TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters
Week of March 21, 2024
1.Which pair does not match?
- Smoky - Snow
- Puff - Jackie
- Dixie - Doodah
- Railroad - Dinah
- Feather - macaroni
2.Which of these states does not border any of the others?
- Alabama
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Lousiana
- Missouri
3.Which has the shortest "year"?
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Mars
- Mercury
- Venus
4.Immigrants came to Ellis Island...
- to register to vote.
- to enter the United States.
- to learn English.
- to get a tan.
- to find their belongings.
5.Which one belongs with the group: catsup; stop sign; cardinal...
- Chocolate bar
- Apple
- Frog
- Ocean
- Olive
6.Which of the following uses a figure of speech different from the others?
- This ice cream tastes like dirt.
- She walks in beauty like the night.
- Her eyes are like limpid pools.
- The heart is a lonely hunter.
- The service was as slow as molasses in January.
7.A sand bar beneath shallow water that poses a hazard to navigation is a(n) ...
- shoal
- lagoon
- isthmus
- atoll
- hook
8.Which pair was most likely to be alive at the same time?
- a rancher and an explorer
- a buccaneer and a G.I.
- a patriot and a redcoat
- a pilgrim and a flapper
- an astronaut and a forty-niner
9.Which has been in household/common use the longest?
- the Internet
- cell phones
- text messaging
- microwave ovens
- televisions
10.Which animal has the longest spine?
- Bat
- Snail
- Giraffe
- Mouse
- Opossum
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