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DEFINITION: (noun) Swiftness of action or motion; speed. SYNONYMS: rapidity, quickness. USAGE: These rapid attentions were bestowed with the celerity and skill of a practiced surgeon.

Junkers was a pioneering German engineer who held many patents in the fields of gas engines and aircraft. He had innovative ideas about metal airplanes and flying wings, but the realities of war hampered his ability to develop them. During World War II, his company was eventually taken over by the Nazis. Junkers, a pacifist and a socialist, protested the take-over, was sentenced to house arrest, and died soon after. What was the "Sheetmetal Donkey"?

Ratified during the post-Civil War, Reconstruction period, the main purpose of the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution was to enfranchise former slaves. It states: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Though the amendment empowered Congress to enforce the article, its purpose was not really achieved until the Voting Rights Act of what year?

Archaeologists in England have found a village of small houses that may have sheltered the builders of the mysterious Stonehenge. The houses are at a site known as Durrington Walls, about 2 miles from Stonehenge. It is also the location of a wooden version of the stone circle. The village was carbon dated to about 2600 BCE, about the same time Stonehenge was built. Both sites have avenues connecting them to the Avon River.

The Piña Colada is a sweet cocktail made of rum, coconut cream, and pineapple juice blended with crushed ice and typically garnished with a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry. The official beverage of Puerto Rico, the Piña Colada is identical to a "Chi Chi," except for the fact that in the latter drink, rum is replaced by what?