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Tongue Twisters
Spend 60 seconds practising these in pairs - be
ready to stand up and say each of them five times
quickly....
- gobbling gargoyles gobbled gabbling goblins
- I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch
- lovely lemon liniment
201
Fizz Buzz Medium
Start with a quick round of Fizz Buzz (easy):
Taking it in turns around the classroom, count 1-2-3etc. However, if your number is divisible by 3 you say
'fizz' instead of your number, if it is divisible by 5 you
say 'buzz' instead of the number and if it divisible by
3 AND 5 you must say 'fizz-buzz'.
Now play fizz whiz buzz: if your number is divisible
by 3, you say 'fizz', by 4 you say 'whiz' and by 5 you
say 'buzz'.
Divisible by both 3 and 5?. Fizz-buzz. 3 and 4: Fizzwhiz. 4 and 5: Whiz-buzz. Simples.
202
Bad Jokes
203
I'm not very good at science. Can anyone explain
these jokes to me?
1. There are 10 kinds of scientists. Those who think
in binary and those who don't.
2. Exam question: 'What is an electron?' Answer:
'It's when everyone gets to vote'.
3. Where does bad light end up? In a prism!
Notes
Page
Optical Illusions
The orange lines are identical
in all three images.
Do they seem to bend and
lean in the bottom two?
204
Dingbats
205
Everyday words & expressions
1.
2.
3.
CL
OSE
Notes
Page
Picture Quiz
206
Name the cars from the badges - we've taken some of the
names off, of course !!
This is an old one...
Notes
Page
Odd One Out
207
One of these sentences doesn't contain all the letters
of the alphabet. Which one?
Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex
How piqued gymnasts can level six jumping
razorback frogs
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy bog
Notes
Page
Magic Teacher
208a
For this exercise we need some equipment.
A bucket
Strips
A newspaper
A Strong
Six Paper
Beyonce
Elastic
Band
Lady GaGa
Eminem
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber
Notes
Page
Magic Teacher
208b
Here's the story: next week's classroom monitor will be
responsible for things like handing up books and tidying
the class before and after lessons.
Our head-teacher has lined up four superstars who are willing
to do the job, but two class members must also volunteer.
Your magic teacher will then blindly select who is going to be
the monitor.
Justin Bieber
Beyonce
????
????
Our candidates are:
Lady GaGa
Eminem
Notes
Page
Flags - the letter 'M' Part 2
209
List of 'M's
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauretana
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Notes
Page
Flags - the letter 'M' Part 1
210
List of 'M's
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauretana
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Notes
Page
12 DOC = 12 Days of Christmas
211
These are all everyday phrases involving numbers.
Work out the phrases from the clues:
2001
10
100
5
ASO
DS
PIAP
GR
365
40
100
911
DIAY
ABATFT
CIAD
AFP (US)
Notes
Page
Trivia: Eyes Down
You never know
when this might
come in handy even if it doesn't,
it's nice to be the
only person who
knows...
212
Selected Bingo Calls
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Kelly's Eye
23
Lord is My
Me and You
Shepherd
You and Me
26
Half a Crown
Knock at the door27
Duck and a Crutch
Man Alive
28
In a State
Half a Dozen
Lucky
30
Burlington Bertie
Garden Gate
Doctor's Orders 32
Buckle My Shoe
David's Den
33
All the Threes
Legs
One Dozen
35
Jump and Jive
Unlucky for Some
The Lawnmower 44
Droopy Drawers
16
Never Been
Kissed
19
21
22
57
Heinz Beanz
66
Clickety Click
80
Ghandi's breakfast
Goodbye Teens
Key to the Door
Two Little Ducks 88
Two Fat Ladies
Trivia: FIFA Rankings
You never know
when this might
come in handy even if it doesn't,
it's nice to be the
only person who
knows...
212
Ranking points earned = M x I x T x C
Ranking is based on average score over four
years, on a sliding scale (more recent matches
score more highly). Each match is scored as
follows:
M: Result of match - win (3), draw (1) loss (0)
I: Importance - friendly (1), qualifier (2.5), other
international (3) and FIFA World Cup match (4)
T: Strength of opposing team - No 1 ranked
team (200) down on sliding scale to 150th
ranked team (50) and all teams below also 50
C: Strength of opposing confederation Europe/South America (1), North and Central
America, Caribbean (0.88), Asia/Africa (0.86)
and Oceania (0.85)
Bad Jokes
213
I'm not very good at science. Can anyone explain these
jokes to me?
1. The Large Hadron Collider walks into a pub and
orders a drink. The Barman says "Sorry, we don't serve
LHCs in here.", to which the Large Hadron Collider
replies "That's OK, I'm broke anyway"
2. An infinite number of Mathematicians walk into a bar.
The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a
beer. The third orders a quarter of a beer. The bartender
says “The usual, I guess?” and pours two beers
3. Why did the chicken cross the Mobius strip? To get to
the same side.
Notes
Page
Optical Illusions
Move your head from side to side: do the layers seem to
move too?
214
Dingbats
215
Everyday words & expressions
1.
2.
3.
Notes
Page
Anagrams
216
Here are some anagrams, which contain their
own clues:
1. i'm a dot in place
3. twelve plus one
2. that queer shake
4. accord not in it
Notes
Page
Magic Teacher
217
1. Five students choose football clubs (or film
stars, or...)
2. Write names on paper, put names in hat
4. Pick one at random from hat.
3. But wait...before the football club is
chosen, the teacher has to predict which one
it is.
Notes
Page
The Flagpole
218
In my last school they had a flagpole, which
the caretaker had to paint every year.
It was 1/3 underground (for stability). The
caretaker painted half of its total length, but
wasn't tall enough to reach the top 4 feet (the
caretaker was an old guy, he still used 'feet').
How tall was the flagpole in total?
Roughly how many metres is that?
How tall from the ground up?
Notes
Page
Flags - the letter 'N'
219
Name the countries
Notes
Page
Flags

220
Only one country has a flag which is not
rectininear (that means either a rectangle or a
square)
Notes
Page
12 DOC = 12 Days of Christmas
221
These are all everyday phrases involving numbers.
Work out the phrases from the clues:
147
60
12
747
MBIS
MIAH
IIAF
JJ
16
1
8
10
OIAP
PIAPT
PIAG
RP
Notes
Page
Trivia : it fell off the back of a lorry
You never
know when
this might
come in
handy - even
if it doesn't,
it's nice to be
the only
person who
knows...
Emergency
Action Code
2SE
UN standard
number for
chemical
Hazard
Symbol: one of
ten
1283
01234 567 890
specialist
advice
contact number
222
company
logo
Emergency Action Codes
The first number tells firefighters what to use: 1 = course spray, 2 = fine spray,
3 = foam, 4 =
powder
The first letter can be P-Z and tells if chemical suits or breathing apparatus are needed
The final letter can be E (public hazard) and/or V (explosive reaction)
Bad Jokes
223
I'm not very good at science. Can anyone explain these
jokes to me?
1. A neutron walks into a bar and orders a drink. The
neutron says "how much will that be?", to which the
barman replies "To you....no charge".
2. Two atoms walking down the road. One says to the
other "Oh no, I think I've lost an electron". "Are you sure?"
says the other. "yes, I'm positive" he replies.
3. Does a radioactive cat have 18 half-lives?
Notes
Page
Optical Illusions
If the arrow travels straight, will it pass above the star,
below the star, or will it hit the star?
224a
Optical Illusions
Most people guess 'over' but it is actually dead in line
224b
Dingbats
225
Everyday words & expressions
1.
2.
3.
Notes
Page
Pirate Triva
226
Sail the seven seas, me hearty?
First of all, try and name them.
Notes
Page
Flags - the letters 'O' & 'P'
227
Name the countries
Notes
Page
Word Games
228
I took five nine letter words, and removed
the middle three letters. Then I mixed up
the lists of first-three and last-three letters.
Now I can't remember the words. Help?
First-three-letters
VER
FOR
NIG
WHI
CHO
Last-three-letters
ATE
FUL
OWN
OOL
RAE
Notes
Page
What's your name?
Your teacher will tell you when to start each piece
of writing.
 Stand up, and - with your right hand - slowly
and neatly write your first name in the air with
an imaginary pen
 Pass your imaginary pen to your left hand and
write your last name in the air. Don't forget to
dot the i's and cross the t's.
 Now put the pen in your mouth and write your
teacher's name in the air.
 Finally put the imaginary pen between your toes
- no need to take your shoes off - and write 'The
End' in mid-air.
229
Notes
Page
Silly Names
230
Sometimes, books, films and music are given funny
names. Can you figure out why these names were
given?
 the book Rocket Boys was turned into a film called
October Sky in 1999
 Rapper MF Doom had an album called Mm.. Food in
2004
 Imogen Heap had an album called iMegaphone
 Jazz pianist Sonny Clark had a song called NYC's No
Lark
Notes
Page
Great Anagrams
231
Some neat anagrams, with the clues in the
words:
moon starer
(one word)
they see
(two words)
tender names
(one word)
voices rant on
(one word)
no city dust here (two words)
Notes
Page
Strange Co-incidence
232
Can you see anything odd about this
sentence (apart from the colours):
Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott is a novel by a
Scottish writer.
Notes
Page
Lateral Thinking
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233
My cousin doesn’t have all her fingers on
one hand
She says she is glad - Why?
Notes
Page
Optical Illusions
234a
These two roads are at different angles, right?
Notes
Page
Optical Illusions
The angles are identical. Move the red lines to see...
234b
Dingbats
235
Everyday words & expressions
1.
2.
3.
clue:
Notes
Page
Great Anagrams
236
This is a brilliant anagram, which contain its
own clue:
In one of The Bard's best-thought-of
tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet,
queries on two fronts about how life turns
rotten.
Notes
Page
Flags - the letters 'Q' & 'R'
237
Name the countries
Notes
Page
Trivia: Happy Anniversary
You never know
when this might
come in handy even if it doesn't,
it's nice to be the
only person who
knows...
238
Some Wedding Anniveraries
10th
15th
20th
25th
30th
35th
40th
45th
50th
55th
60th
70th
75th
Tin
Crystal
China
If anyone asks you “why
Silver
does a 60th Anniversary
have the same name as
Pearl
a 75th Anniversary” the
Coral
best answer is “I have no
idea”
Ruby
Sapphire
Gold
Emerald
Diamond
Platinum
Notes
Page
Diamond
Brain Teaser
239
This clock on the left shows the time as 10:40. If
you saw the clock hands in the same position in a
mirror what time would it be?
Notes
Page
Number Puzzle
240
If seven hens lay seven eggs in seven days,
how long would it take three hens to lay
three eggs?
How long would it take 15 hens to lay 15
eggs?
Notes
Page
Poetry Hour
241
Do you notice anything odd about this moving poem?
Ida by the Window by Howard Bergerson
Ma, I so resign.
It's all a poet air.
Ben is, I see, so Greek.
In sly dissent I wore no gay ruff.
O see by a brae his nag roll or yaw?
AWOL laws (as are every God's) are a dire
rod.
"Aye, fade with gin - O, too wispily;
Sordid rosy lips I wooe.
(Tonight I wed a fey adorer, Ida.)
Eras do gyre -veer as a swallow away.
Roll, organs I hear! Bay, bees of fury ago!
Nero, witness idyls Nike ergo sees!
Is inebriate Opal lasting? Is Eros?
I am!"
Notes
Page
12 DOC = 12 Days of Christmas
242
These are all everyday phrases involving numbers.
Work out the phrases from the clues:
50
1969
7
3
BE
FMOTM
WOTW
BMSHTR
20 000
3.142
24
4
LUTS
CDBD
BBIAP
WAAF
Notes
Page
Lateral Thinking
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243
My friend says he can predict football
scores
He said that he would predict the score at
the start of any Premiership match.
I chose three matches.
My friend predicted the scores before
kick-off and he got all three right.
How did he do it?
Notes
Page
Optical Illusions
244
Hard to believe, but the two bricks are identical in both
pictures...
Notes
Page
Dingbats
245
Everyday expressions & a US state
1.
3.
2.
D
E
A
H
T
SSSSSSSSSSC
U cont ol R
Notes
Page
Guess the answer...
246
Young people today get less exercise than 100
years ago, and are consequently heavier.
Henry Jones was 14 in 1914, and he was EXACTLY
the average weight for 14-year olds in England of his
height. He was 5” 5” tall. He worked in a butcher's
shop as an assistant delivering parcels on his bike
and serving customers with their correct orders.
Guess: what did he weigh?
Notes
Page
Note for Teachers
247a
This starter has a different format to all the others, because the
teacher notes are so long. The slide after next- 247c - is
hidden (it won't appear in a slide show) and contains the
teacher instructions which would usually appear on the Notes
Page. The slide after this one - 247b - is for student viewing.
You probably need to read the slides in order (247b then 247c)
to figure out what's going on.
Magic Teacher
247b
In a moment your teacher will ask you this week's question. It
will be something simple like:
What is your favourite fish?
Write down, on the bottom half of your piece of paper, your
name and your answer, like this:
John Smith: Sharks
Then prepare to be amazed.
Flags - the letter 'S' part 1
248
S countries - which flags are these?
South Africa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
San Marino
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Notes
Page
Flags - the letter 'S' part 2
249
S countries - which flags are these?
South Africa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
San Marino
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Notes
Page
Trivia: Howzat
You never know
when this might
come in handy even if it doesn't,
it's nice to be the
only person who
knows...
250