Trivia Teasers

Trivia Teasers is a card game designed to encourage creative thinking and recall or recognize common phrases from symbolic language.

Directions:

1. 7D in a W
   seven days in a week
2. 8S on a SS
   eight sides on a stop sign
3. 3B S H Y A W
   baa, baa black sheep, have you any wool?
4. W B at 32D H
   water boils at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
5. 2 A on a M S
   two arches on a McDonald's sign
6. 90D in a RA
   90 degrees in a right angle
7. A T W in 80D
   around the world in 80 days
8. 4Q in a D
   four quarters in a dollar
9. 12M in a Y
   twelve months in a year
10. 1G E 12D
    one gross equals twelve dozen
11. 3 B M (S H T R )
    Three Blind Mice (See How They Run)
12. 54C in a D W T J
    54 cards in a deck with the jokers
13. 29 D in F in a L Y
    29 days in February in a leap year
14. 40 D and N of the G F
    40 days and nights of the great flood
15. 30 D in A, J, S, and N
    30 days in April, June, September, and November
16. 44 is V C S
    44 is Vicks cough syrup
17. 6080 F in a N M
    6080 feet in a nautical mile
18. 4 B from L ( J, P, G, and R)
    four Beatles from Liverpool (John, Paul, George, and Ringo)
19. 3/4 of the E S C by O
    three-fourths of the earth's surface covereed by ocean
20. 8 T on an O
    eight tentacles on an octopus
21. 25 C in a Q
    twenty-five cents in a quarter

Options:

• Prepare the cards and place them in a learning center. Individual students can use them at a specified time or as an extra activity when their class work has been completed.
• Prepare the cards and present a few every day to the whole class. You may designate a specific time during the day as Trivia Teasers time or allow the students to work on the activity throughout the day as a free time activity.
• Award a small prize to the student or small group who answers an item correctly.
• Encourage students to create their own Trivia Teasers.
• Use a word processing or label making program to create professional looking cards.
• Laminate the cards for durability.