greyhound

     

The Greyhoun is a breed of dog that has been primarily bred for coursing game and racing. A combination of long, powerful legs, deep chest and aerodynamic build allows it to reach speeds of up to 72 km/h (45 mph) in less than one and a half seconds, or within 3 strides.

Trivia about greyhound

  • A Hibbing, Minn. museum traces the history of this bus company founded there in 1914 using Hupmobiles
  • This company is #1 in bus transportation & bus manufacturing
  • This company invites passengers to "Leave the Driving to Us"
  • Santa's Little Helper, the Simpson family dog, is this breed of racing dog
  • This speed demon of the dog world was originally used to hunt gazelles in Egypt more than 5,000 years ago
  • Go this breed, which originated more than 5,000 years ago in Egypt to hunt deer, & leave the driving to us
  • This company took us for a ride with "It's Such a Comfort to Take the Bus and Leave the Driving to Us"
  • It's not certain whether the name of this racing breed came from its color
  • This bus company carries nearly 25 million people a year & more than half of them have been to college
  • Before we go to the dog track, let's make this potent potable with 2 oz. of vodka & 5 oz. of grapefruit juice
  • Whippet relative(9)
  • Swift-of-foot critter seen here
  • After imbibing this cocktail of gin or vodka & grapefruit juice, you'd better leave the driving to us
  • If you don't put the salt into a salty dog, you've got the cocktail with this other canine name
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway) The fin whale, second only to the blue whale in size, moves so quickly through the water that it is known as this racing dog breed of the sea
  • If you don't add the salt to a salty dog, you have this other "canine" cocktail
  • This bus company serves more than 2,200 destinations & has 16,000 daily departures across the country