Answer:
I am an insect. Half of my name is another insect. I am similar to the name of a famous band. What am I?
Part carbon part water I am poison to the fishes. Many falsely claim my name I am the pause that refreshes.
Never ahead, ever behind, yet flying swiftly past, for a child, I last forever, for adults, I'm gone too fast.
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
In wealth I abound; in water I stand; as a fencer I'm valued all over the land; at Venice I'm famous; by farmers I'm prized; respected by law yet huntsmen despised; consternation and ruin ensue when I break; And the beasts of the forest advantage won't take.
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.