WORLD WAR II: ON THE HOME FRONT
The first non-food item rationed was this; citizens were asked to turn in hoses, raincoats & bathing caps for recycling
Rubber
The Bible attributes more than 3,000 proverbs to this monarch
King Solomon
Giant bell in the London clock tower that published "Poor Richard's Almanack"
Big Ben Franklin
"Aseptic", or "incapable of producing offspring"
sterile
Battle ready god:
RS
Ares
This Disney feature opened Aug. 13, 1942, & the mother's death couldn't have soothed many war-worried kids
Bambi
At age 187 he had a son named Lamech & went on to live another 782 years
Methuselah
Golf short game practice area served up in the title of a Dr. Seuss book
a putting Green Eggs and Ham
"The partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other"
an eclipse
Eye opening goddess:
RS
Iris
A 1942 Supreme Court decision involving divorces granted in this state made a divorce in any state valid in all
Nevada
Dating from the 300s A.D., one of the oldest Bibles is a codex that's been in this library since at least 1481
the Vatican Library
Grinning enigmatic acquaintance of Alice in Wonderland seen in cross-section by doctors
the Cheshire Cat scan
"A flock of geese when not flying"
a gaggle
Sounding a little Norse:
DN
Odin
In 1943 kids were enjoying Esther Forbes' novel about this title Johnny & the Revolutionary War
Johnny Tremain
Mentioned in Revelation 6, they are sometimes named as Conquest, Slaughter, Famine & Death
the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
If they used a well-known brand of kosher hot dogs instead of bats, the Dodgers & Phillies would be in this baseball group
the Hebrew National League
"Fruitless", or "showing excessive pride in one's appearance"
vain
Very supportive:
TLS
Atlas
To reduce demand for commercial produce during the war, millions of people did their part by planting these gardens
Victory Gardens
New Testament authors love this O.T. prophet, like when Matthew 1 references his "a virgin shall conceive"
Isaiah
Condition of being unable to think of anything to pen for a long time that becomes a neighborhood celebration
a writer's block party
"An animal having four feet... usu. used of mammals"
quadruped
Earth mother:
G
Gaia