Etown Jeopardy

CITIES

100

This city is home to the Louvre Museum and its prize painting the Mona Lisa

What is Paris?

200

Legend says that twin boys Romulus and Remus found this city in Italy.

What is Rome?

300

Formerly known as Leningrad, this city sits on the Neva River

What is St. Petersburg?

400

Originally named in honor of Francis of Assisi this city experienced rapid growth during the California Gold Rush in 1849.

What is San Francisco?

500

This capital city is the northern most capital city in the United States

What is Juneau?

AMERICAN HEROES

100

Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, this WWI hero took out a machine gun nest almost entirely on his own,  returned home to a ticker tape parade, and retired to a farm in TN

Who is SGT York?

200

These brothers successfully tested their invention at Kitty Hawk, NC 

Who are Wilbur and Orville Wright?

300

This woman who later became known as the best social hostess of Washington was originally introduced to her husband by Aaron Burr.

Who is Dolley Madison?

400

This man won baseball's prize of Rookie of the Year the same year he joined the Dodgers as the first black man to play in Major League Baseball

Who is Jackie Robinson?

500

This American general who famously said that he "shall return" to the Philippines ultimately accepted Japan's surrender aboard the USS Missouri

Who is Douglas MacArthur?

BIGGLES

100

Biggles was born on a sheep farm in this city in Maryland?

What is Hagerstown, MD?

200

This latin word for a member of the dog family, is also a homophone for the police units that use dogs.

What is canine (K9)?

300

Labrador is a region in the Newfoundland province of this country?

What is Canada?

400

Biggles the fictional pilot grew up in this former British Colony 

What is India?

500

Famous for bringing things back, dogs like Biggles are known by this two-word name: Labrador ______

What is Labrador Retriever?

SCIENCE

100

This common liquid is made up of 2 parts Hydrogen and 1 part Oxygen

What is water?

200

This man is credited with discovering gravity after getting hit in the head with an apple falling out of a tree.

Who is Issac Newton?

300

Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity when he used these two items during a thunderstorm.

What are a key and a kite?

400

These are the names of two different scales we commonly use to measure temperature.

What are Fahrenheit and Celsius?

500

Matter appears in these three forms

Whare are solid, liquid, and gas

KNIVES

100

This reality TV show is about amateur bladesmiths making knives against one another

What is Forged in Fire?

200

This object is sort of an extra long knife used by the Queen in knight - ing ceremonies

What is a sword?

300

A knife made from this metal was found in King Tut's tomb

What is gold?

400

British soldiers originally from this country in the Himalayas use a knife called a Kukri. 

What is Nepal?

500

This field of mathematics is used by bladesmiths to design the shape of their blade.

What is geometry?