TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of August 9, 2026

1.Which of the following would earn you the largest total? (20 points)

• A quarter a month for a year
• A nickel a week for a century
• A penny a day for a millenium
• A dime a fortnight for a year
• A dollar a year for a decade

2.The island of Alcatraz sits in the middle of the bay named for this major California city. (20 points)

• San Diego
• Los Angeles
• Santa Barbara
• Montego
• San Francisco

3.In the 1820s, the fastest way to get from New York to San Francisco was by: (10 points)

• car
• train
• wagon
• ship
• airplane

4.This explorer has a large bay in northeastern Canada named for him. (5 points)

• Captain Cook
• Louis Nova Scotia
• John Smith
• Henry Hudson
• Ferdinand Magellan

5.Which of the following pairs is correct? (20 points)

• Pisa - Empire State Building
• Rome - Big Ben
• Seattle - Forbidden City
• New York - Eiffel Tower
• St. Louis - arch

6.If you start with 3 and count by threes, which number will you not say? (10 points)

• 33
• 48
• 27
• 51
• 28

7.A section that is repeated in a poem is called a: (5 points)

• sonnet
• meter
• stanza
• refrain
• haiku

8.Which of the following is name for a secondary color? (5 points)

• crimson
• lime
• navy
• lemon
• azure

9.Which of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to "All that glitters is not gold?" (10 points)

• Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
• Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
• People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
• Don't put the cart before the horse.
• You can't judge a book by its cover.

10.If you travel using the most direct land route from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras, which state will you not pass through? (10 points)

• New Jersey
• North Carolina
• Connecticut
• Virginia
• New Hampshire

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