TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters

Week of April 25, 2025

1.Our understanding of modern genetics can be attributed to the work of Gregor Mendel, a 19th century Austrian monk, who conducted experiments on (10 points)

• fruit flies
• earthworms
• peas
• apple trees
• mice

2.If gasoline costs $3.50 a gallon and goes up by 10% each month for 3 months, the price per gallon will be about what at the end of the third month? (10 points)

• about $4.55
• about $3.80
• about $4.98
• about $4.66
• about $4.10

3.Which of these explorers headed east? (5 points)

• Sir Francis Drake
• Marco Polo
• Henry Hudson
• Magellan
• Columbus

4.Gregarious is to introverted as (20 points)

• extraneous is to external
• placid is to agitated
• rancid is to restful
• beneficial is to bountiful
• short is to minimal

5.Which of these sentences uses alliteration? (5 points)

• Life is a piece of cake.
• Lovely Lisa likes lacrosse.
• A stitch in time saves nine.
• She wails when he sails.
• Lucy sings like a bird.

6.The final leg of the Triple Crown (5 points)

• Takes place on the first Saturday in May
• Takes place in the northernmost of the three locations
• Takes place in Baltimore
• Takes place in Britain
• Takes place every other year

7.May Day is all of these except (5 points)

• a bank holiday in Britain
• a celebration of spring
• a day to commemorate Civil War dead
• a cry for help
• a celebration of the Communist Revolution in Russia

8.Which is least likely to provide evidence of global warming? (5 points)

• the Colorado timberline
• the Alaska glaciers
• the weather almanac
• the New York skyline
• the mountain wildlife

9.Which word does not belong? (10 points)

• stressed
• placid
• frenzied
• agitated
• harried

10.Which person is most likely to remember flappers and speakeasies? (20 points)

• A veterinarian
• A centenarian
• A vegetarian
• A septuagenarian
• An agrarian

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