EML JEOPARDY ROUND 1.

LONGWOOD FACTS

1

WHAT ANIMAL SERVES AS LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY’S MASCOT

A horse named Elwood (The name Elwood was selected through a vote by the student body in 2011.)

2

ATHLETES AT LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY COMPETE UNDER THIS TEAM NAME

Lancers

3

WHAT YEAR WAS LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY FOUNDED

1839

4

IN 2001, A FIRE ERUPTED AT LONGWOOD AND DESTROYED WHICH HISTORIC BUILDING

Rotunda (Grainger was also significantly damaged). 

5

WHO WAS FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY (Hint: there's a building named after her)

Janet Greenwood (1981-87)

FICTION, SHE WROTE

1

The Last Man

Mathilda

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley 

2

Shirley 

Emma

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

3

Recitatif

Beloved

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison 

4

A Wizard of Earthsea 

The Left Hand of Darkness

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

5

A Good Man is Hard to Find

Wise Blood

The Violent Bear It Away

Flannery O’Connor

SPORTS TERMINOLOGY

1

WHICH SPORT COMMONLY USES THE TERM 'PAR FOR THE COURSE'

Golf

2

WHAT TERM DESCRIBES BOTH A PORTION OF A JOURNEY AND THE PART OF A RELAY RACE EACH ATHLETE HAS TO COMPLETE

Leg

3

IN WHICH SPORT ARE THE TERMS BUMP, SET, AND SPIKE COMMONLY USED

Volleyball 

4

IN WHICH SPORT IS THE PHRASE 'NO HOLDS BARRED' COMMONLY USED

Wrestling 

5

IN WHICH SPORT IS A GOOGLY A DECEPTIVE DELIVERY BY THE BOWLER

Cricket 

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

1

Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Grey and Thorin Oakenshield are all characters from what fantasy book published in 1937

The Hobbit 

2

IN CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, WHO WAS THE FIRST CHILD TO WIN A GOLDEN TICKET

Augustus Gloop

3

WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA SERIES

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

4

IN THE GIVING TREE, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THE BOY ASKS THE TREE FOR

Money

5

FINISH THE TITLE OF THIS ALICE IN WONDERLAND SEQUEL: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS __ __ __ __ __

AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE

MUSIC MANIA

1

WHAT MAJOR MUSIC TOUR DID TAYLOR SWIFT WRAP UP IN LATE 2024 AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS ON THE ROAD

The Eras Tour 

2

WHAT IS THE MOST STREAMED SONG OF ALL TIME ON SPOTIFY AS OF EARLY 2025

Blinding Lights - The Weekend 

3

WHICH SINGER WROTE THE SONG “I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU”

Dolly Parton 

4

BEYONCÉ'S RENAISSANCE IS THE FIRST PART OF A THREE-ACT PROJECT. WHAT IS THE SECOND ACT CALLED

Cowboy Carter

5

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MALE CANADIAN JOURNALIST WHO INTERVIEWS MUSICIANS AND OTHER CELEBRITIES IN GREAT DETAIL

Nardwuar the Human Serviette!