TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters
Week of February 5, 2012
1.Slavery was a major issue during this war.
- The Revolutionary War
- The Civil War
- The Vietnam War
- World War II
- The War of 1812
2.This man is known for his accomplishments as a freed slave, an educator, and a leader nationally-respected leader at the start of the twentieth century:
- Washington Irving
- Booker T. Washington
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- George Gershwin
- Irving Berlin
3.If you put the names of the continents in alphabetical order, which one would come fifth?
- Antarctica
- Europe
- North America
- Asia
- South America
4.Which does not belong?
- child - children
- deer - deers
- mouse - mice
- house - houses
- wolf - wolves
5.Orion is:
- a constellation
- a horoscope sign
- a compact car
- an animal
- a politician
6.Which of the following creatures is not warm-blooded?
- beaver
- iguana
- fox
- cheetah
- rat
7.During the 1960's this series of events helped African Americans become full members of American society.
- the draft
- the civil rights movement
- the space race
- the new deal
- the anti-war movement
8.If you multiply two numbers whose smallest place value is the hundredths, what will the smallest place value of the answer be?
- ones
- ten-thousandths
- hundredths
- ten thousands
- tens
9.What is the next number in this sequence: 4, 10, 22, 46, ___?
- 86
- 94
- 82
- 90
- 96
10.Which of these is an example of potential energy?
- A broken spoon
- A flying meteor
- A hanging pulley
- A stretched rubber band
- A weighted baseball bat
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