Question

This is the name of the title city in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, as well as the final boss of the Future Redeemed expansion of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. This is the first word in the name of a Canadian superhero team sent to capture (15[1])Wolverine whose members include twins Aurora (15[1])and Northstar. After killing a Mimic of this type, Tom Cruise’s character gains the ability to reset the (*) day every time he dies in Edge of Tomorrow. In the Star Trek franchise, the quadrant containing Earth is known by this word. This letter partly names a program (-5[1])which beat Lee Sedol 4 games to 1 in a 2016 Go match and was developed by DeepMind. (10[1])For 10 points, the term “iPad kids” refers to members of the most recent generation, (10[1])which is named for what Greek letter? ■END■

ANSWER: alpha [accept Alpha Flight; accept Alpha Mimic; accept Alpha Quadrant; accept Gen(eration) Alpha; reject “AlphaGo Zero”; reject “AlphaZero”]
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