Jeopardy fall reading 2012
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PowerPoint "Jeopardy" game created for Summer Reading 2012. We did a fall program in addition. This used the "Teens Own the Night" theme. However, I don't think the linking works here on Slideshare.
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Fall Winter HolidaysTeens
Own the Night!
Potpourri
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Where do you go “back to”in the fall?
School!
What major sport is played mostly in the fall?
Football
What changes in the fall? “Spring forward, fall back!”
The Time
What happens to some treesin the fall?
(Though not many in the Desert.)
The leaves change color
The Autumnal Equinox happens in the fall.
What is special about that day and night?
They are almost exactly the same length
How many sides do snowflakes have?
Six
People with “chionophobia” are afraid of what?
Snow
What modern word comes from an old
Germanic word meaning, “time of water?”
Winter
What mythical character brings on winter, snow,
cold, ice, etc.?
Jack Frost
The Winter Solstice happens in December. What is special about that particular DAY?
It is the shortest day of the year
What is likely the most popular winter holiday
celebrated in the United States?
Christmas
What is one of the most popular Jewish holidays
celebrated in the United States?
Hanukkah
What holiday, celebrated in late December is observed mostly by
African-Americans?
Kwanzaa
What is the more common name for“All Hallow’s Eve?”
Halloween – it is the eve of All Hallow’s Day, Nov 1st,
also called All Saints’ Day or All Hallows or Hallowmas.
Pagans from long agohad a tradition of bringing
a tree bough, or wreath into
their homes in winter.
What has that traditiontransformed into today?
Christmas trees!
What supernaturalcreatures are on the
hunt only at night& fear sunlight?
Vampires!
We all know what a full moon looks like.
What is it called when
you can’t see the moon at all at night?
New Moon
What book created the modern, handsome vampire
that we are familiar with today?
(…it’s NOT Twilight!)
Dracula,by Bram Stoker
In the book, what character created the monster now commonly referred to as
Frankenstein?
Dr. Victor Frankenstein
Who wrote the book, Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus
(that’s the full title)
Mary Shelley
Who wrote the novels about
Daniel-X ?
?
James Patterson
What is the first nameof the
President of the United States?
Barack
Lincoln is a moviein theaters now.
What war did this President oversee?
The United StatesCivil War
Before the word Animebecame popular, what
was Anime called?
Japanimation
What is this constellation?It is only visible
in the winternight sky.
Orion, the Hunter
Thank you for playing!
