TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of May 11, 2025

1.Which pair is incorrect?

• Hamilton - Quarter
• Lincoln - $5 bill
• Lincoln - penny
• Jefferson - nickel
• Roosevelt - dime

2.Which does not belong?

• dune
• 1905
• Wilbur
• biplane
• Kitty Hawk

3.What is a lasting "impression" affected by your teenage friends' posts on Instagram?

• Digital footprint
• Credit record
• Carbon footprint
• Hand stamp
• Stamp of approval

4.An ocean reef is made up of:

• piles of rocks
• decayed plants and other organisms
• large colonies of living coral
• underwater mountains
• garbage

5.A port is most likely to have which pair of industries?

• farming and skiing
• fishing and mining
• shipping and fishing
• electronics and packaging
• furniture building and oil refining

6.The North Star is part of this constellation

• The Little Dipper
• The Big Dipper
• Cassiopeia
• Orion
• The Bear

7.Which of the following is a shade of a secondary color?

• Ebony
• Butter
• Cranberry
• Sky
• Lime

8.Settlers on the American prairie sometimes made houses out of this:

• Brick
• Stone
• Redwood
• Cement
• Sod

9.A Palomino is

• a missing number
• a token in a board game
• a kind of horse
• a good friend
• a kind of music

10.What number comes next in the following sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25

• 27
• 144
• 21
• 45
• 36

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