"IQ" Test
A distilled beverage like whiskey or tequila
Liquor
The sheep's in the meadow because this colorful kid is fast asleep under a haystack
Little Boy Blue
An episode of "Mythbusters" examined the slipperiness of these peels, a staple of slapstick comedy
Banana Peels
The kind of chatter some have "the gift of" &
a sack that might hold a gift
Gab and Bag
This country's flightless Auckland Island & Campbell Island teals are among the rarest ducks in the world
New Zealand
It was Emily Post's specialty; code of polite behaviour.
Etiquette
When Simple Simon meets the pieman, he's headed to this event
The Fair
As with garlic, when the shallot bulb is peeled, it separates into 2 or more segments called these
Cloves
A navigator's charts &
unwanted inbox messages
Maps and Spam
This largest penguin breeds in the coldest environment of any bird
Emperor
It's a small block of compressed coal dust used for barbecue fuel
Briquette
He's so fast & acrobatic, this character has no problem clearing a lit taper
Jack
A metaphor talks about "peeling back the layers" of this bulb
An Onion
Your best buddies &
an open hand smack to the face
Pals and Slap
It's the fastest of all flightless birds
Ostrich
It's a French term for an essay evaluating a literary work
Critique
Tom, Tom, the piper's son
Maybe he's a thief because his wind instrument musician father can't make enough to feed the family
The Calimyrna type of this fruit has green skin; the Mission kind has a purplish-black skin
A Fig
Ceramic vessels and a red octagon sign
Pots and Stop
This largest Australian bird adds pebbles to its diet to help digest the plant material that it eats
Emu
Adjective for something that's been made obsolete or is just too old-fashioned
Antique
That merry old soul Old King Cole called for these 2 things & his fiddlers 3
His pipe and his bowl
Eat this tropical fruit peeled--its skin contains a substance called urushiol that can cause an allergic reaction
A Mango
Money for the return of something lost & a compartment in a cabinet to keep it in
Reward and Drawer
This large bird of New Guinea has a casque, or helmet, made of a spongelike material covered with keratin
Cassowary