312+ Fun & Challenging Jeopardy Questions for Adults & Kids

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Answer *Jeopardy!* questions about pop culture, history, science & more
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This…is…Jeopardy! Or at least wiki Jeopardy! , which we think is (almost) just as good. Whether you want to test yourself with some Jeopardy! Qs or put together your own version of the game show, we’ve compiled the ultimate list of questions from everyone’s favorite trivia program. Start off with some straightforward classic Jeopardy! questions , then move on to challenging Double Jeopardy questions before amping things up with an expert-level Final Jeopardy round . Just remember to state your answers in the form of a question, and we have no doubt that you’ll be the next reigning champ!

Tricky Jeopardy! Questions to Test Yourself With

  • This airport in Washington, named for two cities, has one of the largest parking garages in the US—13,000 spaces and eight stories high. ( Answer: What is Sea-Tac?)
  • One term for talking trash about someone is "throwing" this, like a big elm tree might do. ( Answer: What is “shade”?)
  • Headings in this 1854 work include "Solitude," "Brute Neighbors," and "The Pond in Winter." ( Answer: What is “Walden (Life in the Woods)” ?)
  • The name of this branch of mathematics comes from the Arabic word for "reuniting." ( Answer: What is “algebra”?)
  • The name of this salsa means "beak of the rooster." ( Answer: What is “pico de gallo”?)
Section 1 of 8:

Classic Jeopardy! Questions for Adults

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    History Jeopardy! Questions On Jeopardy! , history-related questions can span everything from ancient civilizations to current events. Our set of classic history questions does something similar, with world history trivia topics ranging from Norse explorers to the Berlin Wall: [1]
    • Clue: After more than 150 years, he's still the tallest president in U.S history.
      • Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln?
    • Clue: Within a 3½-year period, he became mayor of Buffalo, governor of New York, and president of the U.S.
      • Answer: Who is Grover Cleveland?
    • Clue: Founded in 1874, this political party advocated printing more money to help farmers.
      • Answer: What is the Greenback Party?
    • Clue: In 1864, this man became a lieutenant general and assumed command of all U.S. armies.
      • Answer: Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
    • Clue: Published in 1783, his American Spelling Book preceded his famous dictionary by 45 years.
      • Answer: Who is Noah Webster?
    • Clue: This city was destroyed in 79 CE due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
      • Answer: What is Pompeii?
    • Clue: A Norse explorer thought to set foot on America before Christopher Columbus.
      • Answer: Who is Leif Erikson?
    • Clue: The Berlin Wall fell in November of this year.
      • Answer: When is 1989?
    • Clue: Libya gained independence from Italy in this year (also the year of the first atomic detonation at the Nevada Test Site).
      • Answer: What is 1951?
    • Clue: This man was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire.
      • Answer: Who is Genghis Khan?
    • Clue: Historians believe that the Bubonic Plague started in Europe in this year.
      • Answer: When is 1347?
    • Clue: The Battle of Culloden was fought in 1746 in this country.
      • Answer: What is Scotland?
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    Literature Jeopardy! Questions Jeopardy! questions that are related to literature often cover classic and contemporary novels, poems, and non-fiction books. They might test a contestant’s knowledge on authors, characters, titles, writing techniques, and the historical or social context around a literary work. Here are some examples: [2]
    • Clue: 1944’s Absent in the Spring is one of the non-mystery novels she wrote under the name Mary Westmacott.
      • Answer: Who is Agatha Christie?
    • Clue: It’s the first name shared by bestselling authors Delinsky, Tuchman, and Kingsolver.
      • Answer: What is Barbara?
    • Clue: This kid's lit classic has a chapter called “The Puppies Arrive”.
      • Answer: What is The Hundred and One Dalmatians ?
    • Clue: Born a slave, Sethe escapes to Ohio but is haunted by memories of a lost baby in this Toni Morrison novel.
      • Answer: What is Beloved ?
    • Clue: This book by Boris Pasternak was banned in the USSR until 1987.
      • Answer: What is Doctor Zhivago ?
    • Clue: In the epilogue to Moby-Dick, this rescued narrator quotes from the book of Job: “and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”
      • Answer: Who is Ishmael?
    • Clue: A futuristic society revolves around science and efficiency in this 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley.
      • Answer: What is Brave New World ?
    • Clue: “I woke to the sound of a mosquito whining in my left ear”, begins 2000’s Fever 1793, about an epidemic of this disease.
      • Answer: What is yellow fever?
    • Clue: The party tree that grew in this Middle-Earth land was the location of Bilbo’s farewell speech.
      • Answer: What is the Shire?
    • Clue: This Narnian lion appears in several other forms, including a lamb.
      • Answer: Who is Aslan?
    • Clue: The author of a famous book that takes place in "Gilead."
      • Answer: Who is Margaret Atwood?
    • Clue: Welcome to Dead House from 1992 was the first of the books in the Goosebumps series by this author who by now has sold a spooky number of copies.
      • Answer: Who is R.L. Stine?
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    Geography Jeopardy! Questions Jeopardy! might be filmed in California, but they expect their contestants to be well-informed about every little corner of the world. In a classic geography category, players might be quizzed about famous landmarks, capital cities, geological wonders, and more! These geography questions, for instance, cover geographical landmarks from Thailand to the Arctic Circle: [3]
    • Clue: The city of Chiang Mai in this country is home to Baan Chang Elephant Park.
      • Answer: What is Thailand?
    • Clue: Wyoming’s largest lake, it lies right in the middle of a national park.
      • Answer: What is Yellowstone Lake?
    • Clue: Auckland, the chief port city of this country, was once its capital.
      • Answer: What is New Zealand?
    • Clue: Number of states that touch the Pacific Ocean.
      • Answer: What is five?
    • Clue: This capital that shares its name with its country lies about 12 miles inland from Italy’s Adriatic coast.
      • Answer: What is San Marino?
    • Clue: The King James Bible refers to it as the Salt Sea.
      • Answer: What is the Dead Sea?
    • Clue: Not far from the resort of Cancún, the islands of Cozumel & Mujeres lie off the northeast tip of this peninsula.
      • Answer: What is the Yucatán?
    • Clue: Come visit Mongo /Not far from the Congo /Tibesti mountains are not that bad /Yes, we’re talking, talking ’bout…
      • Answer: What is Chad?
    • Clue: The smallest and shallowest of the world’s five oceans is this one.
      • Answer: What is the Arctic?
    • Clue: Every little breeze seems to whisper this Alberta lake, so named to honor the daughter of Queen Victoria.
      • Answer: What is Lake Louise?
    • Clue: The green spaces of “Parks and Recreation” can be found in fictional Pawnee in this real Midwestern state.
      • Answer: What is Indiana?
    • Clue: Corsica and this Italian island are packed so close together they’re only about seven miles apart.
      • Answer: What is Sardinia?
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    Science Jeopardy! Questions Get your lab coats and thinking caps on…it’s time for the science round! Science can be a big category on Jeopardy! , especially since questions can cover physics, astronomy, biology, chemistry, forensics…the list goes on! Here’s a good selection of Jeopardy! questions from a range of scientific disciplines: [4]
    • Clue: This famous constant describes the energy of photons (light) and has the value 6.62607015 × 10^-34 J·s.
      • Answer: What is Planck’s constant?
    • Clue: These are the only two planets in our solar system that do not have moons.
      • Answer: What are Mercury and Venus?
    • Clue: This geologic formation may be found overhead if you are in a cave.
      • Answer: What are stalactites?
    • Clue: This living animal has the heaviest brain.
      • Answer: What are sperm whales?
    • Clue: This English chemist and physicist discovered hydrogen.
      • Answer: Who is Henry Cavendish?
    • Clue: Matter that does not enter chemical reactions is described as this.
      • Answer: What is inert?
    • Clue: The three main parts of a comet are the nucleus, the tail, and the _____.
      • Answer: What is the coma?
    • Clue: This was the first genetically engineered organism.
      • Answer: What is a tobacco plant?
    • Clue: It is the term for the condition when three celestial bodies are arranged in a straight line.
      • Answer: What is syzygy?
    • Clue: The planets make up this percentage of the mass in our solar system.
      • Answer: What is 0.135%?
    • Clue: The first Earth Day was celebrated in this year.
      • Answer: What is 1970?
    • Clue: These are microscopic spheres of 60 atoms of pure carbon in a sphere-like structure that resembles a geodesic dome.
      • Answer: What are buckyballs?
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    Music Jeopardy! Questions Do, re, mi, fa, sooooo many amazing Jeopardy! questions have to do with music! From legendary bands to Top 40 tracks, the Music category on Jeopardy! can include just about anything. You might also go for questions about music history or genres, or even a “complete the lyric”-inspired category. [5]
    • Clue: At the Concert for Bangladesh, George got this guitarist to chime in on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
      • Answer: Who is Eric Clapton?
    • Clue: She had a #1 hit in each year of the 90s—the only singer to do so.
      • Answer: Who is Mariah Carey?
    • Clue: David Bowie ch-ch-changed his name from Davy Jones to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of this group.
      • Answer: Who are The Monkees?
    • Clue: Burt Bacharach and Elvis played street musicians (with a grand piano) in this title guy's The Spy Who Shagged Me.
      • Answer: Who is Austin Powers?
    • Clue: She released "Genie in a Bottle" in 1999.
      • Answer: Who is Christina Aguilera?
    • Clue: John Lennon and Paul McCartney were in this band.
      • Answer: What is The Beatles?
    • Clue: This one-named singer, whose name means "most exalted one" in Swahili, tragically died in a plane crash in 2001.
      • Answer: Who is Aaliyah?
    • Clue: This Canadian artist wrote the international hit, "Sorry."
      • Answer: Who is Justin Bieber?
    • Clue: This is Jay-Z’s real name.
      • Answer: What is Shaun Carter?
    • Clue: “Heathens” by Twenty One Pilots is on the soundtrack of this DC-universe movie.
      • Answer: What is Suicide Squad ?
    • Clue: This song was the first to ever be performed in outer space.
      • Answer: What is “Happy Birthday”?
    • Clue: Which Feist song became popular because of an Apple iPod nano advertisement?
      • Answer: What is “1234”?
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    Jeopardy! Questions About Movies Cinema is one of the most popular and beloved art forms around, and we love this Jeopardy! category just as much as the films that inspired it. Typically, a movie-themed category on Jeopardy! will feature (get it?!) questions about movie titles, actors, directors, quotes, and even awards. Here are some examples: [6]
    • Clue: This Spielberg Holocaust film was based on a book by Thomas Keneally.
      • Answer: What is Schindler’s List ?
    • Clue: The blonde preferred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes .
      • Answer: Who is Marilyn Monroe?
    • Clue: The make of car that starts up immediately after 200 years in Woody Allen's Sleeper .
      • Answer: What is the Volkswagen Beetle?
    • Clue: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling starred in this 2016 movie together.
      • Answer: What is La La Land ?
    • Clue: The first Academy Awards, held at the Roosevelt Hotel in 1929, saw this war movie winning for "Outstanding Picture."
      • Answer: What is Wings ?
    • Clue: Creators of Casper say this film's logo plagiarized one of their characters.
      • Answer: What is Ghostbusters ?
    • Clue: This famous PBS bird has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
      • Answer: Who is Big Bird?
    • Clue: In this 1961 movie, Audrey Hepburn had a cat with no name.
      • Answer: What is Breakfast at Tiffany's ?
    • Clue: The three stars of Rebel Without a Cause who met with untimely deaths.
      • Answer: Who are Natalie Wood, James Dean, and Sal Mineo?
    • Clue: In Jezebel , Bette Davis' character shocked New Orleans society by wearing a dress of this color to the ball.
      • Answer: What is red?
    • Clue: Kevin Costner starred in this 1989 film based on the novel Shoeless Joe .
      • Answer: What is Field of Dreams ?
    • Clue: Original wording of the Hollywood sign.
      • Answer: What is "Hollywoodland"?
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    Jeopardy! Questions About Sports This category can cover anything from popular pastimes like baseball, soccer, and football to more obscure sports like Quidditch, cheese rolling, and underwater hockey! Most often, however, sports-related Jeopardy! questions (like the list below) ask about notable athletes, coaches, and championship-clinching techniques: [7]
    • Clue: A kick returner who touches but fails to catch the football has committed one of these hand warmers.
      • Answer: What is a muff?
    • Clue: She was the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year
      • Answer: Who is Caitlin Clark?
    • Clue: Close basketball shot from the tip of the hand into the basket.
      • Answer: What is a finger roll?
    • Clue: Herb Brooks coached the U.S. to the "Miracle on Ice" hockey victory at this site in the Adirondacks.
      • Answer: What is Lake Placid?
    • Clue: Basketball players learn not to move this foot, the term for the axle around which a wheel turns.
      • Answer: What is a pivot?
    • Clue: Long thought to have invented baseball, he fought for the Union at Antietam and Gettysburg.
      • Answer: Who is Abner Doubleday?
    • Clue: In 2019, this Yankee pitcher became the first unanimous selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
      • Answer: Who is Mariano Rivera?
    • Clue: Brian Urlacher and Walter Payton both played for this NFL team.
      • Answer: What is the Chicago Bears?
    • Clue: This West Coast team is the only one whose city and name are both in Spanish.
      • Answer: Who are the San Diego Padres?
    • Clue: A slow, tricky pitch on the baseball diamond.
      • Answer: What is a knuckleball?
    • Clue: In 2008, Sue Bird helped the U.S. win its fourth straight Olympic gold medal in this sport.
      • Answer: What is basketball?
    • Clue: Backwards, or a double-handoff football play.
      • Answer: What is a reverse?
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Section 2 of 8:

Double Jeopardy Questions

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    Double Jeopardy Questions About American History Upping the ante with Double Jeopardy questions, the American History category is more specific (and more difficult) than your broader History category. [8] Double Jeopardy questions may ask for specific dates (e.g., battles, birth years, etc.) or for information about obscure historical figures. If you’re young and scrappy like your country, go ahead and give it your best shot! [9]
    • Clue: It's the election year that the campaign slogans "The Moose is Loose" and "Ready for Teddy Again" were used.
      • Answer: What is 1912?
    • Clue: This revolt, chiefly by farmers, took place in Massachusetts in 1786.
      • Answer: What is Shays' Rebellion?
    • Clue: On September 17, 1862, this bloody battle in Maryland ended the first Confederate invasion of the North.
      • Answer: What is the Battle of Antietam?
    • Clue: On February 1, 1960, four students held a historic sit-in at a lunch counter in this North Carolina city, protesting segregation.
      • Answer: What is Greensboro?
    • Clue: In his teens, this Pittsburgh "pickle king" was running a business to supply grocers with fresh produce.
      • Answer: Who is Henry Heinz?
    • Clue: The ceiling of the great hall in this Cornelius Vanderbilt home in Rhode Island is painted as a cloud-swept sky.
      • Answer: What is The Breakers?
    • Clue: He was the 12th President of the United States.
      • Answer: Who was Zachary Taylor?
    • Clue: The two Civil War generals on the winning Republican presidential ticket of 1880.
      • Answer: Who were James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur?
    • Clue: On February 21, 1965, he was killed in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.
      • Answer: Who was Malcolm X?
    • Clue: The “Gettysburg Address” was delivered by this president.
      • Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln?
    • Clue: This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
      • Answer: What is the Louisiana Purchase?
    • Clue: This document declared the independence of the 13 American colonies from Britain.
      • Answer: What is the Declaration of Independence?
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    Double Jeopardy Questions About World Literature While a category on classic, English-language literature might be easy enough, a Double Jeopardy question should amp things up. World Literature questions can cover absolutely anything related to the world of books. From French war novelists to beloved works of magical realism from South America, we’ve got tons of World Lit Qs to challenge you: [10]
    • Clue: With the same initials as the author, Harry Haller is the loner protagonist of this 1927 German Novel.
      • Answer: What is Steppenwolf ?
    • Clue: Based on a myth, this 1913 play became a 1938 movie, a 1956 stage musical, and a 1964 movie musical.
      • Answer: What is Pygmalion ?
    • Clue: Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind" precedes a famous line from his works.
      • Answer: Who is John Donne?
    • Clue: Book 1, Chapter 4 of this 1880 work is entitled "The Third Son Alyosha."
      • Answer: What is The Brothers Karamazov ?
    • Clue: This epic poem by Homer is about the fall of Troy.
      • Answer: What is The Iliad ?
    • Clue: Known for his magical realism, this Colombian wrote “One Hundred Years of Solitude.”
      • Answer: Who is Gabriel Garcia Márquez?
    • Clue: This French novelist is famous for “Les Misérables.”
      • Answer: Who is Victor Hugo?
    • Clue: “The Trial” and “The Metamorphosis” are works by this Czech author.
      • Answer: Who is Franz Kafka?
    • Clue: He is known as the national poet of Scotland, often celebrated on January 25th.
      • Answer: Who is Robert Burns?
    • Clue: John Reed gave an eyewitness account of the Bolshevik Revolution in “Ten Days That” did this.
      • Answer: What is ‘shook the world’?
    • Clue: “The Science of Deduction” is chapter one of this Sherlock Holmes story.
      • Answer: What is “The Sign of the Four”?
    • Clue: The novel titled this “Patient” is set in Italy & was written by Sri Lankan-Canadian Michael Ondaatje.
      • Answer: What is “English”?
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    Double Jeopardy Questions About Global Landmarks Narrowing down our Geography category for a more difficult Double Jeopardy question, these clues are all about global landmarks. You might ask about iconic structures like the Eiffel Tower, World Wonders like Machu Picchu, or anything mentioned on our list of example questions: [11]
    • Clue: This South American landmark is known as “The Lost City of the Incas.”
      • Answer: What is Machu Picchu?
    • Clue: Located in Jordan, this ancient city is known for its rock-cut architecture.
      • Answer: What is Petra?
    • Clue: This ancient temple complex in Cambodia is the largest religious monument in the world.
      • Answer: What is Angkor Wat?
    • Clue: The Colorado River runs through this national park in the state of Arizona.
      • Answer: What is the Grand Canyon?
    • Clue: This incredible landmark was on display for the 1889 World's Fair in the city of Paris.
      • Answer: What is the Eiffel Tower?
    • Clue: Located on the Zambezi River, this landmark creates a cloud of spray that can reach over 1,000 feet high and has been nicknamed "Smoke That Thunders".
      • Answer: What is Victoria Falls?
    • Clue: This landmark, located on the River Thames and overlooking the walled City of London, was used as a prison with torture chambers, and where the two wives of King Henry the VIII were executed.
      • Answer: What is the Tower of London?
    • Clue: This landmark is located at 41 degrees North and 74 degrees West.
      • Answer: What is the Statue of Liberty?
    • Clue: This is the remaining portion of a temple that once stood in the city of Jerusalem, where those of the Jewish faith still gather to pray.
      • Answer: What is the Wailing Wall?
    • Clue: This is an ancient Greek temple that sits above the city of Athens and was designed to honor Athena, the Greek goddess.
      • Answer: What is the Parthenon?
    • Clue: This volcano last erupted in 1707, and now over 60,000 people hike to its summit in the island country of Japan.
      • Answer: What is Mt. Everest?
    • Clue: This waterway is famous for finally opening a passage for ships to pass from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, thereby avoiding the treacherous trip around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.
      • Answer: What is the Suez Canal?
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    Double Jeopardy Questions About Word Origins “Jeopardy” comes from Old French “ieu parti,” meaning an “(evenly) divided game” with an equal chance of winning and losing. While we do hope that your chance of winning is not in jeopardy, you can’t be too sure with these etymological questions! These tricky linguistic Qs are perfect for a challenging set of Double Jeopardy clues: [12]
    • Clue: This 9-letter word for an insect may have come about because people believed this bug ate uncovered dairy products.
      • Answer: What is butterfly?
    • Clue: Fittingly, this adjective describing a hit-you-in-the-gut kind of feeling goes back to a Latin word for internal organs.
      • Answer: What is “visceral”?
    • Clue: This word for one who cuts a trail comes from a name of a character in an 1840 novel.
      • Answer: What is pathfinder?
    • Clue: A radical in an 1833 failed uprising in Germany, Ludwig von Rochau coined this term for acts taken for practical reasons, not ethics.
      • Answer: What is realpolitik?
    • Clue: Though it meant “seasickness” in Latin, this 6-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of sickness.
      • Answer: What is nausea?
    • Clue: Theories on the origin of this, a style of journalism, include Cajun slang for unhinged jazz and Boston slang for a person on a bender.
      • Answer: What is gonzo?
    • Clue: This Sanskrit word referring to a spoken word or phrase comes from a word for “to think.”
      • Answer: What is mantra?
    • Clue: Originally relating to a story of suffering, this word now more commonly refers to strong emotion of any kind.
      • Answer: What is passion?
    • Clue: In 1793, a French clergyman called the destruction of libraries and sculptures this, using the name of a 5th-century tribe.
      • Answer: What is vandalism?
    • Clue: From the Greek for “ring”, the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000.
      • Answer: What is a circus?
    • Clue: The word for a type of building or institution comes from Greek for a place sacred to a mythical group of 9.
      • Answer: What is a museum?
    • Clue: P.T. Barnum, whose traveling shows carried musicians, coined this word that now represents something growing in popularity.
      • Answer: What is bandwagon?
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    Double Jeopardy Questions About Classical Music Classical Music can be a tricky category in Jeopardy! , mostly because it’s one of those topics that you either know or you don’t! To test out your musical knowledge, try to answer these Double Jeopardy questions about operas, composers, and notable works of classical song: [13]
    • Clue: This composer’s works include “The Magic Flute” and “The Marriage of Figaro.”
      • Answer: Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
    • Clue: Known as the “March King,” he composed “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
      • Answer: Who is John Philip Sousa?
    • Clue: This German composer is famous for his nine symphonies and “Moonlight Sonata.”
      • Answer: Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
    • Clue: Known for his “Four Seasons,” this Italian composer was a virtuoso violinist.
      • Answer: Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
    • Clue: This Russian composer’s works include “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake.”
      • Answer: Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
    • Clue: Strauss composed this famous waltz in ¾ time.
      • Answer: What is the Blue Danube Waltz ?
    • Clue: This stringed instrument comprises the largest portion of the orchestra.
      • Answer: What is the violin?
    • Clue: This is the lowest-sounding brass instrument.
      • Answer: What is the tuba?
    • Clue: This venue is considered the most acoustically perfect in the entire U.S.
      • Answer: What is Carnegie Hall?
    • Clue: This composer had a musically prolific wife, Clara, who was also a notable pianist and composer in her own right.
      • Answer: Who is Schumann?
    • Clue: This is the highest voice type in a choral ensemble.
      • Answer: What is soprano?
    • Clue: This is the final song performed in Handel’s Messiah .
      • Answer: What is the “Hallelujah Chorus”?
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    Double Jeopardy Questions About International Cuisine Food is an art form in itself, and one of the most universal experiences of human life. So, no wonder it makes a frequent appearance in Jeopardy! These Double Jeopardy questions narrow in on international cuisine, meaning that you (or your contestants) will have to have knowledge of (or experience with) a global palate: [14]
    • Clue: From a flowering plant, the Aztecs used it as a chocolate enhancer, and the Spanish called it this, meaning "little pod."
      • Answer: What is vanilla?
    • Clue: Originating from India, this is a popular spiced, creamy tomato sauce dish.
      • Answer: What is butter chicken?
    • Clue: This national dish of Spain is a rice dish typically made with saffron and seafood.
      • Answer: What is paella?
    • Clue: This French soup is made from onions and beef stock, usually served with cheese-topped croutons.
      • Answer: What is French onion soup?
    • Clue: A traditional dish of Ethiopia, typically made from teff flour.
      • Answer: What is injera?
    • Clue: The Spanish diminutive for "meat" gives us the name of these roasted or braised chunks of pork .
      • Answer: What is carnitas?
    • Clue: Invented by German scientist Justus von Liebig from brewer's yeast, this spread is big in the U.K., an acquired taste, and 100% vegetarian.
      • Answer: What is Marmite?
    • Clue: Danes really love their beer, especially this type of pale golden lager that Tuborg introduced to the country in 1880.
      • Answer: What is pilsner?
    • Clue: If you're in Central Asia, ask for shashlik; if you head down to the Middle East, ask for this 2-word skewered meat equivalent.
      • Answer: What is a shish kebab?
    • Clue: Aromatics, like garlic and fennel, are key to this Middle Eastern rice dish with a 5-letter name.
      • Answer: What is pilaf?
    • Clue: Virtually Brazil's national drink, caipirinha is an icy concoction of fresh lime and cachaca, a liqueur distilled mainly from this sweet crop.
      • Answer: What is sugar cane?
    • Clue: If you see "lumache" on an Italian menu, find out if they're these gastropods or the pasta shaped like them.
      • Answer: What are snails?
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    Before and After Double Jeopardy Questions In one of Jeopardy! ’s most iconic and brain-teasing categories, contestants must solve word puzzles that combine two related clues to create a new connected phrase. For example, a clue that reads “ABBA song recorded in honor of the U.K.'s longest-reigning monarch” could be answered with “Dancing Queen Elizabeth (II). We’ve combined the song “Dancing Queen” with “Queen Elizabeth,” with the two phrases being conjoined by the common word “Queen.” [15]
    • Clue: One half of an iconic folk-rock duo plays an obedience-themed children’s game.
      • Answer: What is Paul Simon Says?
    • Clue: Rihanna's EDM hit searches for singles in paradise on reality TV.
      • Answer: What is We Found Love Island?
    • Clue: A beloved TV scientist takes a detour from the lab to Flavortown with a spiky-haired chef.
      • Answer: What is Bill Nye the Science Guy Fieri?
    • Clue: The sweetest and sparkliest breakfast cereal races against a looming deadline.
      • Answer: What is Cinnamon Toast Crunch Time?
    • Clue: If Harry Styles' third studio album were about an easily toppled structure.
      • Answer: What is Harry's House of Cards?
    • Clue: The contestants in a deadly Korean survival show win the Wimbledon final.
      • Answer: What is Squid Game Set Match?
    • Clue: "Lady Marmalade" rapper teams up with reality TV's most famous sister.
      • Answer: What is Lil' Kim Kardashian?
    • Clue: Famous Marilyn Monroe movie if it were soundtracked by Chappell Roan.
      • Answer: What is Some Like It Hot To Go?
    • Clue: Hollandaise-laden breakfast dish becomes known as a traitor in the United States.
      • Answer: What is Eggs Benedict Arnold?
    • Clue: Prince's iconic song/movie needs to reschedule for another time.
      • Answer: What is Purple Raincheck?
    • Clue: Dr. Seuss serves breakfast to Broadway's favorite founding father.
      • Answer: What is Green Eggs and Hamilton?
    • Clue: A fast-talking TV mother-daughter duo sells your favorite door-to-door sweet treat.
      • Answer: What is Gilmore Girl Scout Cookies?
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Section 3 of 8:

Final Jeopardy Questions

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    Final Jeopardy Questions About Famous Speeches You only need one clue for Final Jeopardy, but it should be as difficult as it gets! [16] These questions are about notable speeches, quotes from those speeches, and the famous figures who recited them. Some are more well-known, like “I Have a Dream,” while others are more obscure: [17]
    • Clue: In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States, known for its repeated phrase envisioning equality.
      • Answer: What is “I Have a Dream”?
    • Clue: Delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, this speech is known for the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
      • Answer: What is the Gettysburg Address?
    • Clue: This British Prime Minister gave a speech in 1940 known for the phrase “We shall fight on the beaches.”
      • Answer: Who was Winston Churchill?
    • Clue: Given by this U.S. President in 1961, the speech famously urges Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
      • Answer: Who was John F. Kennedy?
    • Clue: This speech was delivered by Queen Elizabeth II on her 21st birthday, making a lifelong pledge to her people.
      • Answer: What is “A Life of Service”?
    • Clue: Patrick Henry said that this emotion is natural to people but shouldn’t be trusted in dealings with Britain.
      • Answer: What is hope?
    • Clue: John F. Kennedy said that this was responsible for what happens on the planet Earth.
      • Answer: What is man?
    • Clue: This First Lady said that “the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
      • Answer: Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
    • Clue: This champion of women’s rights said, “not fragile like a flower, fragile like a bomb.”
      • Answer: Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
    • Clue: This former slave said the famous "Ain't I a Woman" speech at the women's convention in 1851.
      • Answer: Who is Sojourner Truth?
    • Clue: This 44th President said, "In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it."
      • Answer: Who is President Barack Obama?
    • Clue: This famous activist, poet, and memoirist said the famous speech "Still I rise.”
      • Answer: Who is Maya Angelou?
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    Final Jeopardy Questions About Breakthrough Inventions Blending our History and Science categories together, “Breakthrough Inventions” is an excellent Final Jeopardy category that covers a lot of ground. From early telephones to iPhones, you can really challenge your knowledge of the items you use every day: [18]
    • Clue: This man invented the first practical incandescent light bulb.
      • Answer: Who was Thomas Edison?
    • Clue: Known as the father of the computer, he conceptualized the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.
      • Answer: Who was Charles Babbage?
    • Clue: This revolutionary product, released in 2007, reshaped mobile communications and technology.
      • Answer: What is the iPhone?
    • Clue: This invention allows us to see the bones inside our body without surgery.
      • Answer: What is the X-ray?
    • Clue: This man is commonly credited with creating the first printing press.
      • Answer: Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
    • Clue: This inventor invented the cotton gin.
      • Answer: Who is Eli Whitney?
    • Clue: In 1903, the Wright Brothers invented this machine, which revolutionized travel.
      • Answer: What is the airplane?
    • Clue: PlayStation 4 was released in this year.
      • Answer: What is 2013?
    • Clue: Cyrus McCormick invented this machine in the 1800s.
      • Answer: What is the reaper?
    • Clue: Herman Hollerith invented this machine system for statistical computation.
      • Answer: What is the punch-card tabulation machine?
    • Clue: The electric razor was invented in this country in 1928.
      • Answer: What is the United States?
    • Clue: This man invented the zipper.
      • Answer: Who is Whitcomb L. Judson?
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    Final Jeopardy Questions About World Leaders World leaders are pretty influential (to say the least), but it can be difficult to claim knowledge about every world leader from every country during every period of history—which is what makes it such a good category for Final Jeopardy! Here are some challenging questions you can use, if you so choose:
    • Clue: This Queen ruled over the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign of any British monarch at the time.
      • Answer: Who was Queen Victoria?
    • Clue: He was the first Emperor of France, crowned in 1804.
      • Answer: Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
    • Clue: Known as the “Father of India,” he led the country to independence through nonviolent protest.
      • Answer: Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
    • Clue: This leader’s reform policies of Glasnost and Perestroika led to the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union.
      • Answer: Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
    • Clue: She became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
      • Answer: Who was Margaret Thatcher?
    • Clue: This U.S. leader is known for their extensive foreign policy, particularly their efforts to build bridges with China.
      • Answer: Who is Richard Nixon?
    • Clue: This leader was the first President of Russia after the dissolution of the USSR.
      • Answer: Who is Boris Yeltsin?
    • Clue: This leader was the President of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980.
      • Answer: Who is Josip Broz Tito?
    • Clue: This leader was the Romanian President from 1965 to 1989, known for the Romanian Revolution.
      • Answer: Who is Nicolae CeauČ™escu?
    • Clue: This leader was the President of the United States when the nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
      • Answer: Who is Harry Truman?
    • Clue: This leader held the position of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1721-1742.
      • Answer: Who is Sir Robert Walpole?
    • Clue: This is the name of Sudan's long-serving president.
      • Answer: Who is Omar Al-Bashir?
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    Final Jeopardy Questions About Classic Art From famed artists to priceless works of art, painters, sketchers, and sculptors have earned a rightful place in the Jeopardy! world. This category can also include questions about different periods in art history—from the Renaissance to Modern works. Test out your artistic knowledge with our example questions below: [19]
    • Clue: This artist painted the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.”
      • Answer: Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
    • Clue: Known for his impressionist works, this artist painted “Water Lilies.”
      • Answer: Who was Claude Monet?
    • Clue: She was an influential Baroque painter known for her dramatic use of light and subject matter, such as “Judith Slaying Holofernes.”
      • Answer: Who was Artemisia Gentileschi?
    • Clue: The full title of this modernist Stravinsky ballet includes "Pictures from Pagan Russia in Two Parts."
      • Answer: What is “The Rite of Spring”?
    • Clue: This modern American artist was known as the "Father of the Mobile."
      • Answer: Who is Alexander Calder?
    • Clue: In May 2010, five paintings worth $125 million by Braque, Matisse, and three others left Paris' museum of this art period.
      • Answer: What is modern art?
    • Clue: Modern movement that is named for the optical illusions created by its geometric patterns.
      • Answer: What is op art?
    • Clue: This three-part panel was a common form for altarpieces in medieval art.
      • Answer: What is a triptych?
    • Clue: "The Lady with the Unicorn" is a medieval example of this textile art form.
      • Answer: What is a tapestry?
    • Clue: In the 1880s, this artist with "noir" in his name broke with Impressionism and began using more black.
      • Answer: Who is Pierre-Auguste Renoir?
    • Clue: El Greco's painting of the Virgin Mary cradling her dead son is called this, like Michelangelo's famous sculpture of the same subject.
      • Answer: What is the 'Pieta?'
    • Clue: "Crouching Woman" and "Blind Man's Meal" are paintings from his blue period.
      • Answer: Who is Picasso?
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    Final Jeopardy Questions About Pop Stars “Pop Stars” may seem like an easy category for most people, but there’s a lot more to the pop world than you might think! From the countless pop stars we’ve listened to over the years to the tracks that never fail to get stuck in your head, here are some dazzling pop music questions for your Final Jeopardy round: [20]
    • Clue: This singer has said “no body but yours” to wives Miranda Lambert and Gwen Stefani.
      • Answer: Who is Blake Shelton?
    • Clue: Since her 2022 diagnosis, this Canadian singer has opened up about her battle with stiff-person syndrome.
      • Answer: Who is Celine Dion?
    • Clue: This singer/rapper’s “Old Town Road” used a sample from Nine Inch Nails’ “34 Ghosts IV.”
      • Answer: Who is Lil Nas X?
    • Clue: LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley, Carter Beauford, and Stafan Lessard, his “band,” are 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
      • Answer: Who is the Dave Matthews Band?
    • Clue: Snow Angel is the debut album of this woman, who left TV’s The Sex Lives of College Girls to focus on being a pop star.
      • Answer: Who is Renee Rapp?
    • Clue: This one-named Spanish “motomami” got meme-ified just by walking around and chewing gum.
      • Answer: Who is Rosalia?
    • Clue: This singer collabed with The Chainsmokers on “Closer” and with then-BF G-Eazy on “Him & I.”
      • Answer: Who is Halsey?
    • Clue: She originally wrote “Titanium” for Alicia Keys but ended up providing the vocals herself and collaborating with David Guetta.
      • Answer: Who is Sia?
    • Clue: In 2022, she became the first woman to have a Billboard Top 10 Album in 5 decades, starting with the 1980s.
      • Answer: Who is Madonna?
    • Clue: Taylor Swift’s two hits in 2014’s Top Ten included “Shake It Off” and this satirical track.
      • Answer: What is “Blank Space”?
    • Clue: This Tennessee-born pop star loves to party in the USA.
      • Answer: Who is Miley Cyrus?
    • Clue: In this song, Sabrina Carpenter sings, “Don’t bring me to tears when I just did my makeup so nice.”
      • Answer: What is “Please, Please, Please.”
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    Final Jeopardy Questions About Classic Movie Quotes We’ll always have Paris, and you’ll always have an iconic Final Jeopardy round with a category like Movie Quotes or Movie Lines. Clue contestants in on a classic Godfather line, or go for something more modern like Cher Horowitz’s “as if.” Frankly, our dears, we don’t give a ________. [21]
    • Clue: In this 1975 movie, Roy Scheider’s Chief Brody quips, “You're going to need a bigger boat.”
      • Answer: What is Jaws ?
    • Clue: In Clueless , Alicia Silverstone responds to male advances with this two-word phrase.
      • Answer: What is “as if”?
    • Clue: Tom Hanks: "Are you crying? There's no crying. There's no crying in _______!"
      • Answer: What is baseball?
    • Clue: Babe: "That'll do, ___. That'll do."
      • Answer: What is pig?
    • Clue: The second rule of this movie's "club" is the same as the first. But rule number six is "No shirts, no shoes."
      • Answer: What is Fight Club ?
    • Clue: Directed by Spielberg: "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire."
      • Answer: What is Schindler’s List ?
    • Clue: "You can bet before we're through, mister, I'll make a man out of you," says a song from this film.
      • Answer: What is Mulan ?
    • Clue: As Citizen Kane begins, Orson Welles whispers this dying word and drops a snow globe.
      • Answer: What is rosebud?
    • Clue: Emily Blunt, working at a fashion magazine in this film: “I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.”
      • Answer: What is The Devil Wears Prada ?
    • Clue: In 1980, watching this movie we thought was the second in a series, we learned “Do or do not. There is no try.”
      • Answer: What is The Empire Strikes Back ?
    • Clue: The 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans gave us Liam Neeson as Zeus intoning “release” this beast.
      • Answer: What is the kraken?
    • Clue: Name the Tarantino film: “The ‘D’ is silent, hillbilly!”
      • Answer: What is Django Unchained ?
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    Final Jeopardy Questions About U.S. Politics & Government This category can be super divisive as a Final Jeopardy category, since players have to set their bets before seeing the clue, which could be about…well…pretty much anything. [22] From senators to the State of the Union, try your hand at these political questions:
    • Clue: In 1958, Congress passed this act—it shares an acronym with one of the agencies it helped create.
      • Answer: The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (it created NASA, which stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
    • Clue: He used the expression "rugged individualism" while running for president in 1928.
      • Answer: Who is Herbert Hoover?
    • Clue: Third party, its presidential candidates included Eugene Debs and Norman Thomas.
      • Answer: What is Socialist?
    • Clue: The first two Black senators, Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce, both represented this Deep South state.
      • Answer: What is Mississippi?
    • Clue: He was the first living president to appear on U.S. paper money—on a $10 demand note authorized in 1861.
      • Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln?
    • Clue: He appointed more justices (nine) to the U.S. Supreme Court than any other president in the 20th century.
      • Answer: Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
    • Clue: Members of the House of Representatives serve terms of this many years.
      • Answer: What is two?
    • Clue: Usually given in January, it was once known simply as the president's annual message to Congress.
      • Answer: What is the State of the Union Address?
    • Clue: This Bronx native with a hyphenated name wowed politicos with a Big Apple win in 2018.
      • Answer: Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
    • Clue: First Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
      • Answer: What is Election Day?
    • Clue: This Secretary of State wrote "The Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War and Peace, 1989–1992."
      • Answer: Who is James Baker?
    • Clue: In 2003, this South Carolinian retired at age 100 after 47 years in the Senate.
      • Answer: Who is Strom Thurmond?
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Section 4 of 8:

Easy Jeopardy! Questions

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  1. Start off slow with some straightforward Jeopardy! questions. Listen, we all love some hard-hitting trivia , but sometimes you just want to answer some softball questions. We don’t judge! Especially if trivia isn’t really your thing or you have a hard time memorizing facts, these easier questions can be a good option that still lets you join in on the fun. They’re also a perfect pic for the $100 or $200 rows! [23]
    • Clue: This author wrote “Pride and Prejudice.”
      • Answer: Who is Jane Austen?
    • Clue: This city is the capital of France.
      • Answer: What is Paris?
    • Clue: “To be or not to be” is a famous line from this Shakespeare play.
      • Answer: What is Hamlet ?
    • Clue: This is the chemical symbol for water.
      • Answer: What is H 2 O?
    • Clue: He was the first President of the United States.
      • Answer: Who is George Washington?
    • Clue: This planet is known as the Red Planet.
      • Answer: What is Mars?
    • Clue: This movie franchise features a character named Luke Skywalker.
      • Answer: What is Star Wars ?
    • Clue: He is known for his horror novels, including “Carrie” and “The Shining.”
      • Answer: Who is Stephen King?
    • Clue: Canberra is the capital of this country.
      • Answer: What is Australia?
    • Clue: She is known for her hit song “Bad Guy.”
      • Answer: Who is Billie Eilish?
    • Clue: This streaming service is known for “Stranger Things” and “The Crown.”
      • Answer: What is Netflix?
    • Clue: This is the longest wall in the world, extending over 13,000 miles.
      • Answer: What is the Great Wall of China?
    • Clue: This tower in Italy is famous for its unintended tilt.
      • Answer: What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
    • Clue: This name comes before "Pieces," "Fast Break," and "Peanut Butter Cup."
      • Answer: What is Reese’s?
    • Clue: Iowa is the USA’s leading producer of this ‘pop’ular crop.
      • Answer: What is corn?
Section 5 of 8:

Funny Jeopardy! Questions

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  1. Work your funny bone and your brain with humorous Jeopardy! questions. Jeopardy! questions don’t always have to be serious. They can be about a zany pop culture moment, silly slang words, or funny facts about everyday life. For instance, did you know that a group of pugs is called a grumble? [24] Well, you do now!
    • Clue: In 1994, WIRED magazine described this 4-letter word as an idea leaping "from mind to mind ... as viruses leap from body to body."
      • Answer: What is a meme?
    • Clue: A wrestler-turned-actor who’s the subject of many memes joking that he’s invisible.
      • Answer: Who is John Cena?
    • Clue: Chef Ramsay blows up on Hell’s Kitchen when contestants serve an incomplete dish, demanding to know where this sauce is.
      • Answer: What is lamb sauce?
    • Clue: Volkswagen also sells this yummy product that outperforms their automobiles.
      • Answer: What are currywurst sausages?
    • Clue: This common kind of bee can recognize human faces.
      • Answer: What is a honeybee?
    • Clue: Hawaiian pizza originated in this wintry country.
      • Answer: What is Canada?
    • Clue: A butterfly carries the majority of its taste receptors on this body part.
      • Answer: What are its feet?
    • Clue: This popular fruit is known to be mildly radioactive.
      • Answer: What are bananas?
    • Clue: This bird is the only one that can fly backwards.
      • Answer: What is a hummingbird?
    • Clue: Norville Rogers is the real name of this Scooby-Doo character.
      • Answer: Who is Shaggy?
    • Clue: This college’s unofficial mascot is named Keggy the Keg.
      • Answer: What is Dartmouth College?
    • Clue: This animal celebrity is known as the “Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, and Weather Prophet Extraordinary.”
      • Answer: Who is Punxsutawney Phil?
    • Clue: This person was TIME magazine’s Person of the Year in 2006.
      • Answer: Who is you?
    • Clue: A group of pugs.
      • Answer: What is a grumble?
    • Clue: This U.S. president had a pet alligator that he kept in a White House bathtub.
      • Answer: Who is John Quincy Adams?
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Jeopardy! Questions for Kids

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  1. These Jeopardy! questions for kids are fun and educational. Whoever said learning isn’t fun has definitely never seen Jeopardy! Kids can absolutely benefit from some game-ified trivia learning, especially if the questions are catered toward their age group and interests—just like the ones below! [25]
    • Clue: The largest animal on Earth is this marine mammal.
      • Answer: What is a blue whale?
    • Clue: This fast-paced sport involves two teams of five players trying to score points by shooting a ball through a hoop.
      • Answer: What is basketball?
    • Clue: This continent is known for its diverse wildlife, including lions, elephants, and giraffes.
      • Answer: What is Africa?
    • Clue: This long-necked animal is native to Africa and is the tallest land animal.
      • Answer: What is a giraffe?
    • Clue: This country is known for its beautiful fjords, northern lights, and the city of Oslo.
      • Answer: What is Norway?
    • Clue: This legendary swimmer holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by an individual.
      • Answer: Who is Michael Phelps?
    • Clue: This sport involves sliding down a snowy slope using a board attached to both feet.
      • Answer: What is snowboarding?
    • Clue: This musical instrument is known as the “king of instruments” and is played using a keyboard.
      • Answer: What is the piano?
    • Clue: This marine mammal is known for its playful behavior and balancing a ball on its nose.
      • Answer: What is a seal?
    • Clue: This popular music genre originated in the United States and is characterized by its bluesy melodies and soulful singing.
      • Answer: What is jazz?
    • Clue: This famous singer is known as the “King of Rock and Roll” and had hit songs like “Jailhouse Rock” and “Love Me Tender.”
      • Answer: Who is Elvis Presley?
    • Clue: It’s the largest planet in our solar system.
      • Answer: What is Jupiter?
    • Clue: He’s the first person to set foot on the moon.
      • Answer: Who is Neil Armstrong?
    • Clue: This kind of animal with black and white markings is native to China and known for its bamboo diet.
      • Answer: What is a panda?
    • Clue: In this movie, a young girl named Elsa has the power to create ice and snow, and she learns to embrace her abilities.
      • Answer: What is Frozen ?
Section 7 of 8:

Making a Bachelorette Jeopardy! Game

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  1. Surprise a Jeopardy! -loving bride with her own game show. If you’re looking for a fun game to make a bride feel special at her shower or bachelorette party, set up a game of wedding-themed Jeopardy! You can create your own Jeopardy! board with original categories about the bride, her fiancé, their nuptials, and more. Here are some sample bachelorette Jeopardy! Questions to get you started: [26]
    • About the Bride:
      • You can catch the bride at any event with a glass of this, her favorite drink.
      • Back in the day, this was the bride's first job.
      • You'll find the bride binge-watching this, her favorite TV show.
      • On karaoke night, the bride is most likely to pick this song to sing
      • These are the bride's sun, moon, and rising signs.
    • Funny:
      • This song has been added to the wedding do-not-play list.
      • This is who actually said "I love you" first.
      • This is the most embarrassing thing that happened on the couple's first date.
      • The couple can quote this movie word-for-word.
      • Despite their best efforts, this person in the couple is the messiest.
    • Spicy:
      • This is the bride's preferred personal toy.
      • This is when the bride lost her V-card.
      • This is who is on the couple's "hall pass" list.
      • This popular drink might also be a honeymoon activity. (Sex on the Beach)
      • This city is the most popular bachelorette party destination. (Las Vegas)
    • About the Fiancé:
      • This is the fiancé's middle name.
      • This city is where (fiancé) grew up.
      • This is how many siblings (fiancé) has.
      • This is (fiancé)'s zodiac sign.
      • This is (fiancé)'s favorite kind of food.
    • About the Couple:
      • This city is where the couple first met.
      • This spot is where the couple had their first date
      • This is the name(s) of the couple's pet(s).
      • These are the couple's nicknames for each other.
      • This special date is when the two got engaged.
    • About Famous Couples:
      • In 1981, this British royal walked down the aisle in a 25-foot-long train. (Princess Diana)
      • In 2018, this American actress married Prince Harry in a royal ceremony. (Meghan Markle)
      • When Beyoncé married Jay Z, she had 70,000 of these at the wedding, her favorite flower. (White orchid)
      • This Hollywood star became Princess of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III in 1956. (Grace Kelly)
      • Kim Kardashian’s marriage to Kris Humphries lasted for this many days. (72)
    • About Wedding Traditions:
      • These "somethings" are the four things a bride needs on the wedding day. (Old, new, borrowed, blue)
      • This British monarch originated the tradition of white wedding dresses. (Queen Victoria)
      • Couples bury this alcoholic drink to keep the rain away on their wedding day. (Bourbon)
      • Brides usually toss this to predict who may be getting married next. (Bouquet)
      • Brides in India often wear this color instead of white. (Red)
    • Finish the Love Song Lyric:
      • “Tell me how to win your heart / For I haven't got a clue / _________.” (But let me start by saying I love you.)
      • “It's the way I'm feeling, I just can't deny / But I've gotta let it go / ________.” (We found love in a hopeless place.)
      • “You never need to doubt it / I'll make you so sure about it / _________.” (God only knows what I’d be without you.)
      • “The sign on your heart said it’s still reserved for me, honestly, _______.” (Who are we to fight the alchemy?”
      • “And I wish you joy and happiness / But above all this, _______.” (I wish you love.)
    • Final Jeopardy:
      • These hues will be the official color palette of the wedding.
      • This will be the first song the couple dances to at their wedding.
      • The bride's engagement ring is in this cut.
      • This is how many states/countries the couple has visited together.
      • This destination is where the couple will journey after the wedding.
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Section 8 of 8:

The Official Jeopardy! Practice Test

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  1. Try your luck with these official Jeopardy! practice questions. The Jeopardy! website offers three different practice tests: one for adults, one for teens, and one for college students. Each test has 30 clues, and you have 15 seconds to respond to each one. While you can definitely take these practice quizzes for fun, you can also use them to prepare for the actual Jeopardy! test (if you have ambitions of appearing on the show). Here are the questions from the current version (June 2025) of the adult test: [27]
    • U.S. Presidents: He succeeded James Madison.
      • Answer: Who is James Monroe?
    • Potent Potables: Traditionally, a Black Russian pairs Kahlua with this liquor.
      • Answer: What is vodka?
    • The Bible: This armless statue was discovered in pieces on Melos in 1820.
      • Answer: What is the Venus de Milo?
    • Novels of the 1800s: Edward Rochester catches the eye of this title heroine.
      • Answer: Who is Jane Eyre?
    • Physics: It’s what “m” stands for in the equation “f = ma.”
      • Answer: What is mass?
    • 19th Century Notables: She was crowned on June 28, 1838.
      • Answer: Who is Queen Victoria?
    • Sports Leagues: The Atlanta Dream & Los Angeles Sparks compete in this league.
      • Answer: What is the WNBA?
    • Pop Stars: In 2020, she released the album Folklore , followed up just 5 months later with Evermore .
      • Answer: Who is Taylor Swift?
    • Science: It’s the most plentiful element in the Earth’s atmosphere.
      • Answer: What is nitrogen?
    • Broadway Musicals: Songs from this musical include “When Velma Takes the Stand” and “Cell Block Tango.”
      • Answer: What is Chicago ?
    • Psychology: Short winter days can trigger this disorder, abbreviated S.A.D.
      • Answer: What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
    • Authors: Leaving a small but beloved body of work, she died in Monroeville, Alabama in 2016?
      • Answer: Who is Harper Lee>
    • State Borders: It’s the only U.S. State that touches both Nevada and Canada.
      • Answer: What is Idaho?
    • 3 “G”s: A flock of geese.
      • Answer: What is a gaggle?
    • The Bible: In Genesis Chapter 4, “The Lord set a mark upon” this brother, “lest any finding him should kil him.”
      • Answer: Who is Cain?
    • 5-Syllable Words: It’s the fear of foreigners.
      • Answer: What is xenophobia?
    • Weights & Measures: 4 pounds equals this many ounces.
      • Answer: What is 64?
    • 4-Letter Words: It can mean 500 sheets of paper. In the plural, it just signifies a lot of stuff.
      • Answer: What is a ream?
    • Food & Drink: This expensive golden spice is a key ingredient in paella?
      • Answer: What is saffron?
    • Parts of Speech: “By,” “of,” and “outside” are examples of this part of speech.
      • Answer: What is a preposition?
    • Women Writers: Her novel “The Bell Jar” was published in 1963 under a pseudonym.
      • Answer: Who is Sylvia Plath?
    • Shakespeare: This prince has the most lines of any character in a single play by Shakespeare.
      • Answer: Who is Hamlet?
    • Opera: Love-struck Tamino makes use of this title instrument in a Mozart opera.
      • Answer: What is the magic flute?
    • Lakes: It’s the westernmost of North America’s Great Lakes.
      • Answer: What is Lake Superior?
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