Friday, 12/14/07 - Assembly Schedule (6th)
Prepare sheet for Test 4A.
Mental Floss

1. (1) Read the next sentence, and determine what the four uppercase words have in common. As you put down your bowl of STEW and take your SEAT, you let out a SHOUT and leap back up; you sat on a THORN!
2. (1) 1961 was a special year (besides the fact that Mr. Coward was born then.) In fact, the next time a year will be this special will be the year 6009. What is so special about those two years?
3. (3) In each sentence below, an animal is concealed. For example, the sentence, "What shall I do, Gertrude?" has the word dog concealed. Can you find the others?
• a) He used his powers of persuasion to summon key people to the meeting.
• b) Did I ever tell you, that at camp in the fall, I once found a ten dollar gold piece?
• c) Asking nutty questions can be most annoying.
4. (1) All the W's are the same letter, all the X's are the same letter, all the 1's are the same letter, and so on. Figure out the six words.
• a) The hunters set a WXYZ for the hare. How else were they to enjoy its succulent 1234 ?
• b) They all listened in XYZW attention as their leader spoke and motivated them to work as a 4231.
• c) There will always be a small ZYXW of wildness in a cat, though it is considered to be a 4312 animal today.
5. (1) Supply the missing four words. (No, you don't get to ask any questions.)

     "Failure _____ ______ ______ ______ ."
     Options:
     A) Success
     B) Victory
     C) Triumph
     D) Accomplishment

Test 4A
Doodle Theme: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!