9th Grade Jeopardy

NODLON

100

This famous river flows through London.

What is the Thames?

200

This is the name of London's international airport.

What is Heathrow?

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300

This is the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II.

What is Buckingham Palace?

400

This is the more common name for the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

What is Wimbledon?

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500

This London street is famous for being the title of a 1969 Beatles album.

What is Abbey Road?

YHARP OTTERP

100

This actress played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies.

Who is Emma Watson?

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200

This is the name of the third and smallest ball used in a Quidditch match.

What is the Golden Snitch?

300

The Hogwarts school motto is "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus," which is Latin for this phrase.

What is "never tickle a sleeping dragon."

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400

This is Harry Potter's middle name.

What is James?

500

This was the model/name of Harry Potter's first broomstick.

What is Nimbus 2000?

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CESAP

100

Which of Jupiter's moons is believed to have a subsurface ocean and is a  target for the search for extraterrestrial life, named after a figure from Greek mythology?

Europa

200

Which Mars rover is known for its mission to collect samples for future return to Earth and carried a small helicopter?

Perseverance

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300

What celestial object has such a strong gravitational pull that not even light can escape it?

Black hole

400

What is the name of the space telescope that has provided detailed images and data about distant galaxies and nebulae, launched in 1990?

Hubble Space Telescope

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500

Which theory suggests that the universe began from a singularity and has been expanding ever since, and what is the name of the background radiation that provides evidence for this theory?

 Big Bang Theory, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

MHTA

100

Which number's alphabetical meaning is in alphabetical order?

Four

200

Which number is not in the Roman numerical system? 

0

300

The value of 5!

120

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400

How many ways are there to put five distinguishable balls into five distinguishable bins?

5⁵

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500

Prove that P^{2 ≡ 1(mod24) for every prime p>3}

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CMOTERSPU

100

He founded Apple computers in 1976.

Who is Steve Jobs?

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200

The "http" at the beginning of some web addresses stands for this.

What is "Hypertext Transfer Protocol?"

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300

1,024 Gigabytes is equal to one of these.

What is a terabyte?

400

This Harvard dropout co-founded Microsoft in 1975.

Who is Bill Gates?

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500

This is the longest word that can be typed using only the letters on the top row of a standard "QWERTY" keyboard.

What is "typewriter?