The Elements
Liquid at room temperature, it has the same name as a planet
Mercury
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
Savor the difference, girls; there are more of these receptors in a woman's mouth than in a man's
taste buds
The conductor wields this stick
a baton
Hydrogen has an atomic number of 1; this light gas, 2
helium
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
Digestion happens in the small one of these, which is linked to the stomach, & in the large one that comes next
intestine
"X" marks the spot for this percussion instrument operated by wooden mallets
a xylophone
All regularly minted U.S. coins today contain some of this element, symbol Cu
copper
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
This, skin drying & cracking due to cold & wind, can affect wrists & foreheads too, but lips seem to get it worst
chapping
The "kettle" type of this spread through the world via Islamic culture
a drum
Daniel Rutherford discovered this gas that makes up most of the atmosphere & called it "noxious air"
nitrogen
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
These 2 folds of tissue vibrate like strings to produce sound when you talk
vocal cords
The tuba is made from this metal & belongs to that section of the orchestra
brass
It's the element whose magnetic properties have been known & studied the longest
iron
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
Babies have flat feet; the bones in the middle of the foot gradually rise to form this
an arch
Italian & concert are types of this composition, found at the front of a musical work
the overture