What do you remember from last school year? - Jeopardy

Culture

100

What's the name of the Indian princess that tried to make peace between the settlers and the Natives?

Pocahontas

200

In L.A. is a street where you find stars with names of celebrities on the sidewalk. What's the name of the street?

Walk of Fame

300

What's the name of the African-American preacher who fought for civil rights in the mids of the 20th century?

Martin Luther King

400

What's the name of the festivity that New Orleans is famous for?

Mardi Gras

500

At the beginning of the 20th century, many people came from Europe to New York. These immigrants landed on an island in New York. What's the name of the island?

Ellis Island

Grammar

100

Translate into English: Wir haben viele Hausaufgaben auf.

We have lots of/a lot of/ much homework.

200

In the following sentence you can use both forms of the verb. True or false?

I hate to play/ playing basketball.

TRUE

After beginn, start, continue, hate, like, love, prefer you can use the to-infinitive or the gerund.

300

Translate into English:

Wenn ich viel lerne, werde ich gute Noten bekommen.

If I study a lot, I will get good grades.

400

Form a passive sentence out of the active sentence:

Mrs. Markert tortures us with many questions.

(to torture = quälen)

We are tortured with many questions by Mrs. Markert.

500

Put the direct speech of former president Obama's quote to indirect speech:

No matter who you are or what you look like [...], America is a place where you can write your own destiny.

Obama said that no matter who you were or what you looked like, America was a place where you could write your own destiny.

Vocab

100

Name the female form of waiter.

waitress

200

Name a synonym for immediately.

e.g.. right now, at once

300

Name the American word for sweets.

candy

400

Name a synonym for impolite.

rude

500

Translate into English:

Das ist ein ernsthafter Notfall!

This is a serious emergency!

This & That

100

What's the name of the current president of the United States of America?

Donald Trump

200

Name the two American states that are not connected to the mainland.

Alaska & Hawaii

300

The statue of liberty was a gift from a European country. Which one?

France

400

Name 3 of the 4 former presidents whose faces you can see on Mount Rushmore.

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln

500

What's the capital of California?

Sacramento