TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters

Week of April 26, 2024

1.What crashed in 1929? (5 points)

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

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

3.Which sentence is correct? (5 points)

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

4.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)

• 10
• 7
• 5
• 8
• 9

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

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

6.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 bats in Denver are stronger.
• The food's better in Denver.
• The temperature is cooler.

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

• Springfield
• Frankfort
• Dover
• Harrisburg
• Columbus

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

• Romans
• Egyptians
• Aztecs
• Greeks
• Babylonians

9.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)

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

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

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

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