Friday, 2/11/11 - Fire Drill/Lockdown Schedule
Prepare sheet for Test #18.
Mental Floss

1. a) I couldn't __ __ __ __ __ any of the __ __ __ __ __ __ in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 __ __ __ __ __ crammed up my nose. (All three words are homonyms.)
   b) A bloodthirsty pirate will wander the _ _ _ _ and essentially _ _ _ _ _ everything he _ _ _ _. (All three words are homonyms.)
2. When is 30 plus 30 equal to 1?
3. Each group of words has TWO words which do not belong, each for a different reason. Can you find them both?   EXAMPLE:  Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose

Jane does not belong as it's the only one which is not a flower
Tulip also does not belong because it's the only one which is not a girl's name
• a) Dodge - Ford - Lincoln - Hoover
• b) King - Earl - Knight - Bishop
• c) Yellow - Green - Dead - Black
4. Inside each set of the following words, there is a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, you'll make a familiar phrase. For example, Skyrocketing/Trolleyman conceals Rock & Roll. 
   a) Surprised/Trashiness   b) Delaware/Bordering   c) Thundershower/Intellectual
5. Try this out. Take the number one hundred twenty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-six and break that number in half. What do you get?
6. What sort of story begins with a limb and ends with a finish?

Test #18 (7th grade, 8th grade)