Word Connections
What single word can be used for both "peanut" and "fly"?
Butter - butterfly, peanut butter
What months come immediately before and after June?
May and July
This famous ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.
What is the Titanic?
Repeat these numbers backward: 7 - 2 - 9 - 4
4 - 9 - 2 - 7
Name four U.S. states that begin with the letter M.
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana
What word can follow class, room, and team?
What numbers come immediately before and after 97?
98 and 100
This American civil rights leader delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Put these words in alphabetical order: zebra, apple, monkey, tiger.
Apple, monkey, tiger, zebra
Name five countries beginning with S.
Examples: Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Singapore, SLovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, Sudan
What do thermometer, ruler, scale, and stopwatch have in common?
They are all measuring instruments/tools.
Alphabetically, what letters come immediately before and after M?
L and N
This wall divided East and West Berlin until 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Remember: Boston, banana, Chicago, apple, Denver, orange. Say the fruits first alphabetically, then the cities alphabetically.
Apple, banana, orange; Boston, Chicago, Denver
Name five words that can mean "very large"
Examples: huge, enormous, massive, gigantic, immense
What do draft, current, account, and interest have in common?
They are all words that can be associated with banking/finance.
If you count backward by 7s, what numbers come immediately before and after 70 in the sequence?
77 and 63
This 1969 mission resulted in the first humans walking on the Moon.
What is Apollo 11?
Start with 80, subtract 7, add 12, subtract 5, then double the result.
160
Name three words that have at least two different meanings, and explain both meanings.
Examples: bank, bat, bark, match, date, light, spring
What word can follow water, night, and foot?
Fall - waterfall, nightfall, footfall
Starting at 100 and subtracting 8 each time, what are the three numbers immediately after 76?
68, 60, 52
This ancient trade route connected China and Europe and helped spread goods, ideas, religions, and technologies across continents.
What is the Silk Road?
Remember: 9, 3, 7, 2, 8, 5. Put the even numbers in ascending order, followed by the odd numbers in descending order.
2, 8, 9, 7, 5, 3
In 30 seconds, name eight words associated with "travel" without saying car, plane, train, hotel, or vacation.