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TeachersFirst Middle School Brain Twister Answers
Week of November 14, 2009

Which does not belong with the rest?
    meter
    inch
    degree celsius
    milliliter
    gram

An anemometer is used to measure:
    air pressure
    humidity
    temperatures indoors
    wind speed
    oxygen levels

This sought-after seaway was never found by explorers but may be opening up today due to climate change:
    Northwest Passage
    Suez Canal
    Pearl Harbor
    Atlantis
    Panama Canal

February will bring a quadrennial event to this location in B.C.
    Cairo
    Rio de Janeiro
    Vancouver
    Athens
    Marseilles

Airplane tickets cost more during holiday times because:
    People have more money to spend.
    There are fewer airplanes.
    Pilots want to stay at home.
    More people want to travel.
    The weather is cold.

John’s family’s new car cost $15,000 and they got $4,000 in trade on their old car. If there is a 5% tax on the net cost of the car, how much money did they pay after the trade-in?
    $11,750
    $15,750
    $11,000
    $11,550
    $11,200

Which sentence lacks prepositions?
    Apples never fall far from the tree.
    Pumpkin makes delicious desserts and breads.
    Turkeys run as far away as they can during November.
    The average American eats far more calories than he should during the holidays.
    Why not try some fresh fruit and exercise for dessert?

Freezing rain happens when...
    The earth turns so fast that the raindrops freeze.
    Snowflakes melt on the way down.
    Warm air rides up over cold air.
    Cold air rides up over warm air.
    Clouds drop ice pellets.

Which has the largest number of employees?
    FBI
    Department of Agriculture
    Congress
    Department of the Interior
    Department of Defense

November 9, 2009, was the twentieth anniversary of the fall of a wall and the end of...
    the Glass Ceiling
    the Sow's Ear
    the Iron Curtain
    the Trojan Horse
    the Silk Road