The Elements
Liquid at room temperature, it has the same name as a planet
Mercury
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
The conductor wields this stick
Baton
To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Hydrogen has an atomic number of 1; this light gas, 2
Rumor has it that it's talk of a personal nature about another person--pass it around
Gossip
Peter Piper picked a peck of these
Pickled Peppers
"X" marks the spot for this percussion instrument operated by wooden mallets
Xylophone
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
All regularly minted U.S. coins today contain some of this element, symbol Cu
Copper
In ancient Rome these trained warriors fought to the death for public entertainment
Gladiators
Little Miss Muffet sat on one of these low stools
A Tuffet
The "kettle" type of this spread through the world via Islamic culture
Drum
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Daniel Rutherford discovered this gas that makes up most of the atmosphere & called it "noxious air"
Nitrogen
It's a helpful list of terms & definitions at the back of some textbooks
Glossary
It was stolen by Tom, Tom, the piper's son
A Pig
The tuba is made from this metal & belongs to that section of the orchestra
Brass
1984
George Orwell
It's the element whose magnetic properties have been known & studied the longest
Iron
An animated anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore which is entirely created from inanimate matter (usually clay or mud)
Golem
These were the wares of the man Simple Simon met going to the fair
Pie
Italian & concert are types of this composition, found at the front of a musical work
The Overture
The Catcher In The Rye
J. D. Salinger