Rhyme Time
A navy man whose job it is to mend & alter uniforms
Who is a Sailor Tailor?
A minced oath, or a character in "Pinocchio"
Who is Jiminy Cricket?
Can't get much more Regency than her dedicating "Emma" to the prince regent--& a 2018 discovery shows he bought a copy
Who is Jane Austen?
Mars was the Roman equivalent of this Greek god
Who is Ares?
An ancient Greek physician said that those who drank from the horn of this mythic animal would be protected from poison
What is a Unicorn?
A daily record or diary of spring
What is a Vernal Journal?
What is 'Listen Closely'?
This Japanese-born Brit who's addressed technology in novels like "Never Let Me Go" has a knighthood to go with his Nobel
Who is Ishiguro?
As a verb, this 4-letter word can mean to cheat; as a noun, it's about 500 sheets of paper
What is a ream?
In a myth of Celtic origin these creatures change from seals to women once they reach land.
What is a Selkie?
Bony framework made of a glutinous, jiggly protein
What is a Gelatin Skeleton?
Often used to describe mischievous twins, it means a situation with twice the number of problems
What is Double Trouble?
Just a teenager when she wrote her first YA novel, "Solitaire", she's known for the "Heartstopper" romance comics
Who is Alice Oseman?
In the USA of 1950 it's been estimated 1 working woman in 13 spent her day sitting at this apparatus connecting callers
What is a switchboard?
Reportedly used by Cleopatra to commit suicide, it's also known as an Egyptian cobra & is a symbol of divine royalty
What is an Asp?
A burn mark from a flaming light stick
What is a Torch Scorch
It typically precedes "we are gathered here today" at a marriage ceremony
What is 'Dearly Beloved'?
In the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" adventure books, this author explores life with dyslexia and ADHD in a different light
Who is Rick Riordan?
It's the total number of spots, or pips, on a traditional 6-sided die
What is 21?
Black with a white star on his forehead, Bucephalus was this conqueror's favorite horse & he even named a city after him
Who is Alexander the Great?
A dull, unimaginative picture made of colored bits of stone or glass
What is a Prosaic Mosaic?
It's a legal designation for something submitted to the USPTO but not yet granted
What is Patent Pending?
In a Dickens novel, the ownership of this title place is gambled away to Quilp
What is The Old Curiosity Shop?
Any action or response ingrained into your habit or character is deemed this
What is Second Nature?
This campaign mainly against sparrows left Mao China with an ecological imbalance that led to famine