MINT CONDITION
This type of mint originated in Cuba, where it is used to flavor the alcoholic drink of the same name
To utter in a loud, deep voice, or the last name of writer Saul
What is bellow?
The order Lagomorpha is made up of pikas, hares & these
What are rabbits?
A simple story with a moral or religious message
What is a parable?
In Greek these veggies with dark purple skin are melitzanes
What are eggplants?
This "freshmaker" brand of mints now offers pure fresh gum
What is Mentos?
A carpenter's tool, it's also a term for a xylophone mallet
What is hammer?
Animals like anteaters in the order Pilosa are called edentates, meaning they lack these or have few of them
What are teeth?
This type of plant or animal takes its name from the Greek for "one who eats at another's table"
What is a parasite?
A tabloid version of the board game Clue made this purple-named character a billionaire video game designer
Who is Professor Plum?
Ah do declare, there's nothing like this bourbon, sugar & mint drink served over crushed ice on derby day
What is a Mint Julep?
A form of lottery in which you win a prize if your ticket is picked
An ancient living order of mammals, the Monotremata are oviparous, meaning they do this
What is lay eggs?
Its independence from Spain came in 1811
What is Paraguay?
Elizabeth Taylor's eyes were often described as this shade of purple, as in the title of a "Doonesbury" collection
What is violet?
Minthe, a nymph from whom we get the plant's name, was turned into mint after the wife of this underworld god got mad
What is Hades (or Pluto)?
It's from the Latin for "to bristle with fear"; the this... the this
What is horror?
Chiroptera is made up exclusively of these, which may be fruit- or insect-eating
What are bats?
It's the term for the apparent displacement of an object caused by a change in the observation point
What is parallax?
The dried purple flowers of this shrub that's part of the mint family are used for scent or as a preservative
What is lavender?
Mint is good if you live around lots of mosquitoes as it is an antipruritic, meaning it relieves this
What is itch?
A flubber in the fairway, a bungler in the bunker
What is duffer?
The Proboscidea order only has one living family today, this one
What is the elephant?
The curve formed by the intersection of a cone & a certain plane, it's the path of a projectile
What is a parabola?
Appropriately, Alice Walker has this gem that's the color purple as her birthstone
What is amethyst?