Wright Jeopardy 2019

Math

100

This is the solution to the equation 3 × 8

24

200

This fraction is equal to the percentage 50%

½

300

ℼ rounded to the nearest whole number is equal to this.

3

400

This is the first positive whole number that, when spelled out, has the letter a in it.
(101 = "one hundred one", not "one hundred and one")

1000

500

Mike has this number of cookies. Ten less than three times this number is eight.

6

Random

100

This is the date Groundhog Day is on.

February 2

200

These are the colors of the ghosts in the classic arcade game "Pacman"

Red, Pink, (Light) Blue, Orange

300

Spell the name of the second month of the year backward. You only get one try.

Y-R-A-U-R-B-E-F

400

You can type all ten of these letters with your index fingers on a standard QWERTY keyboard.

F, R, T, G, B, V, J, U, Y, H, N, M

500

This is the name of a Canadian province.
Bonus: Get 200 more points for each additional province named.

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan

Bible

100

This is the name of the food that God provided for the Israelites while they were in the wilderness.

Manna

200

This man wrote the first five books of the Bible.

Moses

300

This man wrote Ecclesiastes.

Solomon

400

DAILY DOUBLE!!
Fish were created on this day of creation.

Day 5

500

This person lived longer than any human before or after him.
Bonus: He lived this long.

Methuselah
Bonus: 969 years

Science

100

This is the third planet from the sun.

Earth

200

This is the number of planets in the solar system as of 2019.

8

300

Atoms are made of protons, neutrons, and this.

Bonus: Protons and neutrons are made of these.

Electrons
Bonus: Quarks

400

These are both synonyms of "hurricane"

Typhoon, Cyclone

500

This is the first element on the periodic table.

Hydrogen

Historical Figures

100

This historical figure discovered America.
Bonus: Name the year.

Christopher Columbus
Bonus: 1492

200

This black woman was kicked off a bus.

Rosa Parks

300

Gandhi helped this country gain independence from Britain.

India

400

This president was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Abraham Lincoln

500

Albert Einstein played this instrument as a boy.

Violin