Maniac Magee Version

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A Classroom Game Based on the TV Game show

Here are the categories:

Maniac MageeManiac Magee

Questions in this category may include:

Maniac’s family

Maniac’s early years

Maniac’s character traits

Events that demonstrate these

Amanda BealeAmanda Beale

Questions in this category may include:

Amanda’s family

Amanda’s character traits

Events that demonstrate these

Maniac’s interactions with Amanda and her family

Mars BarMars Bar

Questions in this category may include:

Mars Bar’s character traits

Events that demonstrate these

Maniac’s interactions with Mars Bar

Two MillsTwo MillsQuestions in this category may include:

People in the town of Two Mills

Characteristics of the town of Two Mills

GraysonGrayson

Questions in this category may include:

Grayson’s character traits

Events that demonstrate these

Maniac’s interactions with Grayson

The McNabsThe McNabs

Questions in this category may include:

John McNab

His little brothers

Their character traits

Events that demonstrate these

Maniac’s interactions with the brothers

What is the Question ?What is the Question ?

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$100 Question Maniac Magee$100 Question Maniac Magee

• They both died in a trolley accident when Maniac was only three years old.

$100 Maniac Magee Answer

$100 Maniac Magee Answer

Who were Maniac’s parents?

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$200 Question Maniac Magee$200 Question Maniac Magee

•Maniac breaks out in hives whenever he eats this.

$200 Answer Maniac Magee

$200 Answer Maniac Magee

What is a pizza?

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$300 Question Maniac Magee$300 Question Maniac Magee

•Maniac’s favorite thing to eat

$300 Answer Maniac Magee

$300 Answer Maniac Magee

•What are Butterscotch Krimpets?

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$400 Question Maniac Magee$400 Question Maniac Magee

•Maniac Magee’s real name

$400 Answer Maniac Magee

$400 Answer Maniac Magee

• What is Jeffrey Lionel Magee?

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$500 Question Maniac Magee$500 Question Maniac Magee

•He began performing a series of heroic feats in order to do this.

$500 Answer Maniac Magee

$500 Answer Maniac Magee

•What is bribe Russell and Piper McNab into going to school?

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$100 Question Amanda Beale$100 Question Amanda Beale

•This is what Amanda’s suitcase was filled with.

$100 Answer Amanda Beale

$100 Answer Amanda Beale

•What are books?

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Daily DoubleDaily Double

Daily Double Question Amanda

Beale

Daily Double Question Amanda

Beale •This was written in chalk on Amanda’s house

Daily Double Answer!

Daily Double Answer!

• What was “Fishbelly Go Home”?

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$300 Question Amanda Beale$300 Question Amanda Beale

•This was used as confetti on the Fourth of July

$300 Answer Amanda Beale

$300 Answer Amanda Beale

•What is the Encyclopedia A?

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$400 Question Amanda Beale$400 Question Amanda Beale

•A twisted idea Amanda came up with to make Maniac popular with everyone.

$400 Answer Amanda Beale

$400 Answer Amanda Beale

•What is the untying of Cobble’s Knot?

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$500 Question Amanda Beale$500 Question Amanda Beale

•This is the reason Amanda visits Maniac at the buffalo pen in the middle of the night.

$500 Answer Amanda Beale

$500 Answer Amanda Beale

•What is to tell him that he was going to come home with her?

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$100 Question Mars Bar

$100 Question Mars Bar

A candy bar that was his favorite.

$100 Answer $100 Answer

•What is a Mars Bar?

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$200 Question Mars Bar

$200 Question Mars Bar

•The side of town Mars Bar lives on.

$200 Answer Mars Bar

$200 Answer Mars Bar

•What is the East End?

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$300 Question Mars Bar

$300 Question Mars Bar

•This is the name of Mar Bars’ best friend.

$300 Answer Mars Bar

$300 Answer Mars Bar

•What is Bump Gilliam?

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$400 Question Mars Bar

$400 Question Mars Bar

•His new sneakers prompt him to challenge Maniac to do this.

$400 Answer Mars Bar

$400 Answer Mars Bar

•What is running a race?

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$500 Question Mars Bar

$500 Question Mars Bar

•This is the new nickname Amanda gives Mars Bar at the end of the book.

$500 Answer Mars Bar

$500 Answer Mars Bar

•What is “Snickers”?

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$100 Question Two Mills

$100 Question Two Mills

•The main street that divides the town in half

$100 Answer Two Mills

$100 Answer Two Mills

•What is Hector Street?

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$200 Question Two Mills

$200 Question Two Mills

•She blows a whistle to bring in her large family for dinner

$200 Answer Two Mills

$200 Answer Two Mills

•Who is Mrs. Pickwell?

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$300 Question Two Mills

$300 Question Two Mills

•This is an old house that every kid in town was afraid of, except for Maniac.

$300 Answer Two Mills

$300 Answer Two Mills

•What is Finsterwald’s?

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$400 Question Two Mills

$400 Question Two Mills

•This is the star wide receiver of the high school football team who teaches Maniac how to trash talk

$400 Answer Two Mills

$400 Answer Two Mills

•Who is Hands Down?

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$500 Question Two Mills

$500 Question Two Mills

The river that separates Two Mills from the town of Bridgeport, over which there is a trolley trestle.

$500 Answer Two Mills

$500 Answer Two Mills

•What is the Schuylkill River?

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$100 Question Grayson

$100 Question Grayson

•He does this for a living.

$100 Answer Grayson

$100 Answer Grayson

•He is the groundskeeper at the zoo

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$200 Question Grayson

$200 Question Grayson

Grayson, in his more athletic youth, played this position in this league.

$200 Answer Grayson

$200 Answer Grayson

•What is a pitcher in minor league baseball?

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$300 Question Grayson

$300 Question Grayson

•He lived here, then moved to the bandshell to live with Maniac.

$300 Answer Grayson

$300 Answer Grayson

•What is the YMCA?

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$400 Question Creating an Outline

$400 Question Creating an Outline

•When Grayson did this, it made Maniac smile and say “A-men”

$400 Answer Creating an Outline

$400 Answer Creating an Outline

What is read a book cover to cover?

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$500 Question Grayson

$500 Question Grayson

•This given as a Christmas gift to Maniac just before he died.

$500 Answer Grayson

$500 Answer Grayson

•What is his old minor league baseball glove?

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$100 Question The McNabs

$100 Question The McNabs

•John McNab pitched this to Maniac after he failed to strike Maniac out.

$100 Answer The McNabs

$100 Answer The McNabs

•What is a frog?

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$200 Question The McNabs

$200 Question The McNabs

•Russell and Piper, who turned out to be John McNab’s little brothers, found Maniac here.

$200 Answer The McNabs

$200 Answer The McNabs

•What is Valley Forge?

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$300 Question The McNabs

$300 Question The McNabs

•Russell and Piper never wanted to go here without bribes from Maniac.

$300 Answer The McNabs

$300 Answer The McNabs

•What is school?

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$400 Question The McNabs

$400 Question The McNabs

•Inside the filthy house, the McNabs were building this to protect themselves from East-Enders because they thought they were going to revolt.

$400 Answer The McNabs

$400 Answer The McNabs

•What is a pillbox?

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$500 Question The McNabs

$500 Question The McNabs

•Mars Bar made Maniac proud at whose birthday party by fighting to try to get loose from Maniac to fight the Cobras.

$500 Answer The McNabs

$500 Answer The McNabs

•Who is Piper McNab?

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Final Round TopicFinal Round Topic

• Relationships and Character

Final Round Question

Final Round Question

•This character became Maniac’s running partner and friend by the end of the story, even though they had their differences. This is the type of character he is.

Final Round AnswerFinal Round Answer

•Who is Mars Bar? What is a dynamic character?

Thank You for Playing!Thank You for Playing!