles
Antarctica is circular except for a peninsula that stretches toward this continent & gets within 600 miles
South America
It has webbed feet & a bill, lays eggs & is venomous--but yes, it's a mammal!
platypus
this actor spied on his neighbors in Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window"
Jimmy Stewart
In an 1897 H.G. Wells tale, these invaders were killed by "disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared"
The Martians
A penalty kick shootout decided the 2022 men's World Cup soccer final, with this country led by Lionel Messi coming out on top
Argentina
Species of these found in Antarctica include the chinstrap & the Adelie
penguins
Males of these mammals engage in bouts called necking to establish a social hierarchy
giraffes
In "Psycho", it's the inn where Norman does his evil--or was it his mother?
The Bates Motel
The title hero of this 1985 novel is a boy genius (last name Wiggin) on his way to battle school & who might just be Earth's savior
Enders Game
The Indiana Fever's No. 1 draft pick in 2024, she's had a great "effect" on women's basketball
Caitlin Clark
Arriving in December 1911, this Norwegian's expedition won the race to be the first to reach the South Pole
Amundsen
The dwarf one of these is one of the smallest members of the kangaroo family
wallaby
In this 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film, James Stewart played a former police detective afraid of heights
Vertigo
Jules Verne's "From the Earth to" this heavenly body doesn't actually depict the journey; that's in the sequel
The Moon
A classic volleyball sequence goes bump (stop the shot), set (tee up a teammate), this powerful attacking hit that may yield a kill
A spike
Despite regulation of spray cans, an 8-million-square-mile hole still appears in this over Antarctica each year
the ozone layer
Bloat is the word for a group of these huge mammals & Uganda's Kazinga Channel has plenty of bloats
hippo
This Swede who starred in 3 of Hitchcock's films called him "A gentleman farmer who raised goose flesh"
Ingrid Bergman
Earth & Mars are factions in "The Expanse", as are Belters, many of whom live on this largest rock in our asteroid belt
Ceres
She was named Swimming World magazine's American Woman Swimmer of the Year 2013-2018, 2021 & 2022
Katie Ledecky
This Antarctic research station has the same name as Russia's first manned ventures into space & means "east" in Russian
Vostok
This largest mammal tips the scales at 150 tons
a blue whale
Hitchcock's 1940 classic "Rebecca" was based on a book by this female novelist
Daphne de Maurier