Stars by bdunn02

In what movie does the character Dave Bowman transform from regular boring astronaut to defeater of rogue AIs to scary music obelisk traveler, then, finally, into the Star Child?

Let's say that it's night time, you happen to be above the equator, and you're curious as to the latitude at which you currently find yourself. So you take out your trusty sextant and read the latitude reading off the scale after having lined up the eye piece with what star?

In its traditional star-based rating system, how many stars does Morningstar award a mutual fund that has historically performed among the top 10% of funds within its category?

What musical, which premiered on September 4, 1980 at the Palais des Sports in Paris, includes a police inspector singing the lyrics "Lord let me find him / That I may see him / Safe behind bars / I will never rest / Till then, this I swear /This I swear by the stars!"?

The image linked below illustrates the division of the US into two regions serviced by two separate fast food brands operated by the same company and using the same basic (star-related) logo. Identify both brands.

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What US city, which has hosted an NBA franchise since 1979, was the final home of the ABA franchise known as the Stars?

Getting its name from the zodiacal constellation from which it appears to radiate, what "shooting star" event peaks in November and is associated with the Temple-Tuttle comet?

A 1987 act of congress named "Stars and Stripes Forever" the national march of the United States. The song was composed in 1897 by former US marine. Name the composer.

In writing a SELECT statement using structured query language (SQL) within Microsoft's Access database, the * character can be used in the WHERE clause to tell the database that any value is acceptable. For instance, the clause

WHERE lastname LIKE 'H*'

would filter results to include only records for which the value in the "lastname" field begins with H, regardless of what comes after. Making reference to card game nomenclature, what is Access's * usually called?

The flag of Australia features a Union Jack in one corner and a blue field with stars in it. How many total star points (a six-pointed star has six star points) appear in the blue field of Australia's flag?

Name the star, a low-mass red dwarf first noted in 1888, that, at 6.0 lightyears away, is the fifth closest (known) star to Earth, trailing only the sun and the three stars of Alpha Centauri.

The linked image includes a four-pointed star outline that represents the location where two different forts were built at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. One of the forts was completed by the French in 1754 and destroyed in 1758. The second was constructed by the British in 1758. Name either fort.

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