mental floss

Prep sheet for Test #25:
Husker Du: ___/6 ___/5 ___/5 ___/5   Giver Quizzes: ___/10 ___/10
Vocab Homework: ___/20  Vocab Practices: ___/12 ___/18 ___/12
Other Extra Credit:  +3 for Period 6, +1 for Period 2 for Vocab Relay.

Mental Floss.

1. These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme. Example : Plump Feline = Fat Cat. a) nondescript crustacean  b) old story  c) big boat  d) timid gnat  e) kiss dog
2. Wacky Wordy:  EILN  PU
3. Wacky Wordy: Long
                              Due
4. What word could GHOTI be an alternative spelling for?
   (Big Hint: RouGH wOmen loTIon.)
5. When is 30 plus 30 equal to 1?
6. If a daddy bull weighs 1,200 pounds and eats twelve bales of hay each day, and a baby bull, who weighs 300 pounds, eats three bales of hay each day, how much hay, then, should a mommy bull eat if she weighs 800 pounds?

Test #25. Doodle Theme: What’s your idea for a new movie?

Prep sheet for Test #24:

Giver KBARR: ___/30   First Giver Quiz: ___/10
Lots of “Other Extra Credit” this week!

Mental Floss.

1. In what month do Americans eat the least amount of food?
2. Wacky Wordy:   Cheddar >
3. Starting with an empty barrel, put in order. (Not a trick.)
   *2/3 full   *1/4 empty   *1/2 full   *3/4 empty
4. Can you figure out these common, polite expressions?
   • a) The second letter of the alphabet + the opposite of more + a female sheep
   • b) The 16th letter of the alphabet + to rent
   • c)  Former + sticks used for pool + not you
5. Fill in the blanks below with a word that means the same as the word on the left when read normally, and fits the definition on the right when read backwards.
   • a) Friends ______ hit sharply.  
   • b) Rinds of fruit _______ What we do with over one third of our lives.  
   • c) Wicked _______ Exist

Test #24. Doodle Theme: A New Vehicle!

Prep Sheet for Test #23:

KBARR and Extra Credit is all I need!

Mental Floss.

1. Serena needed to go to the store to buy some ingredients to cook with. She started writing them down: butter, milk, eggs, duct tape, cashews, toilet paper, oranges, vinegar, lemon juice…     What was Serena making?
2. Why can’t a man marry his brother’s wife’s mother-in-law? (Assume she’s not dead.)
3. How many numbers between 1 and 799 can be divided by 2? (Alert: Math!)
4. What color is represented by this “word”  BRLEUDE
5. Wacky Wordy:   CLOU__ __
6. An infinite number of mathematicians are standing at a counter ordering root beer. The first asks the man for half a pint of root beer, the second for a quarter pint, the third an eighth, and so on. How many pints of root beer will the man need to fulfill all mathematicians’ orders? (Alert: math.)

Test #23. Doodle Theme: A PERFECT Life for ALL.

Happy Three-day Weekend! Remember to work on your interview essay because 600 words is due on Tuesday WHEN YOU GET BACK AFTER THE WEEKEND.

Prep Sheet for Test #21:

KBAR AND EC (-7) ONLY!

Mental Floss.

1. Wacky Wordies:
   a) OFTEN, NOT, OFTEN, NOT, OFTEN   
   b) S – N – O – W
   (I probably should have done this one in December.)
   
2. The amazing No Snore Sally has gone 11 days without sleeping. How does she do it?
3. What large and well known city in the U.S.A. is half golden and half silver?
4. Although very old coins tend to be worth more than their face value, why is it that 1997 nickels are worth about $100?
5. What’s the common link?
   • a) tailor, wrestling match, bowling alley
   • b) watermelon, tournament, flower
   • c) hurricane, needle, potato
   • d) barber, rooster, beehive
6. Can you figure out the logic I used to decide the order of the following words? (Hint: Sing them to yourself.)
   gun, shoe, spree, door, hive, kicks, heaven, gate, line, den

Test  #21. NOTICE: Please choose C for #3, since there isn’t a real answer for it, but that one comes closest.

Doodle Theme: A New Toy!