TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters
Week of October 18, 2026
1.Which state is not east of the Mississippi?
- Missouri
- Illinois
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Ohio
2.What is the stone at the center of the top of an arch called?
- millstone
- cobblestone
- centerpiece
- keystone
- grindstone
3.Which book's author would come last in alphabetical order?
- Winnie the Pooh
- Beezus and Ramona
- Little House in the Big Woods
- A Wrinkle in Time
- Harry Potter
4.What would come last in this sequence: April, August, December, February, January, June, ...
- March
- November
- July
- May
- September
5.In the 19th century, people used oil from these large mammals in lamps.
- sharks
- snakes
- buffalo
- whales
- elephants
6.Which of these is an example of potential energy?
- a hanging pulley
- a swing
- a compressed spring
- a broken spoon
- a weighted baseball bat
7.To go from Miami, Florida to Havana, Cuba, you need to fly
- east
- northwest
- northeast
- southwest
- north
8.High frequency sound waves
- Make higher pitches
- Completely stop in water
- Travel faster than light
- Are caused only by loud sounds
- Travel faster than low frequency waves
9.A short story which has a moral is called a:
- sidebar
- folk tale
- fable
- novel
- tragedy
10.How many of the United States border on the Atlantic Ocean, not including the Gulf of Mexico?
- 18
- 8
- 10
- 14
- 11
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