Hero Jeopardy

Historical Heros

100

This Civil Rights Leader gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech 

Martin Luther King, Jr. 

200

This American Civil Rights activist refused to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama

Rosa Parks

300

This 20th century Indian leader led his country to independence through non-violent protests

Gandhi

400

This chemist was the first woman to win the Nobel prize

Marie Curie

500

This famous British woman was a champion of the British suffragette movement and founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). 

Emmeline Pankhurst

Film Heroes

100

This famous English spy works for the British Secret Service

James Bond

200

This archaeologist hero is distinguished by his hat, whip, and leather jacket

Indiana Jones

300

This young lion runs away from his home after his father is killed, finding refuge with his new friends, Timon and Pumba

Simba

400

This Tatooine farmboy rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest Jedi the galaxy has ever known

Luke Skywalker

500

This computer programmer and hacker is offered a choice between a red and a blue pill, determining which version of reality he will see

Neo

Literature Heros

100

This orphan was known in the wizard world as the Boy Who Lived

Harry Potter 

200

This hobbit discovered a ring that changed the course of his life

Frodo

300

This 19th century literature heroine is the protagonist in Jane Austen's most famous novel

Elizabeth Bennet

400

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created this famous British private detective character

Sherlock Holmes

500

This lawyer defends a black man accused of rape in his small Alabama town

Atticus Finch

Super Heroes

100

This hero gained his abilities after a radioactive spider bite

Spider-Man

200

This hero, also known as Kal-El, has a weakness for Kryptonite

Superman

300

This hero, who is also the wealthy owner of Wayne Enterprises, does not possess any superpowers, but trains himself physically and mentally to fight crime. 

Batman

400

This female hero is a princess in her homeland, the island nation of Themyscira

Wonder Woman

500

This super hero got his power by taking the super soldier serum in the 1940s

Captain America

Mythical Heroes

100

This Greek hero died of a strike to the most vulnerable part of his body in battle: his heel

Achilles

200

With his band of Merry Men, this hero of Sherwood Forest robbed the rich to give to the poor

Robin Hood

300

This brave hero is the son of the Greek god Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene

Hercules

400

This English king of legend gathered his knights at a round table for conference

King Arthur

500

This hero helped the Greeks triumph in the Trojan War. Afterward he journeyed nearly ten years to return home to Ithaca and his wife Penelope.

Odysseus