TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of November 22, 2020

1.In what time period did the first Thanksgiving take place?

• The 19th century
• The 20th century
• The 18th century
• The 16th century
• The 17th century

2.Which song has purple mountains?

• The Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Yankee Doodle
• The national anthem
• America
• America the Beautiful

3.Which state is matched with the wrong capital?

• South Carolina - Columbia
• New York - Albany
• Maine - Augusta
• Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
• Connecticut - Hartford

4.Which sentence is correct?

• Doing homework is a pane.
• I'm afraid I might loose them on the way to school.
• They're all due tomorrow.
• Just when I've red my assignments, I have to go to bed.
• My blew notebook is already full of papers.

5.Kip wants a new game for his game system. It costs $48. His weekly allowance is $15, but he spends $7 each week on bus fare. For how many weeks must he save to buy the game?

• 5
• 8
• 6
• 7
• 4

6.Which has the longest "year"?

• Mercury
• Mars
• Earth
• Venus
• Jupiter

7.Mary is making stuffing for Thanksgiving. The recipe calls for 1/3 cup of bread cubes for each pound of turkey. If the turkey weighs 18 pounds, how many cups of bread will Mary need?

• 6 cups
• 4 1/3 cups
• 3 cups
• 5 2/3 cups
• 6 2/3 cups

8.When someone is between a rock and a hard place, he...

• is a chip of the old block
• has stars in his eyes
• wears his heart on his sleeve
• is wearing rose colored glasses
• can't win for losing

9.Turkeys are unlike most birds because:

• They can barely fly
• They have a distinctive call
• They have feathers
• They lay eggs
• They build nests

10.Which would not be part of a poem?

• title
• stanza
• verse
• refrain
• glossary

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