English Jeopardy King Lear Begin
BW200 SC300BW300VW300 SC400VW400BW400 BW500VW500SC500 SC100VW100BW100 SC200VW200 Blow Winds Smile From A Child Vocabu… What? Round 1 Round2
Killed while gouging Glocester’s eyes BW 100 Answer
Who is Cornwall? BW 100
Promised to marry two different sisters BW 200 Answer
Who is Edmund? BW 200
Aside from a storm, what the tempest represents BW 300 Answer
What is the raging in Lear’s mind? BW 300
Maimed man, feared would bring sympathizers to Lear’s defense BW 400 Answer
Who is Gloucester? BW 400
Refused to marry Cordelia without a dowry BW 500 Answer
Who is Burgundy? BW 500
A rhetorical figure expressing comparison or likeness that directly compares two objects through some connective word such as ‘like’ or ‘as’ VW 100 Answer
What is a simile? VW 100
An extended speech given by one character. The other characters are aware of what is being said. VW 200 Answer
What is a monologue? VW 200
A speech given by a character alone on stage or apart from the other characters. It is used to summarize actions, foreshadow events, reveal thoughts (or emotions), and clarify emotions. The other characters do not hear what the character is saying. VW 300 Answer
What is a soliloquy? VW 300
In drama, a sort of speech spoken by a character in an undertone, or directly, to the audience. It is not meant to be heard by the other characters on stage but only by the audience. VW 400 Answer
What is an aside? VW 400
Repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables. VW 500 Answer
What is an alliteration? VW 500
Banished Daughter SC 100 Answer
Who is Cordelia? SC 100
“Sets up” brother SC 200 Answer
Who is Edmund? SC 200
Acted like a crazy person to avoid detection SC 300 Answer
Who is Edgar? SC 300
Had a lord blinded for trying to assist her father SC 400 Answer
Who is Regan? SC 400
Plotted to kill husband SC 500 Answer
Who is Goneril? SC 500
OE400 WM600OE600TT600 WM800TT800OE800 OE1000TT1000WM1000 WM200TT200OE200 WM400TT400 Not Old English What’s Missing That’s Tragic Round 2 FinalJeopardyRound1
Concentrated language consisting of rhyme and sound Answer OE 200
What is poetry? OE 200
The name for a syllable grouping in poetry OE 400 Answer
What is a foot? OE 400
Metrical foot consisting of a stressed sound followed by an unstressed sound OE 600 Answer
What is an iamb? OE 600
Five iambs per line OE 800 Answer
What is iambic pentameter? OE 800
Unrhymed iambic pentameter OE 1000 Answer
What is blank verse? OE 1000
A character that has a reversal of fortune, causing extreme suffering; however, endures and recognizes his/her consequences. TT 200 Answer
What is a tragic hero? TT 200
The tragic hero of King Lear TT 400 Answer
Who is King Lear? TT 400
A sudden understanding TT 600 Answer
What is an epiphany? TT 600
A purging of emotions TT 800 Answer
What is a catharsis? TT 800
Concept in medieval and ancient philosophy referring to the capricious nature of fate TT 1000 Answer
What is the Wheel of Fortune? TT 1000
_______ will come of _______: speak again. WM 200 Answer
Nothing will come of nothing: speak again. WM 200
I am a man more ______ against than _______ WM 400 Answer
I am a man more sinned against than sinning WM 400
Thou shouldst not have been ___ till thou hadst been ____. WM 600 Answer
Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise. WM 600
Now, gods, stand up for ________! WM 800 Answer
Now, gods, stand up for bastards! WM 800
“O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of _________.” WM 1000 Answer
“O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.” WM 1000
The Story Within A Story Final Jeopardy Question Category Round2 Round1
A character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities in the first Answer Final Jeopardy Question
What is a foil? Final Jeopardy Title