Out Of My Mind

Melody Facts

100

What does Melody call her tantrums and body spasms?

Tornado explosions

200

What was the name of Melody's goldfish?

Ollie

300

What flavor does Melody taste when she listens to country music?

Lemons

400

DOUBLE POINTS!!!

What are Melody's parents' names?

Chuck and Diane

500

What movie was Melody watching when she fell out of her chair and Butterscotch saved her?

The Wizard of Oz

Name the Supporting Character

100

I am Connor's best friend, and a member of the Whiz Kids Quiz Team.

Rodney

200

I was Melody's awful third grade teacher.

Mrs. Billups

300

I adjusted the buttons so that Melody could participate in the quiz competition. Additionally, I have a son named (Crusty) Rusty.

Paul

400

When Melody was five, I recommended to her mother that she be sent to a nursing home.

Dr. Hugely

500

I teach music at Spaulding Street Elementary School. Like Melody, Claire and Molly get on my nerves.

Ms. Lovelace

Who Said It?

100

"Happy happy happy, clad your feet. Happy, sappy, pappy, blow your nose. Biddy-boddy-bowdee, jump and jump."

(Pancake) Penny

200

"Look at it this way... If Melody Brooks can win the first round, then my questions must not be difficult enough!"

Mr. Dimming

300

"Well, as a matter of fact, she does seem a little mopey this afternoon. No, I take that back. She's downright monstrous."

Mrs. V

400

"Melody can't walk. Melody can't talk. But she is extremely intelligent! And you better learn to accept that!"

Diane Brooks (Melody's mom)

500

"Sorry Connor, I get this request every year. The flush toilet was invented in 1596 by John Harrington. No funny name. Do you still want to research him?"

Miss Gordon

Vocabulary

100

Feeling bad because you have done something bad or wrong

Guilty

200

To think of someone as being lower in ability, influence, or value than that person actually is.

Underestimate

300

An old-fashioned insulting term for someone who is deemed to be stupid or slow at learning things.

Dunce

400

A sudden violent shaking of the muscles in your body that you are unable to control.

Convulsion

500

The study of words, their meanings, and their histories.

Lexicology

Stephen Hawking Facts

100

What disease was Stephen Hawking diagnosed with?

ALS (or Lou Gehrig's disease)

200

I married Stephen Hawking in 1965.

Jane Wilde Hawking

300

What unusual item did Stephen Hawking build as a child?

A computer

400

At which famous university in England did Stephen Hawking get his Ph.D., the highest degree you can get at a university?

Cambridge University 

500

What is the name of Stephen Hawking's most famous theory, which says that matter actually can escape from black holes?

Bekenstein-Hawking Radiation