WORD PROBLEMS
If Train A leaves Oamaru at 9 a.m. at 70 MPH & Train B leaves Timaru at 1 p.m. going 80, this will still be New Zealand's capital
Wellington
In a Homeric epic, he's ordered home to his kingdom in Ithaca after the fall of Troy
Odysseus
Around 1387, this poet wisely noted, "in love, ther is but litel reste"
Chaucer
A meterstick
3
A round trip (5)
Orbit
This 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it.
Short
Bo makes 86 snowballs in 1 3/4 hrs.; when will Bo know he has this 9-letter problem where ice crystals form in body tissues?
Frostbite
In Greek myth, Zephyrus is the west this
Wind
"Love is strong as death: jealousy is cruel as the grave" is from this biblical "song" book
Song of Solomon
The tail of your average male housecat
1
A wild cat (6)
Ocelot
This word looks the same upside down and backwards.
Swims
Sally has 1/3 of a 5th Avenue candy bar, Eddie has 7/8 of a Mr. Goodbar; both are made by this company
Hershey
This Greek god is told: "You are... the most hateful of gods... for dear to you always are strife and wars"
Ares
In "A Woman of No Importance", he wrote, "One should always be in love, that is why one should never marry"
Oscar Wilde
In MLB the baseline from home plate to first base
90
To swing like a pendulum (9)
Oscillate
This object is full of holes, but is often used to hold water
Sponge
Mr. Jenkins has 3 nickels, 13 dimes & 54 pennies; he can't afford a 2009 Phantom from this car company
Rolls Royce
He invented the lyre & gave it to Apollo; Apollo gave him the caduceus in return
Hermes
A little late, this Shakespearean character describes himself as "one that loved not wisely, but too well"
Othello
A Texas state flag that's 4 feet wide
6
Fish-eating Bird of Prey (6)
Osprey
Napoleon kept his hand in his jacket for this reason.
It was a sign of restraint and nobility.
The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons; how many have read this woman's poem "The New Colossus" on the pedestal wall?
Emma Lazarus
He showed Medusa's severed head to Atlas, turning Atlas to stone
Perseus
Thomas Fuller observed that "love and pride stock" this British mental hospital
Bedlam
The length of the shelf of classic books compiled by Harvard's president in 1909
5
Barrier, as to justice (11)
Obstruction
'Zero' shares two letters with 'One'. 'One' shares one letter with 'Two'. This is the lowest number that doesn't share any letters with its predecessor.
There are none.