TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters

Week of July 20, 2024

1.A poster in Mr. Jones' art room depicts Grant Shuey's painting "American Gothic." One object that it prominent in the painting is a:

Gargoyle
Bowl of fruit
Pitchfork
Castle
River

2.Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect?

We wanted our parents to just let us decide on our own school supplies.
Both you and me is no exception.
Everyone has his reason for wanting a certain kind of notebooks.
A back to school letter came to Peter and me.
No one is ready for school to start.

3.Scientists believe this very bright light could be a galaxy in its infant stage.

Quasar
Laser
Moonbeam
Quark
Photon

4."This above all: to thine own self be true." This famous quote has two...

verbs
adverbs
predicates
prepositions
conjunctions

5.Mr. Schwartz's science class has 8 blondes, 7 brunettes, 3 redheads, 5 black-haired, 1 towhead, and 1 albino. What percentage of the class is brunette?

25%
28%
35%
15%
21%

6.A blue checkmark on this social media site verifies that an account of public interest is authentic. The site was founded by:

Evan Spiegal, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim
Kevin Systrom
Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Noah Glass, and Evan Williams
Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes

7.Mrs. Van Zile bought three new packs of stickers for her classroom. She received $.83 change for her $5 bill. If two of the packs were $1.39 each, how much was the other pack?

$.79
$1.19
$1.39
$1.75
$1.59

8.Which is not related to the others?

Flight 93
Al Qaeda
The Pentagon
ground zero
BP

9.Which of these is not an element?

salt
neon
calcium
sulphur
silicon

10.Which of the following could not be used to hold a liquid?

pipette
Petri dish
colander
beaker
flask

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