Jeopardy September 19

Technology

100

Question: What was the acronym commonly used for the 2000 software problem that many thought would cause computers to become inoperable?

 

Answer: Y2K DD**

200

What device was introduced in 1979 and revolutionized portable music?

 

 

Answer: Sony Walkman 

DD**

300

What was the first software company in the world? 

 
 

 


 

Answer: Computer Usage Company

 DD**

400

Question: What year did the internet become available to the public?

get with in 2 years

Answer: 1993

500

Question: What year was the first iPhone released?

get within 2 years
 

 

 

Answer: 2007

600

Question: What year did Google launch?

Get within 2 years 

 

 

Answer: 1998

People

100

Question: Which two British royal family members divorced in 1996?

 

 

Answer: Prince Charles and Princess Diana
DD**

200

Question: What is the name of the whistleblower who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013?
 

 

 
 

Answer: Edward Snowden

DD**

300

Question: Who became the most decorated gymnast in history in 2023?

Answer: Simone Biles 

 

 



 

Answer: Simone Biles  DD**

400

Question: Who, at age 17, became the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014?

 
 

 

 

 

Answer: Malala Yousafzai

500

• Question: The construction of the Colosseum began while which Roman emperor was in power?
  

  
  
   
  
   

• Answer: Vespasian
   

600

Question: How old was King Tutankhamun when he died?

 
 

 

Answer: 19

Geography Trivia

100

Question: During World War II, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Which country is this in?

Answer: France

DD**

200

Question: What is the world’s oldest recorded civilization?
 
 

 

Answer: The Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia  DD**

300

1. Question: The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the eastern half of what powerful ancient empire?

   
   

   
   
   
   

 

 
 
 

 

The Roman Empire DD**

400

Question: Where is the Pyramid of the Sun located?
 

Answer: Teotihuacán, Mexico (near modern-day Mexico City)

500

Question: What was the name of the ancient trade route that connected the East with the West?

 

 

 

 

 

Answer: The Silk Road

600

Question: The Mayan Empire encompassed what peninsula?


 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Answer: The Yucatan Peninsula in what is now Mexico

World History

100

Question: Which ancient figure is often considered the founder of Western philosophy?
 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Answer: Socrates

200

Question: Athenian leader Cleisthenes introduced the concept of demokratia in 507 B.C. What does demokratia translate to?
 


 
 

 
 

 
 
 

Answer: Democracy

300

Question: Which two countries signed the Good Friday Agreement in 1997?
 

Answer: Britain and Ireland

DD**

400

Question: The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the eastern half of what powerful ancient empire?
 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 
 
 

Answer: The Roman Empire
 DD**

500

Question: Which famous battle is widely considered a turning point in the wars between Persia and Greece?
 
 

 

 

 

 
 

Answer: The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C

600

• Question: Which two city-states fought in the Peloponnesian War?
  

  
   
  
   

Answer: Athens and Sparta

Halloween

100

Question: What is another name for Halloween?
 

 
 
 
 

 

1. 
   

 

Answer: All Hallows’ Eve

200

1. Question: Before pumpkins, which root vegetables did the Irish and Scottish carve on Halloween?
   
   
    
    
   
   
   
   

 

 

Answer: Turnips  DD**

300

1. Question: Why do some people wear their clothes inside out on Halloween?
    
   
    
   
   

Answer: They believe they’ll see a witch at midnight DD**

400

1. Question: What day does All Saints’ Day fall on?
    
   
    
   
    
    
   

   
   

 

 

Answer: Nov. 1

500

1. Question: Which U.S. city hosts the world’s largest Halloween parade?
   
   
    

Answer: New York City, for the annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade

600

1. Question: Which Roman goddess is thought to be honored on Halloween?
    
   
    
    
   
   

 

 

Answer: Pomona

Extra Points all 700

100

What is the largest dark web marketplace ever shut down?

Answer: Silk Road

200

What was the name of the first text message sent?

 
 
 
 

 

• Answer: "Merry Christmas"

300

Question: What are the seven wonders of the ancient world? 100 points for every 1 answered

Answer: The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria 

400

• Question: What year was Nelson Mandela freed from prison?
  get within 2 years
  
   
   
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

 

 
 

Answer: 1990
 

500

Question: What was the global recession that lasted from 2007 to 2009 called?
 
 
 
 

 

 

Answer: The Great Recession

600

Question: When did Halloween start?
I am looking for an AD date get within 100years
 

 

Answer: Around 600 AD with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain