Used for malting in beer, this cereal was grown by the ancient Egyptians.
What is barley?
He may have won the race with the hare but the eagle & the crow had him for lunch.
What is the tortoise?
In museums this is controlled to keep paintings & fabrics from fading.
What is the lighting?
This sport uses a Salchow, Lutz, Walley & Axel Jump.
What is figure skating?
Cookie character who finally fell victim to the wily fox.
Who is the Gingerbread Man?
The genus Ficus includes fig trees, the banyan tree & this latex laden shrub.
What is the rubber tree (India rubber plant)?
Hercules & the wagoner tells us, “The gods help them that” do this.
What is help themselves?
In 1683, the 1st public museum, the Ashmolean opened at this British university.
What is Oxford?
228.353 miles per hour was the speed of the slowest car qualifying for this 2021 race.
What is the Indianapolis 500?
Some like it in the pot, 9 days old.
What is Pease porridge hot?
In the 17th & 18th centuries only this mineral was more desired than sassafras as a New World export.
What is gold?
In exchange for not being eaten it later freed the lion from a trap.
What is the mouse?
Of the approximately 104,000 museums in the world, 1/3 are in this nation.
What is the United States?
In 1956, Eddie A. Rommel became the 1st Major League umpire to wear these.
What are glasses?
Charles & Mary Lamb simplified this author’s works in their “Tales”.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This aquatic sandwich & salad green belongs to the nasturtium family.
What is watercress?
Killing this proved greed often overreaches itself.
What is the goose that laid the golden eggs?
Museum is from Greek for a “shrine sacred to these”.
What are the Muses?
Command given in a fencing match before “Are you ready?” & “Play!”.
What is en garde?
Their chubby chum Chet Morton often went along with them to follow up clues.
Who are the Hardy Boys?
This very expensive spice produces a yellow dye which was once the royal color of ancient Greece.
What is saffron?
How the bundle of sticks was broken to prove unity in strength.
What is one by one?
Visitors were once required to wear court costumes at this Leningrad museum.
What is the Hermitage?
Cut, backhand, and strip are terms used in this sport that they say is a combination of rugby, basketball & football.
What is Ultimate Frisbee?
His hat was made of an oak leaf, his shirt of spider web & his trousers of tiny feathers.
Who is Tom Thumb?