Final Jeopardy
Final Jeopardy
Final Jeopardy
Final Jeopardy
Final Geo-pardy
100

Authors: In 1937, his sister said he had “hats of every description,” which he would use as a “foundation of his next book.”

Dr. Seuss

100

U.S. States: This state is 2nd in blueberry production, 3rd in cranberries, 4th in peaches but 1st in chemical production. 

New Jersey

100

The Bible: In Chapter 1 of the Acts of the Apostles, Matthias is chosen to replace him.

Judas (Iscariot) 

100

Candy: Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colorado, happily founded this candy company in 1949 to make money during the winter. 

Jolly Rancher

100

North American Geography: The number of Canadian Provinces that border the Great Lakes. 

One (Ontario)

200

Shakespeare's Tragedies: He has 272 speeches, the most of any non-title character in a Shakespeare tragedy.

Iago

200

U.S. States: It's the only 2-word State name in which neither word appears in the name of any other state.

Rhode Island 

200

Latin Lingo: This 3-word phrase familiar in the U.S. originated in an ancient poem & described assembling foods to make salad.

E Pluribus Unum

200

Kid Stuff: In Tic-Tac-Toe, the maximum number of X's you can have on the board without winning.

5

200

Amounts on the banknotes in this country, one of the world's 10 largest, are in 17 different official languages.

India

300

Automotive: These are the last names of the motor car maker & motor car dealer who merged in Manchester, England in 1906.

Rolls & Royce

300

U.S. Geography: The longest boundary between any 2 U.S. states is the one between these two. 

Texas & Oklahoma

300

Beverages: Pope Clement VIII said of this beverage around 1600, "We shall cheat Satan" by baptizing it as a christian beverage. 

Coffee

300

Athletes: He was an Olympian, Played Pro-Baseball for the Reds, and was a charter member of Pro-Football's Hall of Fame.

Jim Thorpe

300

Volcanos: It's the only continent with no active volcanos. 

Australia

400

Titles: Since 1578, only 14 men have held this title, including a 1989 Nobel Prize winner. 

Dalai Lama

400

U.S. States: After Alaska, this state has the greatest difference between its highest & lowest points.

California

400

Roman Emperors: In 59 A.D. Agrippa wrote to this man, her son, "Tell me, why should I plot against your Life?" -- She was killed anyway.

Nero

400

President born earliest in the 20th Century. 

Lyndon B. Johnson

400

World Capitals: This North African Capital's name is from the Greek for "Three Towns".

Tripoli, Libya

500

Outer Space: Physicist John Wheeler compared possible passages through space & time to the work of this creature.

Worm (Wormhole)

500

Americana: An 1890 Act of Congress says these can be redesigned no more than once every 25 years.

Coins

500

7 Wonders: The smallest ancient wonder, it was the only one ever moved, having been transported from Olympia to Constantinople around 391 A.D.

Statue of Zeus

500

Mainz, Germany celebrates the life of this inventor in an annual festival called Johannisnacht. 

Johannes Gutenberg

500

Words: Meaning beneficial qualities or attributes of a person, this 9 letter word is the longest in the English Language with only a single vowel. If you get this one, more 'power' to you.

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