Name The Year
The most recent leap year.
2024
The artist known as Pink now spells her professional name using one of these for the "i"
an exclamation point
I'm taking 5 on this alliterative playground piece that sounds like you should be climbing it in the Congo
a jungle gym
It begins, "All children, except one, grow up"
Peter Pan
Flora, one of these "roid"s discovered in 1847, orbits the sun at an average distance of about 200 million miles
asteriod
The Pilgrims first come ashore in Massachusetts
1620
Christina Perri went from waitress to toast of the town after her ballad "Jar of" these was used on TV
Hearts
In the NBA these recesses can be regular or 20-second
a time-out
Hans Christian Andersen story in which you'll read, "Heaven knows what was in that bed... I am black and blue!"
"The Princess and the Pea"
This multinational orbital project abbreviated I.S.S. houses numerous research modules
the International Space Station
Most of the South secedes from the Union & the Civil War begins
1861
This "Wizards of Waverly Place" star has a band called The Scene that released "A Year Without Rain" in 2010
Selena Gomez
Run, don't walk to this up & down recess plaything also called a seesaw
a teeter-totter
In this 1883 children's classic, a parrot named Captain Flint squawks, "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!"
Treasure Island
Colorful term for a second full moon in one month; something rare might happen "once in" it
a blue moon
The first astronauts walk on the Moon
1969
This "Gossip" gal made the Billboard charts by pairing with Garrett Hedlund on "Give In To Me"
Leighton Meester
Many plays have this delay built into the middle so people can stretch their legs
an intermission
In a 1900 book, one character tells her, "I'm really a very good man; but I'm a very bad wizard"
Dorothy
It can be a small pill or a small spacecraft like the Mercury ones used by early astronauts
a capsule
Hawaii becomes our 50th state
1959
"Moment 4 Life" was a hit for this Lil Wayne protege who was discovered via her MySpace page
Nicki Minaj
This 7-letter word for a day off from school or work originally referred to a religious observance
a holiday
In "Little Women" she tells sisters Jo, Amy & Beth, "It's so dreadful to be poor"
Meg
The ESA, established in 1975, stands for this Space Agency; its 18 members include France & Germany
European