TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters
Week of September 6, 2026
1.People of ________ origin make up the biggest portion of the Hispanic population in the United States.
- Guatemalan
- Cuban
- Mexican
- Puerto Rican
- Dominican
2.The word Hispanic refers to persons with a historic or cultural relationship to Spain. The U.S. Census Bureau defines Hispanic or Latino as a person from which of the following geographic areas?
- Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Mexico
- Central America, Cuba, Virgin Islands, and Bermuda
- Mexico, Honduras, Cuba, and Guatemala
- South America, Mexico, and Central America
- Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and South or Central America
3.Which does not fall in the same month as the others?
- All Hallow's Eve
- The anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight
- Canadian Thanksgiving
- Red Ribbon Week
- The holiday in honor of Queen Isabella's explorer
4.Which word would not be on the dictionary page with these guide words: intellect, irritate
- isthmus
- ire
- intuition
- intelligence
- intrinsic
5.In which game do players chase or hit something that's a different shape from all the other games?
- tennis
- ice hockey
- volleyball
- soccer
- ping pong
6.What number comes next in this sequence? 100, 95, 105, 90, 110
- 115
- 80
- 120
- 85
- 75
7.Which craftsperson/professional is not matched with the correct part of the body where his product is used?
- seamstress-torso
- milliner-head
- cobbler-arm
- optician-eye
- farrier-hoof
8.Mozart did not write music for this instrument.
- clarinet
- electric guitar
- violin
- flute
- Piano
9.Kelly's family drives from Dallas to Denver for a family reunion. Assuming they don't waste time, which state would they surely not pass through.
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Colorado
- New Mexico
- Ohio
10.On the Celsius scale, water freezes at:
- 10 degrees
- 32 degrees
- 0 degrees
- -32 degrees
- -10 degrees
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