Monday, May 2, 2020 Morning Challenge

Geography!

The theme this morning is CAPITAL CITIES.  See which questions you think you can answer without the use of any resources.  From there, use your detective skills and the internet to answer the rest of the questions.

1 - It hosted the 2008 summer Olympic Games and is home to a palace complex known as the Forbidden City.
2 - It's home to the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Élysées.
3 - It's situated on the Potomac River and boasts numerous national monuments including the Lincoln Memorial.
4 - It's home to a complex of government buildings called the Kremlin.
5 - It was divided by a wall from 1961 to 1989.
6 - It's where you can climb the Petronas Towers, the tallest twin towers in the world.
7 - It's home to a bronze statue of The Little Mermaid from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.
8 - It was the site of Plato's Academy, Aristotle's Lyceum and is still overlooked by the Parthenon.
9 - It's where you can explore Wenceslas Square and the world's largest castle.
10 - It lies on a Communist-run Caribbean island, just south of the U.S. state of Florida.

Answers for this Week's Morning Challenges

MONDAY

1 - Lima
2 - Oslo
3 - Naples
4 - Eucalyptus
5 - Los Angeles
6 - Panama Canal
7 - Luxembourg
8 - Austria
9 - Nepal
10 - Egypt

TUESDAY

1 -  The next letter in the sequence would be N to represent November.
2 - The next letter in the sequence would be N to represent nine.
3 - A sponge is full of holes but still holds water.
4 - You can't hold your breath for more than a few minutes.
5 - The name of the fourth child was Johnny.

WEDNESDAY



THURSDAY

What word connects the three words in each group?
Example: aid ~ head ~ rock = band  (bandaid, headband, rock band)

1. mate ~ class ~ bath                  ROOM
2. chocolate ~ maid ~ carton       MILK
3. sea ~ egg ~ turtle                       SHELL
4. swing ~ spare ~ track                 TIRE
5. bell ~ mat ~ knob                      DOOR
6. sweat ~ tail ~ polo                      SHIRT
7. house ~ fire ~ flash                     LIGHT
8. bed ~ computer ~ bite               BUG

Thursday, April 30, 2020 Morning Challenge

What word connects the three words in each group?
Example: aid ~ head ~ rock = band  (bandaid, headband, rock band)

1. mate ~ class ~ bath           ______________
2. chocolate ~ maid ~ carton   ______________
3. sea ~ egg ~ turtle              ______________
4. swing ~ spare ~ track        ______________
5. bell ~ mat ~ knob              ______________
6. sweat ~ tail ~ polo             ______________
7. house ~ fire ~ flash            ______________
8. bed ~ computer ~ bite         ______________

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Morning Challege

 Try this 6-box Sudoku puzzle!  Check back at the end of the week for the solution.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Morning Challenge

Time to put your thinking cap on!
Record your answers in your notebook and check back at the end of the week to see if you are right!

Think very carefully and solve the following brainteasers.  You should be able to justify your answer - this is different than just guessing!


1.  What letter is next in this sequence?
M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O,__

2.  What letter is next in this sequence?
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, __

3.  What is full of holes but still holds water?

4.  What is light as a feather, but even the strongest man cannot hold it more than a few minutes?

5.  Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?

Monday, April 27, 2020 Morning Challenge

'Beginning With...' GEOGRAPHY & TRIVIA!

  Start with answering the questions you know you know!  Use the internet / atlas to help you answer the rest!  Write down your answers in your notebook and check back on Thursday afternoon to see the answers!

1 - What is the name of the capital city and largest city of Peru beginning with the letter 'L'?
2 - Beginning with 'O', what Scandinavian capital city is home to the Munch Museum, the Holmenkollen Ski Museum and the Vigeland Sculpture Park?
3 - Which Italian city beginning with 'N' is overlooked by the active volcano, Mt. Vesuvius?
4 - The Australian marsupials koalas feed almost exclusively on the leaves of which type of tree, beginning with 'E'?
5 - What 'L' is a city where the US film industry has been based since the early 20th century?
6 - What 'P' is an artificial waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
7 - The three nations that make up the Low Countries are Belgium, the Netherlands and what other country that begins with 'L'?
8 - What 'A' is a European country that has Vienna as its capital?
9 - The summit of Mt. Everest is on the border of China and which other country beginning with 'N'?
10 - What country beginning with 'E' is the location of the Great Pyramids of Giza?