Movie Romances
Literary
Board Games
Space Science
American History
Pandemics
Final Jeopardy
200
In this movie, Eddie Murphy falls in love with a dragon.
What is Shrek?
200
This is the prequel to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
What is The Hobbit?
200
A queen protects her king.
What is Chess?
200
This is the name of the outermost layer of the Earth.
What is the crust?
200
On March 12 1933 FDR warmed America with the first of these informal radio addresses.
What is a Fireside Chat?
200
It is estimated that about 500 million people were infected with this 1918 pandemic.
What is the Spanish Flu?
400
In the Titanic, Rose callously left this person (first and last name) off her floating piece of wood, sentencing him to die in the cold arctic waters.
Who is Jack Dawson?
400
This author wrote about Aslan and Narnia.
Who is C.S. Lewis?
400
This game is full of serpents and ascension.
What is Snakes and Ladders?
400
This planet is the hottest in our solar system.
What is Venus?
400
In 1797 most of Congress counted themselves part of this party but by 1827 it was dead.
What is the Federalist Party?
400
The Black death was an epidemic of this plague that devastated Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s.
What is bubonic?
600
Known for her spaghetti kiss with Tramp, Lady is this kind of dog.
What is a cocker spaniel?
600
Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities is set in these two cities before and during the French Revolution.
What is Paris and London?
600
This board game offers various insurance policies and bank loans.
What is The Game of Life?
600
In this month, the Earth is closest to the sun.
What is January?
600
Leaked to the press in 1971 the Pentagon Papers detailed America's involvement in this conflict.
What is the Vietnam War?
600
In 2004, the world was hit with this other name for the H5N1.
What is the bird/avian flu?
600
Final Jeopardy Category:
Nintendo
800
In this movie, Allie discovered the 365 letters from Noah that she never received.
What is The Notebook?
800
Michael Lewis wrote this book about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its focus on analytical, evidence-based baseball strategy.
What is Moneyball?
800
Ore, wool, hay, clay, and lumber.
What is Catan?
800
It takes this long for the Earth so spin once on its axis.
What is one day?
800
In 1590 English explorer John White returned with supplies to this colony only to find it gone.
What is Roanoke?
800
The virus responsible for this epidemic was unique in that it was transmitted sexually.
What is the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)?
800
Final Jeopardy Question:
1000
In A League of Their Own, Dottie Henson has a flirtatious, will they/won't they relationship with the character played by this actor. Ultimately, they do not, as Dottie is married.
Who is Tom Hanks?
1000
This is the name of Argus Filch’s cat in Harry Potter.
Who is Mrs. Norris?
1000
This game is a Napoleonic version of capture the flag and includes spies, scouts, bombs, and various other military ranks.
What is Stratego?
1000
This space telescope was launched into orbit in 1990.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
1000
In 1832 this South Carolinian resigned as vice president; in 2017 his name came off one of Yale's colleges.
Who is Calhoun?
1000
This bovine transmitted disease causes rapid mental deterioration, dementia, coma, and death.
What is the mad cow disease [bovine spongiform encephalopathy]?
1000
Final Jeopardy Answer:
Who is Birdo?