Given an trivia question precisely answer the question with a word/phrase/name. External resources such as Wikipedia could be used to obtain the facts.

Which US state is nicknamed 'Little America' or 'America in Miniature'; it is home to John's Hopkins University?
maryland

Other than Cyprus, what island country can be found in the Mediterranean Sea?
malta

To which famous author was archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan married?

agatha christie