HERSHEY vs. NESTLE
Nestle began making this in 1904; they claim to make the very best of it
chocolate
In Incan myth, it was this South American camel relative that warned man about the impending flood
the llama
The 2 months that fit the category
March & April
Give it a month & the may beetle becomes known by this 7-letter name
a junebug
Since its 1992 introduction, this cool brand of sneakers with big thick soles has been "drawing" business
Skechers
Slang term for an American infantryman of WWI
doughboy
In 1939 Nestle introduced an instant form of this non-milk product
coffee
Go to Ellen in the name books & you'll find it's a form of this name from Greek myth
Helen
A kind of cereal grain, triticale is produced by crossing rye & this
wheat
Because of their long snouts, these cotton destroyers are sometimes called snout beetles
boll weevils
Also known as painter pants, these multi-pocketed pants are named for another profession
carpenter pants
This blackberry-like fruit is named for the botanist who bred it
boysenberry
This peanut butter cup is one of Hershey's bestselling products
Reese's
In Roman myth, this powerful tot killed 2 serpents in his cradle
Hercules
As a noun, it's a steep-walled canyon; as a verb, it means to stuff yourself with food
gorge
A giant species of this "hundred-legged" insect grows to 12 inches in length & eats lizards
a centipede
The formless chemise dubbed this by Balenciaga & Givenchy was popular in 1957
the sack dress
This word meaning conspicuously dashing & showy comes from the French for "flame"
flamboyant
Now a Hershey's product, Mounds was introduced in 1920; this nutty counterpart didn't appear until 1946
Almond Joy
According to Greek mythology, this horn of plenty is the horn of the goat Amalthea
the cornucopia
An organism's ecological role in the community, or a recess in the wall for a statue
niche
Although there are about 2,000 species of these "white ants", only 2 live in Europe
termites
In the late '60s, this long cover-up with a Turkish name became popular not only for women but for men too
a caftan
On a film set, this title is for the first assistant to the head electrician
a best boy
In 1938 Nestle introduced its Crunch bar & Hershey introduced this rival
Krackel
Island on which Theseus slew the Minotaur
Crete
It can be an object from the past or a personal item associated with a saint
a relic
A gnat's compound eye has multiple lenses called these, like the surfaces of a cut gem
facets
These shoes that sometimes have a 3" cork sole sound like they were made to be worn waiting for a train
platform shoes
The audience booed & threw potatoes at the stage when this Synge play was performed in NYC in 1911
The Playboy of the Western World