Colorful Phrases
If you go out on the town, you're said to be doing this to it.
What is paint (the town) red?
For a rocket it follows 3...2...1...
What is lift-off?
You can use one of these to hold up a broken arm or knock down Goliath.
What is a sling?
The "Rex," or king, of this dinosaur genus walked erect on its hind feet.
What is Tyrannosaurus?
To exist, or a pollen collector
What is be (bee)?
Sensationalistic reporting in a magazine or newspaper is called this.
What is yellow journalism?
What the "LO" stands for in the name of the musical group ELO.
What is light orchestra?
Circus siblings Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles & John were known as this.
Who were the Ringling Brothers?
What you regain when you wake up from a faint.
What is consciousness?
Spelled one way, it means pulled by a line, the other way, a froglike creature.
What is towed (toad)?
This is an activist group that fights for the rights of the elderly.
What is the Gray Panthers?
In 1984, London's West End Theater Awards were renamed for this actor.
Who is Laurence Olivier?
Phonology, syntax, & semantics are all part of this science.
What is linguistics?
It's believed the Greek Oracles used this art more recently employed by Jeff Dunham?
What is ventriloquism?
What is fir (fur)?
This is another name for moonshine.
What is white lightning?
This is a popular desk item used in many mysteries as a murder weapon.
What is a letter opener?
What is Sterling?
What is the circumference?
Nickname of Charlie Parker, or having a rough edge on it.
What is Bird (burred)?
This is another term for giving someone the go-ahead.
What is the green light?
Located in the Florida Everglades, it's the largest landlocked body of fresh water in the U.S.
What is Lake Okeechobee?
He is the only person to have won both the Nobel Prize for Chemistry & the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Linus Pauling?
It's advised that you try not to talk, swallow, cough, cry, or sing for 1 week after this surgery.
What is a tonsillectomy?
This is a misleading move or to pass out.
What is feint (faint)?