Get your kicks (& punches) learning Shotokan, a Japanese system of this martial art
karate
Liquid at room temperature, it has the same name as a planet
mercury
A pet parrot named Blu ends up in Brazil to find his mate in this film
Rio
Appropriately, the name of this first book of the Bible means "origin" or "beginning"
Genesis
The 3 little kittens cried when they lost these
their mittens
You folks in 1929--don't put all your money in the stock market, it's heading for this event that sounds like a car wreck
a crash
POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
Like NM & MN, the postal abbreviations of these 2 states are the reverse of one another
Make some pottery & shape the clay on this revolving device seen here
a potter's wheel
Hydrogen has an atomic number of 1; this light gas, 2
helium
This cat from the "Shrek" movies got his own film
Puss In Boots
Yum! They're the candies seen here
gumdrops
Peter Piper picked a peck of these
pickled peppers
Hey, sailors who saw this 50-pound flightless bird around 1500-take it back to Europe & breed it or it'll be extinct by 1700
a dodo
Like NM & MN, the postal abbreviations of these 2 states are the reverse of one another
Alabama (AL) & Louisiana (LA)
This art of decorative handwriting is from the Greek for "beautiful writing"
calligraphy
All regularly minted U.S. coins today contain some of this element, symbol Cu
copper
Laugh your booty off with the band of misfits from this movie
(The) Pirates
Rumor has it that it's talk of a personal nature about another person--pass it around
gossip
Little Miss Muffet sat on one of these low stools
a tuffet
Hey! You! The most powerful man in ancient Rome--Brutus & Cassius are not your friends
Julius Caesar
If you're learning to read music, you'll recognize this symbol, a stylized form of the letter "G"
treble clef
Daniel Rutherford discovered this gas that makes up most of the atmosphere & called it "noxious air"
nitrogen
In "Ramona & Beezus", Joey King was Ramona Quimby; she played her older sister Beezus
Selena Gomez
In ancient Rome these trained warriors fought to the death for public entertainment
gladiators
It was stolen by Tom, Tom, the piper's son
a pig
It's 1989, so don't risk your life crossing this German city's wall to freedom; it's coming down in months
Berlin
The USA's governing body for this sport has a girls' program called TOPs; skills include handstand & leg flexibility
gymnastics
It's the element whose magnetic properties have been known & studied the longest
iron
This 2012 reanimated dog movie is a longtime pet project of director Tim Burton
Frankenweenie
It's a helpful list of terms & definitions at the back of some textbooks
a glossary
These were the wares of the man Simple Simon met going to the fair
pie
Louis XVI--do less hunting & more kinging & maybe you can avoid this event that's going to start in 1789 & overthrow you
the French Revolution