"G" WHIZ
NURSERY RHYME THINGS
IF ONLY I COULD TELL THEM
200
Appropriately, the name of this first book of the Bible means "origin" or "beginning"
Genesis
200
The 3 little kittens cried when they lost these
their mittens
200
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
400
Yum! They're the candies seen here
gumdrops
400
Peter Piper picked a peck of these
pickled peppers
400
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
600
Rumor has it that it's talk of a personal nature about another person--pass it around
gossip
600
Little Miss Muffet sat on one of these low stools
a tuffet
600
Hey! You! The most powerful man in ancient Rome--Brutus & Cassius are not your friends
Julius Caesar
800
In ancient Rome these trained warriors fought to the death for public entertainment
gladiators
800
It was stolen by Tom, Tom, the piper's son
a pig
800
It's 1989, so don't risk your life crossing this German city's wall to freedom; it's coming down in months
Berlin
1000
It's a helpful list of terms & definitions at the back of some textbooks
a glossary
1000
These were the wares of the man Simple Simon met going to the fair
pie
1000
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