High School Jeopardy

History

100

The United States bought Alaska from which country?

Russia

200

What was the name of the battle in the Pacific fought between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy in June 1942?

Battle of Midway

300

Who sent Christopher Columbus to explore the New World?

King Ferdinand of Spain

400

What event sparked the beginning of World War I?

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria

500

During which war was a Christmas Truce called?

World War I

Christmas Questions

100

Why were Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem when Jesus was born instead of at home in Nazareth?

Mary and Joseph were both descendants of David. They went to David’s town to be recorded in the census ordered by the Roman government.

200

Which Gospel are you most likely to hear read on Christmas Eve?

Luke

300

Which of the four gospels skips altogether the birth of Jesus and goes to His baptism?

The Gospel of Mark

400

Throughout Luke's gospel account of Jesus' birth who was it that said, "Do not fear!" or "Fear not!"?

The angels.

500

What day does the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrate Christmas?

January 6th

Math PROBLEMS

100

A culture of 5000 bacteria triples every 15 minutes. What is the size of the bacteria population after 2 hours have elapsed? (Calculator needed.)

32,805,000

200

Susan weighs p pounds. If Susan gains 17 pounds, she will weigh as much as Carol, who weighs 8 pounds less than Judy. If Judy weighs x pounds, then Susan's weight, p, in terms of x is

x-25

300

A boat moored in Richardson Bay (Sausalito) has a ladder that hangs down from the deck of the boat and touches the flat sea surface. The rungs are 1 foot apart. At low tide, ten rungs of the ladder are exposed. At high tide, the water level rises 6 feet. How many of the rungs will remain exposed?

5 rungs. This number of rungs will be exposed. As the tide comes in, the boat will rise up.

400

Jars A, B, and C each contain 8 marbles. What is the minimum number of marbles that must be transferred among the jars so that the ratio of the number of marbles in jar A to the number in jar B to the number in jar C is 1:2:3?

4. Since jars A, B, and C each contain 8 marbles, there are 24 marbles in the three jars. Let x, 2x, and 3x represent the new numbers of marbles in jars A, B, and C, respectively. Hence, x + 2x + 3x = 24 or 6x = 24, so x=4.

500

Fruit for a dessert costs $1.20 a pound. If 5 pounds of fruit are needed to make a dessert that serves 18 people, what is the cost of the fruit needed to make enough of the same dessert to serve 24 people?

$8.00. If 5 pounds of fruit serve 18 people, then 5/18 pound serves one person, so 24 x 5/18 = 20/3 pounds. Since the fruit costs $1.20 a pound, the cost of the fruit needed to serve 24 people is 20/3 x $1.20 = $8.00.

Sports

100

The average NFL game takes over 3 hours to complete but how many actual minutes are on the game clock?

60 minutes

200

Which university's American football games have been televised by NBC since 1991?

Norte Dame

300

Which is the older school: KU or KSU and what year did it start?

KSU-1863

KU- 1865

400

Jesse Owens won how many gold medals while he competed in the Olympics in Germany?

4

500

Who won the most gold medals ever in an Olympics and how many did they win?

Michael Phelps - 8

MIXED

100

In how many different ways can five students be seated in three chairs?

60. 5x4x3=60

200

The cost of admission to an event is $5.00 plus one half of its price. How much does the event cost?

$10.00 Because $5 + 0.5($10) = $10.

300

Three fair coins are tossed at the same time. What is the probability that all three coins will come up heads OR all will come up tails?

1/4. 1/8 (all heads) + 1/8 (all tails) = 1/4.

400

Five students, all of different heights, are randomly arranged in a line. What is the probability that the tallest student will be first in line and the shortest student will be last in line?

1/20. 1x3x2x1x1=6, 6 ways in which students can be arranged under given conditions. Under no conditions, the ways are 5x4x3x2x1=120. 6/120=1/20.

500

x, y, 22, 14, 10... In this sequence, each term after the first term x is obtained by halving the term that comes before it and then adding 3 to that number. What is the value of x-y?

32. x=70, y=38. 70-38=32.