Enjoy Matter Jeopardy!
• • Choose players or groups - Individuals or Teams can play! Plan a way for contestants to indicate they want to answer (tap desk, ring bell, clicker, etc.)
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Player #1 or Team #1 chooses a category and question dollar amount first.
Teacher reads the “answer” completely, then contestants can respond.
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After a response is given by a player, click anywhere on the slide to see the correct response.
Record the contestant’s score – You gain the dollar amount if correct; lose the dollar amount if incorrect.
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Then, click “To Game Board” and continue the game until all categories are finished.
Game Board
People Inventions Places When did it happen? Cause and Effect
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Final Jeopardy
$100
Native Americans lived there
$100
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Who lived in Quebec, Canada and New York?
$200 Juan Ponce de Leon
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Who gave Florida its name?
$300 Spain
$300
What country continued to explore Florida after Juan Ponce deLeon?
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$400
They grew crops, such as corn.
$400
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What did the early Iroquois women use the land for?
$500
They all explored North America for Spain
$500
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What do Columbus, De Soto, and Ponce de Leon have in common?
$100
Edward Jenner
$100
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Who invented a way to protect people from smallpox?
$200
Cyrus Hall McCormick
$200
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In invented the reaper that made farming easier?
$300
A.A. Campbell Swinton
$300
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Who invented the special tube used to build a television?
$400
The pony express
$400
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What did they call the way to deliver mail quicker?
$500
He came up with a way to make milk safe for people to drink
$500
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Who is Louis Pasteur?
$100 New communities grew in the west
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What did Lewis and Clark cause?
$200
Virginia
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In which state is Jamestown located?
$300
They are located in the United States
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Where are St. Augustine and Jamestown located?
$400
France
$400
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What European group explored Florida and Canada?
$500
Falls and rapids blocked his way westward to China
$500
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Why did Jacques Cartier leave Canada to go back to France?
$100
1837
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When was the telegraph invented?
$200
1876
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When did Bell invent the phone?
$300
1860
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When was the pony express set up?
$400
1896
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When did Marconi send radio signals
$500
1908
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When did Swinton telecast words with black and white pictures?
$100
People moved west
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Lewis and Clark caused what to happen?
$200
Mail was delivered more quickly in 1860
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What did the pony express cause?
$300
The reaper
$300
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What did Cyrus Hall McCormick invent that helped farmers?
$400
The polio vaccine saved many lives
$400
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Jonas Salk’s Vaccine caused what?
$500
You were able to take a picture
$500
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What did George Eastman cause when he invented the camera?
Final Jeopardy Category: Maps
Click for “Answer”
Smaller map on top of a map
Click to see the correct response!
What is a locator map?
Exit Game
Thank You for Playing
Acknowledgements: Graphics: Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media Jeopardy Template: B. Burkett October 2003
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