Transcript Jeopardy - SUNY Cortland

Jeopardy:
GED Preparation
Jeannette Mitchell
Objectives
This game will help students prepare to
take the G.E.D. test. The questions are
similar to those on the test and will
help students practice knowledge they
already know.
Youth G.E.D. 16-21 yrs. old
Sources
Volcano:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/images/volcan
o.jpg
Reading Rainbow Logo: http://mptv.org/reading_rainbow.jpg
Lavar Burton:
http://www.nhptv.org/rtl/images/readingrainbow1.jpg
Roger Rabbit:
http://www.markbarryportfolio.com/works/Assorted/ionarts/pics/ro
ger_rabbit.jpg
Clipart & Sounds: http://office.microsoft.com/enus/clipart/default.aspx
Jeopardy
MATH
DOUBLE R
NICKNAMES
SCIENCE
LITERATURE
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Double Jeopardy
$100 Question from Math
67% of 100
$100 Answer from Math
67
$200 Question from Math
A dime, a nickel and three pennies
$200 Answer from Math
$0.18
$300 Question from Math
3x + 10 = 85
Value of x?
$300 Answer from Atmosphere
25
DAILY DOUBLE
$400 Question from Math
X -2=2
2.5
Value of x?
$400 Answer from Math
10
$500 Question from Math
Diameter = 8
Value of radius?
$500 Answer from Math
4
$100 Question from Double R
In a 1988 film, this cartoon Bunny
is accused of murder.
$100 Answer from Double R
Roger Rabbit
$200 Question from Double R
In a 1981 song, Joan Jett professed
her love for this type music, and
instructed her baby to put another
dime in the jukebox.
$200 Answer from Double R
Rock & Roll
$300 Question from Double R
This type of ice cream often features
such ingredients as marshmallows,
peanuts, walnuts and chocolate chips.
$300 Answer from Double R
Rocky Road
$400 Question from Double R
He rocks in the treetop all day long,
hoppin’ and a boppin’ and a singin’
his song. All the little birdies on
Jaybird street love to hear him go
“Tweet Tweet Tweet.”
$400 Answer from Double R
Rockin’ Robin
$500 Question from Double R
This television show of the 1980’s
featured Levar Burton introducing
children to various books.
$500 Answer from Double R
Reading Rainbow
$100 Question from Nicknames
The Empire State
$100 Answer from Nicknames
New York
$200 Question from Nicknames
The Aloha State
$200 Answer from Nicknames
Hawaii
$300 Question from Nicknames
The Sunshine State
$300 Answer from Nicknames
Florida
$400 Question from Nicknames
The Lone Star State
$400 Answer from Nicknames
Texas
DAILY DOUBLE
$500 Question from Nicknames
The Keystone State
$500 Answer from Nicknames
Pennsylvania
$100 Question from Science
Planet farthest from the Sun.
$100 Answer from Science
Pluto, Neptune sometimes
$200 Question from Science
The solid iron & nickel center of
the Earth.
$200 Answer from Science
The Inner Core
$300 Question from Science
A negatively charged particle that
revolves around the nucleus of
an atom.
$300 Answer from Science
Electron
$400 Question from Science
A carnivore eats
other animalsA carnivore’s
opposite?
Eagle
fish
rat
snake
$400 Answer from Science
Herbivore
$500 Question from Science
A place where magma breaks
through the Earth’s surface.
$500 Answer from Science
A volcano.
$100 Question from Types of
Literature
Calculator, Calculator
Calculator, calculator,
help me with my math.
Help me do my homework
or I'll feel the teacher's wrath.
Calculator, calculator,
multiply, divide.
Decimals, percentages;
you solve them all with pride.
Calculator, calculator,
add these numbers quick.
Truly you're a wizard
with this tough arithmetic.
Calculator, calculator,
don't be such a jerk.
Thank you for the answers
but you have to show your work.
--Kenn Nesbitt
$100 Answer from Types of
Literature
Poem.
$200 Question from Types of
Literature
Three Little Pigs
$200 Answer from Types of
Literature
Fable, folktale, non-fiction.
$300 Question from Types of
Literature
Romeo and Juilet
$300 Answer from Types of
Literature
Play
$400 Question from Types of
Literature
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
$400 Answer from Types of
Literature
Autobiography
$500 Question from Types of
Literature
The Shinning.
$500 Answer from Types of
Literature
Science Fiction
Double Jeopardy
METRIC
UNITS
WORLD
SCIENCE: 2
MEANINGS
GAMES
MATH II
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Final Jeopardy
$200 Question from METRIC
UNITS
cm
$200 Answer from METRIC UNITS
centimeter
$400 Question from METRIC
UNITS
k
$400 Answer from METRIC UNITS
kilometer
$600 Question from METRIC
UNITS
g
$600 Answer from METRIC UNITS
gram
$800 Question from METRIC
UNITS
kg
$800 Answer from METRIC UNITS
kilogram
$1000 Question from METRIC
UNITS
ml
$1000 Answer from METRIC
UNITS
milliliter
$200 Question from WORLD
Smallest continent
$200 Answer from WORLD
Australia
DAILY DOUBLE
$400 Question from WORLD
Largest continent
$400 Answer from WORLD
Asia
$600 Question from WORLD
Number of continents
$600 Answer from WORLD
7
$800 Question from WORLD
The percentage of the
Earth that is water.
$800 Answer from WORLD
75%
$1000 Question from WORLD
Name all of the oceans
$1000 Answer from WORLD
Atlantic, Pacific, Antarctic,
Indian, Artic
$200 Question from SCIENCE 2
MEANINGS
The outer layer of your turkey
sandwich; outer layer of Earth
including the surface.
$200 Answer from SCIENCE 2
MEANINGS
Crust
$400 Question from SCIENCE 2
MEANINGS
The amount of space
taken up by a substance
or object; the knob on
your stereo that controls
the sound.
$400 Answer from SCIENCE 2
MEANINGS
Volume
$600 Question from SCIENCE 2
MEANINGS
The path taken by a planet
or moon around the focus of
the system to which it
belongs, and a kind of
chewing gum that often in
commercials “cleans another
dirty mouth.”
$600 Answer from SCIENCE 2
MEANINGS
Orbit
$800 Question from SCIENCE 2
MEANINGS
First name of Simmons, from
the band Kiss; a part of the
genetic molecule DNA that
determines a particular trait.
$800 Answer from SCIENCE 2
MEANINGS
gene
$1000 Question from SCIENCE 2
MEANINGS
The answer to a problem; a
mixture in which one or
more substances are
dissolved in water.
$1000 Answer from SCIENCE 2
MEANINGS
Solution
$200 Question from GAMES
$200 Answer from GAMES
Candy Land
$400 Question from GAMES
$400 Answer from GAMES
Connect Four
$600 Question from GAMES
$600 Answer from GAMES
Chinese Checkers
$800 Question from GAMES
$800 Answer from GAMES
Mancala
DAILY DOUBLE
$1000 Question from GAMES
$1000 Answer from GAMES
Backgammon
$200 Question from Types of
MATH II
An airplane flew from Asmara,
Ethiopia, where the latitude is
15o North, to Tananarive,
Madagascar, where the latitude
is 19o South. What is the
difference in latitude between
the two cities?
$200 Answer from Types of
MATH II
34o
$400 Question from Types of
MATH II
If all the pages of a 256-age
book are 1.365 cm thick, how
thick is one page in millimeters?
$400 Answer from Types of
MATH II
0.00533 cm = 0.533 mm
$600 Question from Types of
MATH II
Grace bought a valuable sports
card at an online auction for
$70 plus a shipping charge of
$9. She later sold it for $105.
How much of a profit did she
make? (percentage)
$600 Answer from Types of
MATH II
33%
$800 Question from Types of
MATH II
Tuan needed a piece of
plywood 39 in. by 23 in.
He cut it out of a piece
that was 4 ft. by 8 ft.
What is the area in
square inches of the
piece that was left?
4 ft.
8 ft.
23 in.
39 in.
$800 Answer from Types of
MATH II
3711 in2
$1000 Question from Types of
MATH II
Sue bought a computer. The
list price was $699 and it was
on sale at 20% off. She had to
pay 5% sales tax. How much
did she pay?
$1000 Answer from Types of
MATH II
$587.16
Final Jeopardy Category
MATH
Final Jeopardy
What would be the next row in
the triangle?
2
2 4 2
2 6 6 2
2 8 12 8 2
2 10 20 20 10 2
2
2
Final Jeopardy Answer
2
2 4 2
2 6 6 2
2 8 12 8 2
2 10 20 20 10 2
2 12 30 40 30 12 2