TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters
Week of December 8, 2023
1.In 1965, a young boy with a blanket joined his bald-headed friend and the gang for the first animated Christmas TV special. The group's biggest accomplishment was: (5 points)
- Playing a toy piano
- Eating snow flakes
- Twirling a dog dish
- Decorating a tree
- Choosing the cast of a play
2.Rubies, one of January's birthstones, is made from... (10 points)
- primarily calcium carbonate
- carbon
- the mineral corundum
- non-crystalline form of the mineral silica
- assorted silicate materials
3.Sleigh bells ring... This line from a Christmas carol is also about (5 points)
- Felines
- Equines
- Bovines
- Canines
- Lupines
4.Which pair does not have the same relationship as the rest? (5 points)
- apparel - clothing
- car - automobile
- joy - mirth
- wassail - punch
- gift - giving
5.Except for leap years, January always begins on the same day as what other month? (20 points)
- June
- February
- August
- July
- December
6.Which of these is not part of a figure of speech in a famed poem by Clement Clarke Moore? (10 points)
- a cherry
- an apple
- bowlful of jelly
- a peddler
- dry leaves before the wild hurricane
7.Which does not belong? (20 points)
- a snowman and some children
- a tree and its stump
- a watch chain and Magi
- a turkey and a ham
- a train and the North Pole
8.The first News Years Eve ball dropped on Times Square happened in what year? (5 points)
- 1904
- 1907
- 1910
- 1900
- 1913
9.In the final line of a carol that includes Parson Brown, you will find this figure of speech: (10 points)
- metaphor
- alliteration
- simile
- personification
- hyperbole
10.Named by the Romans, the month of January was named after the Roman god Janus. Janus is the god of? (10 points)
- resolutions
- beginnings and transitions
- peace
- war
- celebrations
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