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1 Beowulf Jeopardy Ring-givers & Bling-takers Agons & Antagonists Kennings for Clues Locations & Linguistics Legends, Lore, & Lectures Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

2 $100 Question from Ring-givers & Bling-takers This king of the Spear-Danes built the glorious hall of Herot.

3 $100 Answer from Ring-givers & Bling-takers Who is Hrothgar?

4 $200 Question from Ring-givers & Bling-takers This king s ashes reside in a barrow built on a sea-cliff.

5 $200 Answer from Ring-givers & Bling-takers Who is Beowulf?

6 $300 Question from Ring-givers & Bling-takers This swimmer can thank a sudden storm and mean marine monsters for his beating Beowulf by a broad stroke.

7 $300 Answer from Ring-givers & Bling-takers Who is Brecca?

8 $400 Question from Ring-givers & Bling-takers For a thankful thrust, this Geat thane was given glorious wargear by his dying king, an old man who caught a killing mouthclaw in his neck.

9 $400 Answer from Ring-givers & Bling-takers Who is Wiglaf?

10 $500 Question from Ring-givers & Bling-takers This king was presented treasures by his monster-killing thane, a warrior whose father could not afford a weregild.

11 $500 Answer from Ring-givers & Bling-takers Who is Higlac?

12 $100 Question from Agons & Antagonists Weaponless and without war-wear, Beowulf fought this fiend of the fen, and left him limping away, less one limb.

13 $100 Answer from Agons & Antagonists Who is Grendel?

14 $200 Question from Agons & Antagonists This one was the warrior that battled alongside Beowulf as he fought the flying flame-breather.

15 $200 Answer from Agons & Antagonists Who is Wiglaf?

16 $300 Question from Agons & Antagonists Beowulf broke his blade, the noble Nagling, battling this beast.

17 $300 Answer from Agons & Antagonists What is the fire dragon?

18 $400 Question from Agons & Antagonists Made bold by the buzz of booze, this brother-butcher was bested briskly in a word-war by a boast from Beowulf.

19 $400 Answer from Agons & Antagonists Who is Unferth?

20 $500 Question from Agons & Antagonists Along with Grendel s head, Beowulf presented Hrothgar with an ancient hilt forged by these mythical smiths of the past.

21 $500 Answer from Agons & Antagonists Who are giants?

22 $100 Question from Kennings for Clues Only when the ship of the night makes its voyage does this moor-murderer, Cain s cannibal kid, make his move for a meadhall massacre.

23 $100 Answer from Kennings for Clues Who is Grendel?

24 $200 Question from Kennings for Clues This hulking hoard-guardian hurled great grief on the Geats when a goblet-grabbing slave five-fingered a fraction of its fortune.

25 $200 Answer from Kennings for Clues Who is the fire dragon?

26 $300 Question from Kennings for Clues Hwaet! He is the seed of Denmark, the orphan-prince that brought fame and glory to the Spear-Danes with his battle-flasher. That was a good king!

27 $300 Answer from Kennings for Clues Who is Shild Sheafson?

28 $400 Question from Kennings for Clues This wetland-witch, a man-killing matron of the mire, dwells in a damp deep with slime, sludge, and slaughter-slush.

29 $400 Answer from Kennings for Clues Who is Grendel s mother?

30 $500 Question from Kennings for Clues This battle-flasher didn t harm a horn or hair on the head of a bog-queen, and so was tossed on the tough turf of her demon-den by the bee-wolf. ( Thanks again, Unferth! )

31 $500 Answer from Kennings for Clues What is Hrunting?

32 $100 Question from Locations & Linguistics It is in this country that the mead-hall of Herot is located.

33 $100 Answer from Locations & Linguistics What is Denmark?

34 $200 Question from Locations & Linguistics It is along the southern coast of this country that the Geats live.

35 $200 Answer from Locations & Linguistics What is Sweden?

36 $300 Question from Locations & Linguistics It is on this island that the poem Beowulf was first written down.

37 $300 Answer from Locations & Linguistics What is England?

38 $400 Question from Locations & Linguistics This is the language that the poem Beowulf is written in.

39 $400 Answer from Locations & Linguistics What is Old English (Anglo-Saxon)?

40 $500 Question from Locations & Linguistics This is the name of the geographical region comprised of the countries Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

41 $500 Answer from Locations & Linguistics What is Scandinavia?

42 $100 Question from Legends, Lore, & Lectures According to the narrator, Grendel is a descendant of this arch-murderer.

43 $100 Answer from Legends, Lore, & Lectures Who is Cain?

44 $200 Question from Legends, Lore, & Lectures This legendary ring-giver prepares us for the poem s protagonist with a burial at sea.

45 $200 Answer from Legends, Lore, & Lectures Who is Shild Sheafson?

46 $300 Question from Legends, Lore, & Lectures Not one to withhold wisdom, Hrothgar bids goodbye to Beowulf lecturing long with lofty words to be on guard against this gravest sin, which caught covetous King Hermod in his craw.

47 $300 Answer from Legends, Lore, & Lectures What is greed (or pride)?

48 $400 Question from Legends, Lore, & Lectures This legendary dragon-slayer is sung of in Herot after the slaying of Grendel.

49 $400 Answer from Legends, Lore, & Lectures Who is Siegmund?

50 $500 Question from Legends, Lore, & Lectures The legend of Frisian Finn foreshadows a fate foretold by Beowulf about the Danes, that no king can keep peace with a people he opposes with this.

51 $500 Answer from Legends, Lore, & Lectures What is marriage (or a peace-weaver)?

52 Final Jeopardy Manuscript Origins

53 Final Jeopardy Scholars claim a scribe first scribbled down our Scandinavian epic in this century; when words once mouthed were scribbled into script by scribes.

54 Final Jeopardy Answer What is the 8 th century (c. 725)?

55 Curriculum Standards Learning Expectations: 2.01: Develop an understanding of and respect for multicultural, gender, and ethnic diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects, as well as for the development of the English language. 2.02: Extend reading vocabulary. 2.04: Improve comprehension by interpreting, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating written text. 2.05: Reflect on strategies used by the reader to make meaning from text. 2.06: Increase fluency in oral reading.

56 Curriculum Standards 2.08: Determine the effectiveness of figurative language in various texts. 2.09: Determine the impact of literary elements on texts. 2.11: Interpret ideas, recognize logical relationships, and make judgments based on sufficient evidence. 2.12: Recognize the influence of an author's background, biases, gender, environment, and experience on a literary work. 2.13: Consult resource materials to increase understanding of text. 2.14: Read, respond to, and interpret print and nonprint text. 2.15: Respond to reading selections by making connections.

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