At Least 9 Syllables
Theatrical Rhyme Time
Eating
With your Mouth Open
What an Animal!
800

They often wave to you when you enter a car dealership, but they get no salary, never leave the dealership, and are apparently all male.

What is a wacky wavy inflatable arm flailing tube man?

800

Spells with horrible consequences.

What is tragic magic?

800

It's literally a goat horn stuffed with produce, and it's name begins with something that might be inside it.

What is a cornucopia?

800

An open mouth poses certain problems according to the Spanish proverb "En boca cerrada no entran moscas", literally meaning a closed mouth catches no these, the expression's message may reverse for certain amphibians.

What are flies?

800

The Horned Lizard has increasingly grown in scientific fame after we discovered it's unprecedented ability to project this from it's eyes to escape predators, talk about being caught red-handed!

What is blood?

1600

The 1813 book of "...Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation" features this famous phrase as a means of improving inflection.

What is "Peter Piper pecked a peck of pickled peppers"?

1600

A particular veil.

What is a certain curtain?

1600

These little green guys' name originate in a region of Peru.

What are Lima beans?

1600

Only with an open mouth can you spot these symmetrical pink mounds of flesh as they filter infection.

What are tonsils?

1600

The Diving Bell spider is famous for being the only known spider to live entirely in this environment.

Where is underwater?

2400

Though this phrase may seem nonsensical, it was actually inspired by groundbreaking paleontologist Mary Anning, likely describing how she sold fossils and other wares at her local beach to support family finances.

What is "She sells seashells down by the seashore"?

2400

An angry podium.

What is a rage stage?

2400

Despite the Asian country it's usually associated with, this curry actually is thanks to the spicy chilis brought over by Portuguese traders and originates from Portuguese for "wine of garlic".

What is Vindaloo?

2400

An open mouth is required to play this instrument, which is not in fact a string instrument; it either goes by a religious or anatomical term.

What is a jaw harp?

2400

It vants to suck your blood, AH AH AH!!! Actually, the Vampire Squid would rather eat this, "precipitation" fallen from dead creatures in the upper reaches of the ocean, merry Christmas!

What is Marine Snow?

3200

This word originally referred specifically to the church of England, but now can broadly involve any institution, it begins with two prefixes that mean the same thing.

What is antidisestablishmentarianism?

3200

A theatre enthusiast.

What is dramatic fanatic?

3200

Though Argentina usually values the quality of their beef over how it's seasoned, this sauce proves to be an exception and likely comes from a Basque word meaning something like "hodgepodge".

What is chimichurri?

3200

An open mouth could lead to severe consequences under the short lived Qin dynasty if you even spoke of Daoism or Confucianism, schools of thought that contradicted this one which the dynasty relied on.

What is Legalism?

3200

Perhaps the most remarkable species of shrimp, it get's it's name for the massive shockwave it creates to catch prey which exceeds a volume of 218 decibels, making it louder than it's namesake.

What is the Pistol Shrimp?

4000

The 1879 comic opera of The Pirates of Penzance included many extremely fast lines of music for the singer to show off such as this one, a military introduction.

What is "I am the very model of a modern major general"?

4000

Take a break to write some music.

What is a composition intermission?

4000

These delicious little dessert puffs are greatly tied to Brazilian politics as it transitioned back into a democracy during the 1940s, they were used by candidate Eduardo Gomes as a more fun way to sway voters than traditional means (though unfortunately it was not enough to win him the election).

What is Brigadeiro?

4000

An open mouth could get you killed, as observed by Charles Barbier while serving Napoleon's army in the early 1800s, which would lead him to create a writing system he called "night writing"; this would later inspire this man to create something similar for the more general public.

Who is Louis Braille?

4000

This Madagascar predator could've been named the "Congoosat" due to it's cross between a cat and mongoose, and is the island's largest native predator.

What is a Fossa?