Halloween Jeopardy

Geography :)

100

Name any two U.S. Capitals.

Any two of the following: Montgomery, Juneau, Phoenix, Little Rock, Sacramento, Denver, Hartford, Dover, Tallahassee, Atlanta, Honolulu, Boise, Springfield, Indianapolis, Des Moines, Topeka, Frankfort, Baton Rouge, Augusta, Annapolis, Boston, Lansing, Saint Paul, Jackson, Jefferson City, Helena, Lincoln, Carson City, Concord, Trenton, Santa Fe, Albany, Raleigh, Bismarck, Columbus, Oklahoma City, Salem, Harrisburg, Providence, Columbia, Pierre, Nashville, Austin, Salt Lake City, Montpelier, Richmond, Olympia, Charleston, Madison, Cheyenne

200

★ DAILY DOUBLE: ★ You can wager as many points as you would like for this question. The wager must be made before the question is revealed.

If you are currently at or below zero points, you get 400 for a correct answer.

DAILY DOUBLE:

The Antarctic Desert

300

To which country does this flag belong?

Australia

400

In which continent is the nation Bahrain located?

Asia

500

Name any two countries that were once a part of the Eastern European nation Yugoslavia.

Any two of the following:

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia

Halloween

100

This film franchise (usually) depicts the killer Michael Myers terrorizing Haddonfield, Illinois, and was the film debut of actress Jamie Lee Curtis playing Laurie Strode

Halloween

200

This book depicts a university student who uses body parts to create a full human, reanimated through the use of electricity, only to be tormented by the result of his experiments; double points for the author's name

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Shelley

300

This popular Halloween song by Bobby Pickett was released in 1962, and is about a large dance party being held by a mad scientist being attended by a group of monsters

"Monster Mash" (1962) by Bobby Pickett

400

In the Peanuts Halloween Special "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," what is Charlie Brown given while Trick-or-Treating?

A rock. (Three, to be exact).

500

What was the traditional name for Halloween (or, alternatively, what is the name of the holiday celebrated on November 1st)?

All Hallow's Eve, All Saint's Eve, Hallow's Eve

(Or, for 11/1, All Hallow's Day)

Currency

100

A contestant of this Jeopardy shares a name with a shorthand term for physical money, such as dollar bills. What is that individual's name?

Cash

200

What is Cash's Halloween costume depicting?

An Elephant

300

What is Cash's middle name?

Hayden

400

Members of a certain ethnic religion, including Cash, receive a complimentary trip to a certain country as a result of their heritage. What is the name of this country, where Cash will likely be traveling at some point in the next few years?

Israel

500

★ Flip a coin until you get the same face twice in a row.

Two heads flips in a row - Cash loses 200 points

Two tails flips in a row - Cash gains 300 points

Also, whoever picked this gets a free 100 points :)

For Funsies

100

Name at least two things among the Halloween decorations in the front porch.

Any two of the following: Gravestone, coffin, skeleton dog, skeleton, spider, spider web, cobweb, et cetera

200

★ Estimate the current temperature outside. Tyler will check the weather app at the time of this question to determine closeness.

Exact temperature: +600 points

+/- 2 degrees off, +400 points

+/- 5 degrees off, +200 points

+/- 8 degrees off, -200 points

+/- 10 degrees off, -400 points

300

★ If you clicked this, you win 300 points!

But, in the meantime, could you count how many letters are in your name, middle name included? Disregard spaces, hyphens, and shortened names.

Thanks! Anyone with less letters in their name than you loses 300 points.

400

★ Play Rock-Paper-Scissors once against every person in the room, and count how many wins/losses you get.

If you got more wins than losses, +400.

If you got more losses than wins, -400.

500

Make someone else in the room smile :)

:)))))

★ AVOID AT ALL COSTS ★

100

Pick a number between 1-100.

If even, -100 points.

If odd, -200 points.

If you picked 71, +500 points!

200

Everyone loses 200 points.

HOWEVER, all points lost are deposited onto a mystery space during the next round. Whoever finds the space keeps all of the points.

300

What is your birthday?

If born during the first half of the year, -300.

If born during the second half of the year, +300.

400

You lose 400 points, Jeremy gets 400 points.

...Unless Jeremy picked this square, in which case he gets both -400 and +400 points.

500

Discuss with the rest of the room whether or not you deserve these 500 points. After 30 seconds, they will vote to give or take away the points.

Good luck!