Mammals
Of light with dark stripes or dark with light stripes, the one that truly describes a zebra.
What is light with dark stripes?
A Stravinsky ballet, or a “hot Pontiac”.
What is Firebird?
The process of voting or being used to place one end in the ground.
What is poll/pole?
This was the U.S.S.R.’s 3rd largest city, or a stuffed chicken dish.
What is Kiev?
A variation of this is “4 eyes see more than 2.”
What is two heads are better than one?
Jack rabbits are not really rabbits but they are these.
What are hares?
This composer of “The Nutcracker” was addicted to card playing.
Who is Tchaikovsky?
Complain childishly about the Chablis, or the Chablis itself.
What is wine/whine?
Sanskrit for “abode of the snows”, this mountain range is also abode of the Yeti.
What are the Himalayas?
A modern proverb says, “The opera isn’t over till” she sings.
Who is the fat lady?
The secretions of skunk scent glands are used as a base in making this.
What is perfume?
His first compositions, Kochel #1-5, were written when he was only 5.
Who is Mozart?
Grasp, looks at, or “7” bodies of water.
What is seize/sees/seas?
Among the bridges crossing this river are the Rip Van Winkle, the Tappan Zee, & George Washington.
What is the Hudson?
Proverbially, “silence is golden”, but this “is silver”.
What is speech?
It’s forbidden to import these into the U.S. because they’re voracious & don’t eat just snakes.
What are Mongooses?
After a polio attack at 4, this great Israeli-born violinist lost the use of his legs.
Who is Itzhak Perlman?
It can be everything or just a leather working tool.
What is all/awl?
U.S. state bordered by two oceans.
What is Alaska?
Every hill has its valley, every tide has this.
What is ebb?
The largest of all cats.
What is a tiger?
Most of this Polish composer is buried in Paris, but his heart is entombed in Poland.
Who is Chopin?
A pledge, or to have put clothes in a suitcase.
What is pact/packed?
The countries which rule parts of the Iberian Peninsula.
What is Portugal & Spain?
This proverb refers to a former penalty for sheep stealing.
What is one might as well be hanged for stealing a sheep as a lamb?