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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
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