United States Presidents By Term | Science Fiction | Musicals | Sky-ence | Boston Landmarks and History |
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Who is Abraham Lincoln?
1861-1865
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What is Rogue One?
This installment of the Star Wars franchise focuses on Jyn Erso and her plot to steal the plans of the Death Star.
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What is Wicked?
This musical is based on a book by Gregory Maguire and its sequel, called Son of a Witch.
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What are cumulonimbus clouds?
These are vertically-stretched thunderstorm clouds that occur as parts of supercells.
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What is Hanover Street?
This famous North End Street, home to the legendary Mike’s Pastry, was originally named Orange Tree Lane.
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Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
1932-1945
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Who is Ray Bradbury?
This author of Fahrenheit 451 and the Martian Chronicles died in 2012.
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What is Hamilton?
Former President Barack Obama once joked that an appreciation of this Lin-Manuel Miranda musical was all that he and Dick Cheney could agree on.
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What is Halley’s comet?
This comet is visible from Earth every 74-79 years.
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What is the Longfellow Bridge?
The bridge, named for a poet, is sometimes called the salt-and-pepper bridge.
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Who is Thomas Jefferson?
1801-1809
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What is the Enterprise?
This Star Trek Starship was depicted with a three-foot model in most scenes.
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What is Les Miserables?
A common misconception is that this musical takes place during the beginning of the Revolution of 1789; instead, it takes place during the 1832 June Rebellion.
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What is the troposphere?
This is the atmospheric level directly below the stratosphere.
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What is the Leonard Zakim Memorial Bridge?
This bridge, built during the Big Dig, is modeled after the Bunker Hill monument and named after a civil rights leader.
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Who is Richard Nixon?
1969-1974
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Who is Boba Fett?
This famous Star Wars bounty hunter appeared for only a few minutes on screen before getting swallowed by a desert creature.
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What is the Phantom of the Opera?
The eponymous character of this musical’s real name is Erik, though it is not mentioned in the show.
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What is Andromeda?
This is the closest spiral galaxy to Earth besides the Milky Way.
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Who is Paul Revere?
This man’s role in the battles of Lexington and Concord was overinflated by Yeats; Instead, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott were more successful.
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Who is James K. Polk?
1845-1849
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What is Dune?
This science fiction story focuses on Paul Atreides and his quest for the legendary spices of the desert planet Arrakis and was made into a movie featuring Sting.
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Who is Patty LuPone?
The original cast of the musical Evita, the story of the life of Argentinian First Lady Eva Peron, starred this famous Broadway diva, renown for her clashes with co-star Mandy Patinkin.
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What are Mars and Jupiter?
The solar system asteroid belt is located between these two planets.
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What is the Dominion of New England?
Sir Edmund Andros was the leader of this historical government that the British instated to quell New England separatism.
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