mental floss

Prep sheet for Test #23. (Reload the test to test the latest version.)
1-1-1’s: ___/30   Husker Du: ___/10  ___/10   ___/10
Giver Quizzes: ___/9  ___/10
Other Extra Credit: ?

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 behind a counter. 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 PAPERBACK BOOKS, use the following page numbers for #29: a) p113  b) p113  c) p119  d) p121  e) p117

Prep sheet for Test #22. (Reload test to get latest version.)
Vocab H/w:___/20     Vocab Practices: ___/10  ___/11
Giver Quizzes: ___/5  ___/5    1-1-1’s: ___10
Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss.

1. Try to figure out the noun or adjective that is common to all the items each group.
   • a) person, clock, cliff
   • b) feather,  torch,  low-calorie
   • c) fishing rod, actor, checkout counter
2. The following not only describes a famous monument, but is an anagram for its name. What is it?   Built to Stay Free.
3. Cross out six letters and you’ll find an easy word. What is the word?  SBAIXNLETATNERSAS
4. A donkey behind another donkey,
   I’m behind that second donkey,
   But there is a whole nation behind me.
   It is a murder you can describe in a word: ______
5. For each, find a three-letter word that ends the first word and begins the second word.
   a) birth _ _ _ light       b) knock _ _ _ line

Test #22.

No doodle unless you’re finished with your interview paper.

Prep sheet for Test #20:
KBARR: ___/40   Vladek Quiz: ___/6    Vocab H/W: ___/20
Vocab Practice: ___/12 ____/10 ___/12
Other Extra Credit: Period 2 gets +3 for Vocab Relay, Periods 3 and 6 get +2 for Vocab Relay.

Mental Floss.

1. A man builds an extraordinary house where all four sides face south.  A bear walks up to one of his windows and peers in. What color is the bear?
2. There is a building with thirty stories and one elevator. On floor twenty-one, four people get on and zero get off. On floor thirteen, six get on and two get off. On floor nine, eight people get on and four get off. How many people would get on and off on floor thirty-one?
3. What two words contain the most letters?
4. Wacky Wordy:
   

   my you’re way

5. Find the name of a planet hidden in each of the following sentences:
   • a) “Steven, use the screwdriver to build those shelves.”
   • b) Everyone takes a turn in the cage.
   • c) “Catherine, you ran us over with your bicycle!”
   • d) “Sam, arsenic is poisonous! I read about it on the internet.”

Test #20. Doodle Theme: Invent a new sport!

Prep sheet for Test #19. (Reload the test page to get the latest version.)
Husker Du: ___/13 ___/13   KBARR: ___/30   Sentence Combo:___/5

Mental Floss.

1. How can you perform a subtraction from seven so that the result will be even, but without subtracting any odd numbers?
2. What is so light that anyone on Earth can hold it, but so heavy that nobody can hold it longer than about 20 minutes?
3. At noon, you look at the old-school clock in your bedroom. The big hand is on the five and the little hand is in between the three and the four. What time is it?
4. Two fathers and two sons own 21 horses between them. Explain how it is possible to evenly divide the herd among them. (NO, you don’t get to cut up any horses!)
5. Where do you leave a “place” by closing the “window”?  (On a _____.)
6. In a small town in the country, a male cow swallowed an explosive device. The town newspaper had a front page story about it.   Which one-word headline did they use?
   * Shocking!  * How?  * Dangerous!  * Terrifying!
   * Abominable!  * What?  * Horrible! 

Test #19.

Doodle Theme:

Prep sheet for Test #18. (Reload the Test to get the latest, updated version.)
Vocab Homework: ___/20   Vocab Practices: ___/14  ___/11   ___/10
Other Extra Credit: +1, +2, or up to +4 for SAWs.

Mental Floss.

1. What famous fictional character is represented here?   ants, beetles, termites, rabbit
2. A man walks into a room, turns around and walks out the same door he went in. When he gets out he is in a different room than when he started. How is this possible?
3. What number should come next? 144, 121, 100, 81, 64,  _____  (Alert: math.)
4. Spell the word candy with just 2 letters.
5. How many F’s (capital or small–no trick here) are in the following sentence? (Alert: Counting.)
   Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.  

Test #18.

No Doodle Theme — Get back to work on research!