To Kill a Mockingbird Jeopardy

Location, Location, Location Round One Characters The Knothole Nicknames Location, Location, Location Give Me That Digit 100 200 300 400 500

Characters for 100 Who is the narrator?

What is the name of the black man Atticus is defending? Characters for 200 What is the name of the black man Atticus is defending?

Characters for 300 This character causes trouble on the first day of school when a “cootie” crawls out of his hair.

Characters for 400 This character’s desire is to die “beholden to nothing and nobody” thus frees herself from her morphine addiction.

What is the sheriff’s name? Characters for 500 What is the sheriff’s name?

What does Scout first find in the knot-hole? The Knothole for 100 What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?

The Knothole for 200 What do Jem and Scout find in the knothole on the last day of Scout’s first year in school?

The “biggest prize” the knothole yields is a ______________. The Knothole for 300 The “biggest prize” the knothole yields is a ______________.

The Knothole 400 Name at least two other items (excluding the 2 pieces of gum, 2 pennies, and pocket watch) the knothole yields.

The Knothole for 500 What are the children attempting to place in the knothole when they find that Mr. Nathan Radley has filled it with cement?

To what nickname does Jean Louise Finch answer? Nicknames for 100 To what nickname does Jean Louise Finch answer?

What name do most characters use when referring to Arthur Radley? Nicknames for 200 What name do most characters use when referring to Arthur Radley?

Jeremy Atticus Finch commonly goes by what name? Nicknames for 300 Jeremy Atticus Finch commonly goes by what name?

What nickname does Charles Baker Harris have? Nicknames for 400 What nickname does Charles Baker Harris have?

Nicknames for 500 After Atticus shoots the rabid dog, what name does Miss Maudie use when she says, “I saw that, ___________.”

What is the setting of the novel? Location, Location, Location for 100 What is the setting of the novel?

What is the name of Dill’s hometown (city and state)? Location, Location, Location for 200 What is the name of Dill’s hometown (city and state)?

Location, Location, Location for 300 Whose house catches on fire and is destroyed the night after the snow falls?

Location, Location, Location for 400 Rumors surround this family because baseballs hit in the yard are lost and pecans that fall are said to be poisoned.

Location, Location, Location for 500 The Ewells, being “the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations,” live near what? (Hint: The City _____)

How old was Scout when her mother died? Give Me That Digit for 100 How old was Scout when her mother died?

Give Me That Digit for 200 At the beginning of the novel Scout “was almost six and Jem was nearly ______.”

Give Me That Digit for 300 When Jem meets Dill, who is nearly 7, the first time, Jem asks, “How old are you, _____-and-a-half?”

Give Me That Digit for 400 The first clients of Atticus “were the last _____ persons hanged in the Maycomb County jail.”

“When Jem was nearly _____, he had his arm badly broken at the elbow.” Give Me That Digit for 500 “When Jem was nearly _____, he had his arm badly broken at the elbow.”

Answers Characters The Knothole Nicknames Location, Location, Location Give Me That Digit Scout Two Pieces of gum 1930’s Maycomb, Alabama 2 Tom Robinson Two Indian Head Pennies Boo Meridian, Mississippi 10 Burris Ewell “pocket watch…on a chain with an aluminum knife” Jem Miss Maudie 4 Mrs. Dubose Twine, soap dolls, spelling medal, pack of gum Dill Radleys Heck Tate A Letter One-Shot Finch Dump 13

Round Two Characters Fun-N-Games Lessons Temper, Temper Smorgasbord 100 200 300 400 500

This character’s favorite thing to wear is overalls. Characters for 100 This character’s favorite thing to wear is overalls.

What is the name of Jem and Scout’s father? Characters for 200 What is the name of Jem and Scout’s father?

What is the name of the Finch family’s cook/housekeeper? Characters for 300 What is the name of the Finch family’s cook/housekeeper?

Who does Scout befriend because Dill and Jem are excluding her? Characters for 400 Who does Scout befriend because Dill and Jem are excluding her?

What is the name of the rabid dog that Atticus shoots? Characters for 500 What is the name of the rabid dog that Atticus shoots?

How do Dill and Jem explain the absence of Jem’s pants to Atticus? Fun-N-Games for 100 How do Dill and Jem explain the absence of Jem’s pants to Atticus?

The snowman made of dirt and snow is a caricature of whom? Fun-N-Games for 200 The snowman made of dirt and snow is a caricature of whom?

What “new game” does Jem invent for himself, Scout, and Dill to play? Fun-N-Games for 300 What “new game” does Jem invent for himself, Scout, and Dill to play?

In “Chapter 1,” what does Dill dare Jem to do? Fun-N-Games for 400 In “Chapter 1,” what does Dill dare Jem to do?

What does Scout hear when she rolls into the Radley house? Fun-N-Games for 500 What does Scout hear when she rolls into the Radley house?

Lessons for 100 What does Atticus tell Scout she has to do to understand another person?

Lessons for 200 Atticus proposes a __________ in order to get around Miss Caroline’s order.

Lessons for 300 What lesson does Calpurnia teach Scout at lunch when she and Jem bring Walter Cunningham home?

What does Atticus want Jem to learn by reading to Mrs. Dubose? Lessons for 400 What does Atticus want Jem to learn by reading to Mrs. Dubose?

Lessons for 500 What lesson does Atticus teach Uncle Jack after Jack dodges Scout’s question regarding a whore-lady?

According to Atticus, why is Jack justified in “whipping” Scout? Temper, Temper for 100 According to Atticus, why is Jack justified in “whipping” Scout?

Temper, Temper for 200 Scout rubs this character’s “nose in the dirt” because “he made [her] start off on the wrong foot” in Miss Caroline’s 1st grade classroom.

Temper, Temper for 300 Scout splits her “knuckle to the bone” when this character calls Atticus a “Nigger-lover.”

Temper, Temper for 400 When this character insults Atticus, Jem responds by destroying her white camellias.

Temper, Temper for 500 Atticus tells Scout she should try “fighting with [her] _____ for a change.”

Whose idea was it to make Boo come out of his house? Smorgasbord for 100 Whose idea was it to make Boo come out of his house?

Who places the blanket around Scout the night of the house fire? Smorgasbord for 200 Who places the blanket around Scout the night of the house fire?

Smorgasbord for 300 Double Jeopardy

What does Atticus give Jem and Scout for Christmas? Smorgasbord for 400 What does Atticus give Jem and Scout for Christmas?

Smorgasbord for 500 What does Jem have to do as penance for destroying Mrs. Dubose’s flowers?

Why, according to Atticus, is he defending Tom Robinson? Smorgasbord for 300 Double Jeopardy Why, according to Atticus, is he defending Tom Robinson?

Final Jeopardy Why does Atticus tell Jem and Scout not to shoot at or kill a mockingbird?

Characters for 100 Scout Finch

Characters for 200 Atticus Finch

Characters for 300 Calpurnia

Characters for 400 Miss Maudie

Characters for 500 Tim Johnson

Fun-N-Games for 100 Strip Poker

Fun-N-Games for 200 Mr. Avery

Fun-N-Games for 300 Boo Radley

Run-up and touch the Radley house Fun-N-Games for 400 Run-up and touch the Radley house

Fun-N-Games for 500 Laughing

Lessons for 100 “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.”

Lessons for 200 Compromise

To respect other people regardless of their social rank Lessons for 300 To respect other people regardless of their social rank

The real meaning of true courage Lessons for 400 The real meaning of true courage

To answer a child truthfully Lessons for 500 To answer a child truthfully

Because she’s “got to learn to keep her head.” Temper, Temper for 100 Because she’s “got to learn to keep her head.”

Temper, Temper for 200 Walter Cunningham

Temper, Temper for 300 Francis

Temper, Temper for 400 Mrs. Dubose

Temper, Temper for 500 Head

Smorgasbord for 100 Dill

Smorgasbord for 200 Boo

Smorgasbord for 300 Self-Respect/Morals Atticus feels he has to be able to live with himself without a guilty conscience.

Smorgasbord for 400 Air Rifles

To read aloud to her for 2 hours a day for an entire month Smorgasbord for 500 To read aloud to her for 2 hours a day for an entire month

Final Jeopardy Atticus says it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Miss Maudie then explains that mockingbirds “don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy….they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

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