Characters
The Story
The Games
Winning Strategies
Teamwork
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The main character in The GollyWhopper Games.
Who is Gil Goodson?
100
This person was worried about Gil participating in the GollyWhopper Games because of something that happened the year before. Who is this person & why was he/she worried?
Who is the President of the Golly Toy Company? He was worried because Gil's father was charged with embezzlement of the Golly Toy Company funds, but found innocent. The President thought it would look bad if Gill participated.
100
The way that the contestants register their answers in the first game.
What is they left their sections in the stadium, went to the walkway underneath, ran by the concessions, and went back up to sit in the section (A, B, C, D) that represented their answer choice?
100
This is how Gil prepared for the games.
What is by working puzzles, keeping a notebook about the T.G. Golly Toy Company, and studying his notebook?
100
This is the kind of teamwork that Rocky & his father had.
What is Rocky's father signaled him the answers so their teamwork enabled Rocky to cheat?
200
The two reasons that winning was so important to Gil.
What are the scholarship, toys & more; and so his dad would keep his promise to move the family?
200
The Football Stadium.
What was the setting of the first games that helped narrow down the number of particpants?
200
The way the contestants showed their answers in the games while they were sitting on the field.
What is by recording their answers on an electronic keypad like a calculator?
200
This is the strength that Bianca had that helped her solve puzzles.
What is she was an expert in history and used it to help her solve problems?
200
This is the reason Gil was glad that Rocky was on his team.
What is because Rocky was afraid of losing so he made his teammates do better and tended to rattle the other team?
300
Bianca LeBlanc.
Who is the girl who wanted to become a model and actress? She also wanted to compete in the GollyWhopper Games.
300
The first & second games, and the semi-finals & finals were all different. Describe how they were different.
What is in the first & second games contestants worked individually; in the semi-finals the contestants worked as a team; and in the finals individuals squared off against their former team mates?
300
The key to solving the puzzle where the clue was: Seek A Lively Evil Magician, With Its Terrible Cackling Head.
What is take the first letter of each word: S-A-L-E-M W-I-T-C-H. That led them to choose "The Salem Witch Game"?
300
The winning strategy that was necessary to solve every puzzle correctly and fast.
What is READ AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS?
300
These character traits enabled Gil to stay in the games even though Bert Golly pressured him to drop out.
What are PERSEVERANCE & DETERMINATION?
400
This character was a cheat.
Who is Rocky Titus?
400
The stunts were a good test of teamwork. Why?
What is because they couldn't be completed by one person alone? Each person had to lend his/her strength.
400
If the contestants chose the wrong answer on the puzzle they had to do this after they did the stunt.
What is they had to do the same puzzle and they had to repeat the stunt?
400
This is the advice, given by his dad, that proved to be a winning strategy for Gil.
What is throw away the garbage (don't look back at the problems of the past) and go have fun? He also said "Don't let anyone drain the joy away from you. Just have fun."
400
How the puzzles and stunts taught Gil's team about teamwork and speed.
What is taking their time and testing hypotheses before guessing the answers and wasting valuable time?
500
This character's father bought 5,000 tickets before finally getting an instant winner ticket allowing him to participate in the games.
Who is Thorn?
500
Rocky wanted to help his team beat the other teams. Why?
What is because it was the only way for him to get to the finals himself? Everything he did he did for himself.
500
This made the puzzle with the king's and queen's crown jewels so difficult to solve.
What is because the heads had to come off, the many tiny jewels were hard to see on the background and they had to figure out where each jewel went?
500
This strategy helped Gil with the Menu puzzle.
What is looking for categories and finding the pattern?
500
This made Gil a strong, effective leaders that others wanted to follow.
What is Gil respected the strengths in his teammates? He complimented them often and encouraged the ones with the ability to solve a puzzle to take control. He didn't criticize or put others down.
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