NEPA Odyssey of the Mind

Choose two words and put them together to form a compound word. Then describe or explain your answer. Examples: A cat named Bob is a bobcat. A bug that lives in a bed is a bedbug.

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?

Name as many things as possible that you can do with Twizzlers and whipped cream. Example: Create Jackson Pollock-type artwork with them

Name as many ways as you can to end a phone conversation. Example: Slam down the phone

A man walks into a store naked. Why? Example: He is the emperor.

Draw an object from 1995 and describe it as though you were a person living in 2245 who had just discovered it.

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. Examples: Socks, dust bunnies

If you could talk to any person now alive in the would today, who would you talk to and what would you say? Example: I’d ask Kramer who does his hair.

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:…

Name something that is a star or a word with “star” in it. Examples: Marylin Monroe or starship