Greek Isles
This is Greece’s largest island and according to Greek mythology, the birthplace of Zeus.
Crete
Just my luck – the North American yellow-billed sapsucker is this kind of bird, and its noisy headbanging is keeping me up.
Woodpecker
As a noun, it’s a monetary penalty paid to a court; as an adjective, it describes a pleasing look.
Fine
Elvis Presley went by this monarchical title.
The King
Developed in the 1950’s, this flying disc has been occupying children for decades and has even been turned into a sport to resemble golf.
Frisbee
Today mostly an archaeological site, Delos is the legendary birthplace of this Greek God of the Sun & Music.
Apollo
I’m trying to catch some ZZZs, but this feature on my alarm clock keeps telling me to wake up every 9 minutes.
Snooze button
Attractive, like Roy Orbison’s “Woman.”
Pretty
This Doors frontman was “The Lizard King” as well as “Mr. Mojo Risin’”, an anagram of his name.
Jim Morrison
This Sega video game character originally was a hedgehog named Mr. Needlemouse; things have sped up since then.
Sonic
A statue in a museum on the island of Kos, depicts this native son and father of medicine…hence the oath.
Hippocrates
I took too many NoDoz, an oral tablet of this alkaloid, and now there’s no sleep for me.
Caffeine
Polite, friendly, and likable, much like a Prince in a Disney Tale.
Charming
Smokey Robinson said this “Let’s Get it On” singer’s Motown nickname was “Dad” because he “used to walk like an old man.”
Marvin Gaye
Milton Bradley used a printer that normally made shower curtains to make this game’s floor mat
Twister
Skorpios was once owned by this Greek shipping magnate and it’s where he and Jackie married in 1968.
Ari Onassis
Machines making this “colorful” sound have been helping folks sleep since 1962, but mine isn’t blocking out the jackhammers.
White noise
Tall and shapely, resembling a marble artwork.
Statuesque
This signer of “Tears in Heaven” was ironically dubbed “Slowhand” even though he could play the guitar incredibly fast.
Eric Clapton
Originally marketed in 1967, it consists of a box with small colored plastic pegs that fit into a panel and illuminate to create a lit picture from one of the included templates.
Lite Brite
For 200 years, the Knights Hospitaler ruled this island that was formerly occupied by an over 100-foot-tall colossal statue.
Rhodes
I’d love to get some shut-eye but these “equine” muscle spasms in my legs don’t help, nor do my cries of agony.
Charlie Horse
This Spanish word for really beautiful can end in -mo or -ma; the Italian word sounds the same.
Bellisima or bellisimo
James Brown had this religious nickname, similar to that of a Marlon Brando film
The Godfather of Soul
Founded in 1900, this model train company introduced its switch tower accessory and its porthole window caboose in the ‘50s.
Lionel