Congratulations to a team of 12 O.H. Anderson (OHA) fifth-grade students who recently used their “Thinking Caps” to capture third place among Minnesota teams in the national Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl! Nationally, the OHA team took 28th place overall.
The OHA Thinking Cap Team included Josie Halsten, Weston Seuffert, Drew Markfort, Easton Hammer, Ivy Wohl, Elliott Roche, Ava Rasmussen, Dawson Dumermuth, Tori Potter, Jackson Day, Tristan Nicholls, and Leni Gantriis.
Thinking Cap is an online academic competition for students in grades 5 through 8 that challenges children to work collaboratively - and quickly - to answer questions from a variety of topics. The OHA Thinking Cap team is supported by the Advanced Academics (Gifted and Talented) program.
Can you answer Thinking Cap questions? Give these questions a try!
Answer each of these questions in 5 seconds:
"The sum of 3 consecutive numbers is 72. What is the smallest of these numbers?" *
"A person supposedly gets the gift of gab when he or she kisses the _____?" **
* 23
** Blarney Stone