Women in History
She said of refusing to give up her seat, "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in"
Rosa Parks
2001:
Donkey
Shrek
The tough, curved spines of the barrel type of this plant were once used by Native Americans as fishhooks
A cactus
"If you hesitate more than three seconds after" this person "looks at you, you do not deserve a drink"
The bartender
One who won't participate in the fun, perhaps in singing "Happy Birthday"
Party pooper
or
Spoil sport
She declined burial in Westminster Abbey; her pallbearers were from Army units whose wounded she had tended
Florence Nightingale
1967:
Shere Khan
Although this cuckoo can fly with ease, it prefers to speed across the desert on foot, reaching 20 miles per hour
A roadrunner
"The bar clock moves twice as fast from midnight to this" 2-word phrase hollered at closing time
Last orders/call
This type of Native American healer might try to chase bad spirits out of a patient
Medicine Man
The first woman in space was this Russian cosmonaut.
1991:
Gaston
Beauty and Beast
The city of Las Vegas is part of the life of this desert
Mojave Desert
Rule 18 is always have this in your house; rule 19 is if you break rule 18, try pushing down with a pen
A corkscrew
He lives in a pineapple under the sea
Spongebob Squarepants
Elizabeth Kenny
came up with a method seen in use here to treat this disease
Polio
2004:
Elastigirl
The Incredibles
The California fuchsia, a trumpet-shaped flower found in the desert, is often pollinated by this tiny bird
Hummingbird
"Never complain about the brand or quality of" this kind of drink
A free drink
A long time on horseback can produce these on both the mount & the rider
Saddle sores
"Deeds not words" was the motto of the suffragette movement, founded by this woman in 1903,
Emmeline Pankhurst
2003:
Dory
Finding Nemo
Some species of this stinging arachnid can alter their metabolism, allowing them to live on only one meal a year
Scorpion
"Whoever buys the shot gets the first chance to offer" one of these
A toast
A proverb says this kind "is the sweetest"--you'd have to ask Eve
Forbidden fruit