Fairies & Wee Folk
Sprite who carries "sleepy dust" to tired tots.
What is the Sandman?
In 1932, he began campaigning for president of Germany before even becoming a German citizen.
Who was Hitler?
Though she wrote much about China, she called her native W.V. "World's most beautiful place".
Who is Pearl Buck?
It can be piano, Parker House, or Chinese egg.
What is a roll?
A neutered bull is not only as strong as one, he is one.
What is an ox?
From "boggart" meaning specter, this evil fairy kidnaps children who leave home without permission.
What is the boogeyman?
He sold us the Louisiana Purchase at 4¢ an acre.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
Expression "I kid you not" comes from this author's "The Caine Mutiny".
Who is Herman Wouk?
Past participle of "clothe", like a guarantee when covered in iron.
What is a clad?
The only 2 forms of hippopotamus are the common large size & this type.
What is pygmy?
Abbey lubbers were minor devils who tempted these clerics to drunkenness.
What are monks?
In 1786, top U.S. leaders invited Prince Henry of Prussia to become this.
What is the King of the United States?
Existentialist philosopher who declined 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Who is Jean-Paul Sartre?
The best kind are baby backed, not from an actual human.
What are ribs?
Divided by eating habits, these mammals are fruit-eating, insectivorous & bloodsucking.
What are bats?
In Scotland they wail & wash the clothes of people who'll die soon.
What are banshees?
1 of 2 charges on which an English court tried Joan of Arc.
What is heresy or witchcraft?
Question asked in title of surprise-ending Frank Stockton short story.
What is The Lady or The Tiger?
A fabric woven of flat gold or silver thread.
What is a lame?
Crocodiles carry several pounds of these in the stomach as ballast.
What are rocks?
The fairy king & queen in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
Who are Oberon & Titania?
While U.N. headquarters is in New York, the League of Nations was headquartered here.
What is Geneva, Switzerland?
Most widely translated Spanish author besides Cervantes, he lost his life in Spanish Civil War.
Who is Federico Garcia Lorca?
This type of weapon comes in ball-headed, knobbed, flanged, and spiked.
What is a mace?
In winter, this animal is called an ermine.
What is a weasel?