Benesch Jeopardy 2025

Geography

200

This is the largest US State by area.

What is Alaska?

400

Name four of the five Great Lakes.

What is: 

1. Huron

2. Ontario

3. Michigan

4. Erie

5. Superior

600

This European country has territory that borders Brazil.

What is France?

800

This is the smallest country in mainland Africa.

What is the Gambia?

1000

Name two of the three exclave countries in the world. (Completely surrounded by another country)

San Marino, Vatican City and Lesotho

Entertainment, Arts & Literature

200

This is how Netflix originally sent you movies to "stream".

What are DVDs?

400

A musical TV series that featured characters such as Rachel Berry, Sue Sylvester, Kurt Hummel and Will Schuester.

What is Glee?

600

This is the highest rated animated TV series on IMDB.

What is Avatar: The Last Airbender?

800

The name of three of the six Darling family members from Peter Pan.

Who are: 

George Darling: The father.

Mary Darling: The mother.

Wendy Darling: The eldest daughter and protagonist.

John Darling: The middle child.

Michael Darling: The youngest child.

Nana: The family dog. 

1000

The name three musical eras between the Medieval and 20thCentru/Modern

What is:

1. Medieval

2. Renaissance

3. Baroque

4. Classical

5. Romantic

6. 20th Century/ Modern

History

200

This King famously had six wives.

Who is King Henry VIII

400

He invented the cotton gin.

Who is Eli Whitney?

600

Name 2 of the current Supreme Count Justices.

Who are:

• John G. Roberts, Jr. (Chief Justice)
• Clarence Thomas (Associate Justice)
• Samuel A. Alito, Jr. (Associate Justice)
• Sonia Sotomayor (Associate Justice)
• Elena Kagan (Associate Justice)
• Neil M. Gorsuch (Associate Justice)
• Brett M. Kavanaugh (Associate Justice)
• Amy Coney Barrett (Associate Justice)
• Ketanji Brown Jackson (Associate Justice) 

800

Languages on the Rosetta Stone.

What are Egyptian and Greek?

1000

The first woman elected head of government in modern history (1960).

Who is Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka?

Science & Nature

200

This is the "powerhouse" of the cell.

What is the mitochondria?

400

The most abundant element in the atmosphere.

What is Nitrogen?

600

This animal has 3 hearts and blue blood.

What is an octopus?

800

The coldest planet is in our solar system.

What is Uranus?

1000

Name all 5 Nobel Prize categories.

What are:

Physics

Chemistry

Literature

Peace

Physiology/ Medicine

Sports & Leisure

200

This is the trophy given out at the end of the hockey season.

What is the Stanley Cup?

400

This sport has a common move known as castling.

What is Chess?

600

The value of the letter "K" in Scrabble.

What is 5 points?

800

This football team has won the most UEFA competitions (26 times).

Who is Real Madrid?

1000

In baseball, this statistic is calculated by total bases divided by at-bats.

What is "Slugging Percentage"?