logoThis Week's Printable Brain Twisters - Elementary

Who wrote the famous document read publicly in Philadelphia in July, 1776?
George Washington
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison

The King of England at the time of the Lexington and Concord was:
Charles of Whales
George III
Ferdinand
John-Paul
Midas

Sam, a loyal American, told his teacher the primary colors are Red, White, and Blue. Why was he wrong?
Yellow is a primary color
White is not a color
He forgot green
He forgot black
More than one of the above

Which has “spacious skies”?
Star Spangled Banner
America the Beautiful
Stars and Stripes Forever
Yankee Doodle
God Bless America

Which is furthest south?
The home of John Adams
The writing place of the Declaration of Independence
The home of Thomas Jefferson
The Statue of Liberty
Mt Rushmore

This famous American composed over 130 marches:
George Gershwin
John Philip Sousa
Mark Twain
Stephen Foster
Scott Joplin   

After the Declaration of Independence, which major document was written next ?
The Constitution   
The Emancipation Proclamation    
The Bill of Rights      
The Penn Charter
The Star Spangled Banner

Fireworks were originally invented by the
Chinese
Puritans
Vikings
Spaniards
French

If you take the number of stars on Betsy Ross’ flag and multiply it by the number of branches of US government, you get a number:
more than the number of senators in the US Senate
more than the number of years since the Declaration of Independence
more than the number of US states
less than the number of sides on the Pentagon
more than the number of years the American Revolution was fought

A famous chair inside Independence Hall has the picture of this promising natural phenomenon as noted by Ben Franklin in a famous speech given there:
a waterfall
a sunrise
a cave
a moon
a flower

Copyright © 2001-2006 by the Network for Instructional TV, Inc.
All rights reserved.