Using the alphabet in sequence state: name, type of creature or occupation, likes and area of residence.
ex. My name is Alice. I am an alligator. I like acorns. I live in Alabama (Next student would use the letter B.)
Name something that is a star or a word with "star" in it.
ex. Marylin Monroe, or starship.
On index cards write the names of six or more famous people. Place the cards face up on the table. Each team member is to choose one of these famous people each time he or she has a turn. The problem is: If you invited this famous person to dinner, what would you serve?
ex. If I invited Princess Di, I would serve divorce papers.
If you could talk to any person now alive in the would today, who would you talk to and what would you say?
ex. I'd ask Kramer who does his hair.
List things you find in your bedroom. As a thinking exercise, each team member must repeat in the correct order all the answers that were given before their own.
ex. Socks, Dust Bunnies, etc.
Draw an object from 1995 and describe it as though you were a person living in 2245 who had just discovered it.
A man walks into a store naked. Why?
ex. He is the Emperor.
Name as many ways as you can to end a phone conversation.
ex. Slam down the phone.
Knock on the table twice before answering. Name as many things as possible that you can do with twizzlers and whipped cream. "eat them" receives no credit.
ex. create Jackson Pollyck type artwork with them.
Name things that you should not say or do in a place of worship.
ex. Sleep.
DR. PHOENIX HAS JUST INVENTED A NEW ELIXIR THAT HAS ENABLED YOUR DOG TO SPEAK. IF YOUR LOVING BEST BUDDY COULD SUDDENLY TALK TO YOU,
WHAT WOULD HE SAY?
CHOOSE TWO WORDS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER TO FORM A COMPOUND WORD.
THEN DESCRIBE OR EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.
Ex. A cat named Bob is a Bobcat.
A bug that lives in a bed is a bedbug.
NAME WAYS TO UNTHAW A BUCKET OF ICE.
NOTE: THAW MEANS TO FREEZE; UNTHAW MEANS TO UNFREEZE.
NAME 1-3 INITIALS AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR.
Ex. : O.M. stands for Odyssey of the Mind
THE LIGHTS HAVE JUST BEEN TURNED OUT. THERE IS SOMETHING UNDER THE BED.
WHAT IS IT?
MAKE A FACE AND THEN A COMMENT TO GO WITH IT.
ex. Sour face - "I just love raw lemons"
WORDS OR PHRASES THAT USE THE WORD ROUND OR THAT ARE ROUND.
ex. The world, a carousel, argument goes round and round, ground, ball, etc.
WORDS OR PHRASES THAT INCLUDE THE WORD NIGHT (KNIGHT) .
ex. midnight, night of the living dead, knight in armour, nightrider, etc.
NAME EXCUSES FOR NOT HAVING YOUR HOMEWORK FINISHED.