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TeachersFirst Middle School Brain Twister Answers
Week of November 14, 2009

Which does not belong with the rest?
    gram
    degree celsius
    meter
    milliliter
    inch

An anemometer is used to measure:
    air pressure
    temperatures indoors
    humidity
    oxygen levels
    wind speed

This sought-after seaway was never found by explorers but may be opening up today due to climate change:
    Pearl Harbor
    Panama Canal
    Suez Canal
    Northwest Passage
    Atlantis

February will bring a quadrennial event to this location in B.C.
    Marseilles
    Cairo
    Vancouver
    Rio de Janeiro
    Athens

Airplane tickets cost more during holiday times because:
    More people want to travel.
    The weather is cold.
    People have more money to spend.
    Pilots want to stay at home.
    There are fewer airplanes.

John’s family’s new car cost $15,000 and they got $4,000 in trade on their old car. If there is a 5% tax on the net cost of the car, how much money did they pay after the trade-in?
    $11,200
    $11,550
    $11,750
    $15,750
    $11,000

Which sentence lacks prepositions?
    Apples never fall far from the tree.
    Pumpkin makes delicious desserts and breads.
    Why not try some fresh fruit and exercise for dessert?
    The average American eats far more calories than he should during the holidays.
    Turkeys run as far away as they can during November.

Freezing rain happens when...
    Snowflakes melt on the way down.
    The earth turns so fast that the raindrops freeze.
    Cold air rides up over warm air.
    Clouds drop ice pellets.
    Warm air rides up over cold air.

Which has the largest number of employees?
    Department of the Interior
    Department of Defense
    Congress
    FBI
    Department of Agriculture

November 9, 2009, was the twentieth anniversary of the fall of a wall and the end of...
    the Trojan Horse
    the Sow's Ear
    the Silk Road
    the Glass Ceiling
    the Iron Curtain