Rhyming Mythology
Not too bright but very strong, 12 labors atoned for his doing wrong.
Who is Hercules?
This mass of hexagonal wax cells has walls only 1/80-inch thick, but can support 30 times its weight.
What is a honeycomb?
In the '70s, Orson assured us that Paul wouldn't sell this before its time.
What is wine?
It's in a box & can be petit or grand.
What is a jury?
"On the hoof" is meat done this way.
What is rare?
The riddle he solved, the Sphinx is annoyed; his "complex" supports the sons of doc Freud.
Who is Oedipus?
A baby butterfly.
What is a larva (caterpillar)?
Welles' "amazing" avocation, he practiced it at the Hollywood Canteen & on The Merv Griffin Show.
What is magic?
Term for the questioning of a witness by the attorney of the adverse party.
What is cross examination?
Your dessert if you get "A-pie & moo juice".
What is an apple pie and a glass of milk?
More swift was he than any god, 2 snakes curled round his winged rod.
Who is Mercury?
The bodies of these "white ants" make a liquid capable of dissolving glass.
What are termites?
Welles' 2nd wife, she was "The Lady from Shanghai" in the 1948 film.
Who is Rita Hayworth?
In U.S. courts, it's the list of cases pending.
What is the docket?
After a meal, you might want to use this, "lumber".
What is a toothpick?
Brothers of Helen, yet now from on high these twins twinkle brightly, amid the night sky.
Who are Castor & Pollux?
The ears of a cricket are on this part of its body.
What are the legs?
In 1936, Welles staged a Voodoo version of this classic, set in Haiti, not Scotland.
What is Macbeth?
The 15th, 19th, & 26th Amendments are all laws dealing with this right of a citizen.
What is the right to vote?
"Looseners", named because of this fruit's supposed laxative effect.
What are prunes?
The witch who poisoned men with wine, she changed Ulysses' crew to swine.
Who is Circe?
Bedbug hunter's penchant for biting humans around mouth has given it this osculatory nickname.
What is the kissing bug?
When "Citizen Kane" opened, April 11, 1941, Welles was this old.
What is 25?
From Romans 2:14, "these, having not the law, are" this.
What is a law unto themselves?
Components of a "sinker & suds" breakfast.
What is a donut & coffee?