TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of October 31, 2025

1.Which event happened first?

Paul Revere's ride
The Civil War
The first airplane
The first automobile
Invention of the electric light

2.The bear with the habitat that extends farthest to the north is the

none of these
brown bear
polar bear
black bear
grizzly bear

3.Travel from the panhandle of Idaho to the upper peninsula of Michigan takes you in what direction?

Southwest
Northeast
North
West
East

4.Looking ahead from now, which is in a correct sequence?

Valentines Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day, vernal equinox, Labor Day, Flag Day
Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, vernal equinox
Veterans Day, autumnal equinox, Columbus Day, Labor Day, winter solstice
Columbus Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day, winter solstice, vernal equinox, Labor Day
winter solstice, Martin Luther King Jr Day, vernal equinox, Memorial Day, Independence Day

5.Many of Mark Twain's stories are set along this river.

The Hudson
The Potomac
The Mississippi
The Missouri
The Rio Grande

6.Which of the following is not a percussion instrument?

Timpani
Woodblock
Triangle
Piccolo
Snare drum

7.Which pair is incorrect?

Insects - thorax
Reptiles - vertebrae
Mammals - hair
Amphibians - scales
Fish - gills

8.In 1920, the fastest way to get from New York to Chicago was:

By plane
By boat
In a covered wagon
By car
By train

9.The northern hemisphere has less daylight in November than in June because of:

The colder weather
The position of other planets
Greater distance from the sun
The high cost of electricity
The tilt of the earth's axis

10.Sam's mother brought a large box of cupcakes to school for his birthday. Half were vanilla; the rest were chocolate. His class ate 2/3 of the chocolate ones, and all but one of the vanilla ones. Sam gave half of the remaining chocolate cupcakes to the office staff, and ate the vanilla one himself. He took the remaining 3 home. How many were in the box to start with?

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