TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters

Week of April 26, 2024

1.Which sentence is correct? (5 points)

None of my teachers is easing up.
They even expect me to know which one of these sentences are correct.
Some lets us do it in class.
It's not fare so close to the end.
We've gots lots of homework.

2.If you are standing at the point on the globe that is 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude, you are: (10 points)

in Washington, DC
on the equator, due south of London
on the equator
in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
at the north pole

3.Your bird bath holds 100 ounces of water. If 10% evaporates each day and you start with a full bird bath, how much water (to the nearest ounce) will be left after 4 days? (10 points)

64 oz.
66 oz.
70 oz.
60 oz.
55 oz.

4.The current Democratic president hails from the state with this capital city. (20 points)

Frankfort
Springfield
Harrisburg
Columbus
Dover

5.An important sentence from the Declaration of Independence tells of things that are self-evident and unalienable. This sentence has how many nouns? (10 points)

6.What crashed in 1929? (5 points)

547 airplanes
the Titanic
Henry Ford's first car
the steel industry
the stock market

7.A key assumption of American law is: (5 points)

You have the right to confront the person accusing you.
You cannot be tried twice for the same crime.
All of these
You are considered innocent until proven guilty.
Anyone accused of a crime should have a lawyer.

8.The central issue in the famous Scopes "monkey" trial in the 1920's was: (10 points)

when man first appeared on earth
the actual age of the earth
whether teachers could teach evolution in Tennessee's public schools
whether science and the Bible could co-exist
whether man descended from apes

9.If a baseball player hits a home run in Denver, why is it likely to go farther than it would in Chicago? (5 points)

The fans scream louder.
The air is thinner.
The food's better in Denver.
The bats in Denver are stronger.
The temperature is cooler.

10.If you put the following ancient civilizations in order from oldest to most recent, which would come last? (20 points)

Egyptians
Babylonians
Romans
Greeks
Aztecs

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