Fun Jeopardy

christmas

100

who sings rockin around the christmas tree

what is brenda lee

200

who plays buddy in the christmas movie E.L.F.

what is Will Ferral

300

Who, in that famous old song, was kissing Santa Claus?

What is Mommy

400

when is new years

december 31 - january 1

500

when was jesus born

december 25

World Capitals

100

This city is the capital of France.

What is Paris

200

This city is the capital of Japan.

What is Tokyo?

300

• Canberra is the capital of this country.

• What is Australia?

400

• Known as the “Eternal City,” it’s the capital of Italy.

• What is Rome?

500

• This Canadian city is the country’s capital.

• What is Ottawa?

Science

100

• This is the chemical symbol for water.

• What is H2O?

200

• Newton is famous for this law of motion.

• What is the law of universal gravitation?

300

• The study of life is known as this.

• What is biology?

400

• This planet is known as the Red Planet.

• What is Mars?

500

• Einstein is renowned for this theory of relativity.

• What is the theory of relativity?

American History

100

• This document declared the independence of the 13 American colonies from Britain.

• What is the Declaration of Independence?

200

• He was the first President of the United States.

• He was the first President of the United States.

300

• This war was fought between the North and South regions of the United States.

• What is the Civil War?

400

• This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.

• What is the Louisiana Purchase?

500

• The “Gettysburg Address” was delivered by this president.

• Who is Abraham Lincoln?

World Leaders:

100

• This Queen ruled over the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign of any British monarch at the time.

• Who was Queen Victoria?

200

• He was the first Emperor of France, crowned in 1804.

• Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?

300

• Known as the “Father of India,” he led the country to independence through nonviolent protest.

• Who was Mahatma Gandhi?

400

• This leader’s reform policies of Glasnost and Perestroika led to the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union.

• Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?

500

• She became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.

• Who was Margaret Thatcher?