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According to the vows, people go into marriage "for better or" this |
worse
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In "Home On The Range", it's what "seldom is heard" |
a discouraging word
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Thin, loosely woven cotton cloth that can be used for tea bags, gauze, & wrapping the Roquefort |
cheesecloth
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Since elephant pacifiers are hard to find, baby elephants may do this until they are 6 years old |
suckle
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Before the pumpkin, the Irish used to carve turnips for these Halloween standards |
a jack-o-lantern
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If Romulus hadn't killed this twin brother, Rome might be called "Reme" |
Remus
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As a verb, it means to get on a horse, as a noun, the horse itself |
mount
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"Oh, come along boys, & listen to my tale, I'll tell you of my troubles on..." this |
"The Old Chisholm Trail"
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If your blouse is a bleeder, it's merely "suffering" from this |
(Betty: It's dyeing. Its dye is dyeing.)
the dye runs
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In Africa, wild elephants are found only south of this expansive arid region |
the Sahara
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In cooking, pumpkins & this vegetable may be used interchangeably |
squash
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In 1947, she wanted out of his Westerns, but said "yes" when he proposed to her on horseback |
(Betty: Who is [*]?) (Alex: You're right.) (Betty: Let's have PUMPKINS...) (Alex: Oh, sorry. We need the famous pair.)
Dale Evans & Roy Rogers
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A mass of metal shaped for easy storage or transportation |
(Jim: What is cargo?)
ingot
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Song which begins "I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande" ends with this cowboy call |
(Betty: What is yippee-aye-ay-yippie-aye-oh?)
yippee-aye-oh-kye-aye
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Hats are frequently made from this fabric of compressed animal hair fibers |
(Suzanne: What is beaver fur?) (Jim: What is mohair?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
felt
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Indian elephants are strong swimmers, able to regulate their buoyancy by swallowing this |
(Betty: What is water?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)
air
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Probably from Latin "pepo" for pumpkin, it's a roasted pumpkin seed |
a pepita
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2 of the 3 pairs of lovers named in the titles of Shakespeare's plays |
(Jim: [*].) (Alex: Phrasing.) (Jim: Who are [*] and [**]?)
(2 of) Romeo & Juliet, Troilus & Cressida, & Antony & Cleopatra
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Slang for money, in I Timothy 3:3, King James Bible, it completed "not greedy of filthy..." |
lucre
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Bing Crosby urged, "Oh, give me" this, "lots of" this "under starry skies above, don't fence me in" |
land
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Elephants are highly evolved emotionally, & it's said, perform this on incurable members of herd |
euthanasia
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Term for a New England puritan, or a dolt |
a pumpkin head
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"The Grand Duke" was the last comic opera they wrote together, in 1896 |
Gilbert & Sullivan
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Spelled "cwen" in Old English, it meant a wife of a famous man, as well as this |
a queen
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Marty Robbins said he wanted to write a song about this town, because "that is where the West begins" |
El Paso
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An elephant needs water & mud to cool itself, since its skin lacks these |
sweat glands
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James Whitcomb Riley said, "It sets my 'heart a-clickin'... when" this "is on the punkin" |
the frost
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Husband & wife director & star of 1972 film of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" |
Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
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