by Margaret Whisnant

from Brain Candy for Young Scholars

Brain Teaser
with
Answer Keys

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 March Connections
St. Patrick’s Day, Vernal Equinox, Mardi Gras, March Madness, Arctic Winter Games, National
Women’s History Month, The Iditarod, National Girl Scout Week, American Red Cross Month, Dr.
Seuss’s Birthday, Alexander Graham Bell’s Birthday, swallows return to San Jan Capistrano.

Identify ONE WORD that can be connected to all three items in the lists below so that each one forms a
familiar word or phrase. The mystery words, all related to a March event or to March weather, can be placed
before or after the clues. Write your answers in the blanks to the left.

Example:
_____gold_______ Leprechaun’s star medal

( Leprechaun’s gold gold star gold medal)

_____________________1. bean house going

_____________________2. Patrick Nicholas Paul

_____________________3. skin king rattle

_____________________4. Isle green ring

_____________________5. guess charm penny

_____________________6. military fourth Madness

_____________________7. plan fair waiting

_____________________8. basket masquerade foul

_____________________9. bed off time

____________________10. mill chimes tunnel

____________________11. drift flake fall

____________________12. shine spot burn

____________________13. forecast man vane

____________________14. Brussels wings bean

____________________15. garden may girl

____________________16. lullaby coffee potato

____________________17. Blarney soup cold

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March Connections—continued

____________________18. walking drum hockey

____________________19. second around sticks

____________________20. people bit white lie

____________________21. Dance bed bank

____________________22. spring dry fluid

____________________23. bow fall drop

____________________24. heart global house

____________________25. hot tired under

____________________26. car rat track

____________________27. mate sport work

____________________28. wonderland green solstice

____________________29. trail mobile jump

____________________30. Red double examine

____________________31. Orleans Brunswick York

____________________32. Tuesday chance cat

____________________33. good girl the thirteenth

____________________34. Seuss Livingston Oz

____________________35. Francisco Antonio Juan Capistrano

____________________36. nest early watching

____________________37. Tinker Taco Alexander Graham

____________________38. Scouts talk friend

____________________39. Little (book) Designing (sitcom ) Three (movie)

____________________40. ancient book medical

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 March Connections

Answer Keys
1. green
2. Saint
3. snake
4. emerald
5. lucky
6. march
7. game
8. ball
9. spring
10. wind
11. snow
12. sun
13. weather
14. sprout
15. flower
16. Irish
17. stone
18. stick
19. fiddle
20. little
21. river
22. cleaning
23. rain
24. warming
25. dog
26. race
27. team
28. winter
29. ski
30. cross
31. New
32. fat
33. Friday
34. Doctor
35. San
36. bird
37. Bell
38. girl
39. Women
40. history

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