Religion
We can know God through His
What is creation?
This road connected Ancient China with the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Silk Road?
What is the difference between the usage of the words good and well?
Good is an adjective
Well is an adverb
figurative language type that gives life like qualities to inanimate objects
What is Personification?
This 19th century English naturalist sailed around the world aboard the HMS Beagle and proposed the theory that all species of life are descended over time from common ancestors.
Who was Charles Darwin?
A number that has only two factors
What is a prime number?
I've decided to participate; I'm throwing this item "into the ring."
What is my hat?
The "birthday" of the church, occurring 50 days after Easter.
What is Pentecost?
Assassinated by Serbian rebels which ignited World War l
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
type of complement that must follow an action verb
What are Direct and Indirect Objects?
the 5 parts of the Plot Diagram
What are Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution?
This late 17th century English natural philosopher established classical mechanics with his laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
Set of Rational and Irrational Numbers
What are real numbers?
The beach version of this has been an Olympic sport since 1996.
What is Volleyball?
The word Catholic means
What is universal?
This ensuing battle some 180-200 Texans held off 5,000 Mexican soldiers for 2 weeks before succumbing to defeat.
What is the Alamo?
part of speech has the acronym FANBOYS
What is a Conjunction?
this type of conflict occurs within a character
What is Internal Conflict (person vs. self)?
This 20th century British scientist from New Zealand famously directed a beam of radiation through gold foil to reveal that the inner space of atoms is empty outside of the nucleus.
Who was Ernest Rutherford?
This type of line is not a function
What is a vertical line?
This joint has a type of macaroni named for it.
What is elbow?
The first Christian martyr
Who was St. Stephen?
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
Who was Eli Whitney?
basic part of speech that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
What are Adverbs?
literary element that references history, politics, myths and Shakespeare
What is an Allusion?
This 19th century Scottish botanist gave cell nuclei their name from the Latin meaning “kernel” or “seed”
Who was Robert Brown?
The sum of 2 angles is 180o
What are supplementary angles?
the number of players in an ice hockey game
What is 6 on each side?
The event that takes place when the priest consecrates the host
What is transubstantiation?
Attempts to ruin an opponent’s reputation with insults
What is mudslinging?
the three most commonly used adjectives
What are A, an, the?
literary element that uses people, objects, or events that represent a deeper meaning
What is symbolism?
This 20th century American geologist and ocean cartographer created a detailed topographical map of the Atlantic ocean floor that helped lead to the acceptance of the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift.
Who was Marie Tharp?
Rene DesCartes
Who is the Father of Coordinate Geometry?
the color of a giraffe’s tongue
What is Black?
FINAL JEOPARDY: A TIE BREAKER
A sample of teachers and faculty were asked this question: What is your favorite ice cream flavor? What percent of teachers replied vanilla
The group who comes the closest without going over is the winner. If all teams go over, then the groups who comes closest wins.
38%