You're in San Diego and you drive north along I-5; soon you'll hit this California city known for its movie industry.
Los Angeles
A shade of white, or a producer of pearls
oyster
Slate's theory on why glasses were enough to disguise this hero--all his pals had a condition called face blindness
superman
Term for a system of interconnected computers & devices; a LAN is a "local area" one
network
Pester
(3)
nag
This largest Turkish city is the last stop on the Orient Express
istanbul
When you need braces on your teeth, you see this specialist
orthodontist
Based in the conveniently located Central City, this hero is AKA the Scarlet Speedster & the Fastest Man Alive
the flash
Nations get their own domain extensions; .dk is the one for this country
denmark
Can't feel a thing
(4)
numb
If you take a shortcut south through the Suez Canal, you end up in this sea
red sea
In mythology & in the Marvel universe, he's Thor's dad
odin
This show starring Stephen Amell as a billionaire who takes aim at crime began in 2012; get the point?
arrow
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee gets questions like "Why are links" this color?--"There is no reason"
blue
Jesus' boyhood home
(8)
nazareth
You get a free trip to this large island, but I'm not sure if it's the Indonesia side or the Papua side
new guinea
This woodwind instrument, often used to tune orchestras, is known for its distinctive double-reed sound.
oboe
Crashing a plane he's on? Killing a nuclear physicist on a football field? This masked "Batman" villain sure gets around
bane
Your online shopping cart couldn't stay up to date without these data packets that help websites track you
cookies
Favoritism shown to family members in business or politics
(8)
nepotism
If you're in Ulaanbaatar, heading south across the Gobi Desert will take you to this populous country
China
It's a 9-letter word for one's kids or descendants
offspring
In "Justice League", this Jason Momoa character admits, "I don't want to die. I'm young. There's (stuff) that I want to do"
aquaman
Microsoft's Internet Explorer uses "favorites" where other browsers use this word from the non-wired world
bookmarks
Neither acidic nor basic
(7)
neutral