Zippardy

Zippardy A game just like Jeopardy But not actually Jeopardy

Round 1 100 200 300 400 500 Choose a point value

Round 1 - 100 The children’s song ‘London Bridge is Falling Down’ is believed to be about what? a Viking attack on London

Round 1 - 200 First true king of England Alfred the Great

Round 1 - 300 The Viking king Canute had two sons. Their names were Hardicanute and _________. Harold the Harefoot

Round 1 - 400 Defeated Harold Godwinson to become the king of England William the Conqueror

Round 1 - 500 When Harold Godwinson was crowned King, what event occurred that people took as a sign of doom? Halley’s Comet

Round 2 - 100 What job were the clergy often paid to perform? writing documents

Round 2 - 200 What did Becket do to the clergymen who had sided with King Henry? excommunicated them

Round 2 - 300 What was King Henry’s problem that the Church refused to let him control? The Church’s court system

Round 2 - 400 Who was King Henry’s good friend and chancellor? Thomas Becket

Round 2 - 500 Next to the pope, who was the most powerful man of the Roman Catholic church? (Job Title) Archbishop of Canterbury

Round 3 - 100 In the story ‘Robin Hood’ , what real life person was Prince John modeled after? King John

Round 3 - 200 How many times did King John attack the French and lose? twice

Round 3 - 300 What was the main reason that nobles forced King John to sign the Magna Carta? high taxes

Round 3 - 400 What two groups was the Magna Carta NOT designed to defend? kings and peasants

Round 3 - 500 What was the name of the document that first limited a king’s power? Magna Carta

Round 4 - 100 The 100 Years War was fought between what two countries? England and France

Round 4 - 200 What new weapon gave the English an advantage? long bow

Round 4 - 300 What unlikely hero began the French reconquest? Joan of Arc

Round 4 - 400 What was the goal of the Crusades? To capture Jerusalem and Israel

Round 4 - 500 Who was the Muslim leader of the Turks during the Crusades? Saladin

Round 5 - 100 Who were the people that the Spanish first set out to conquer? Moors

Round 5 - 200 What does the Spanish ‘Celebration of 1492’ memorialize? the fall of Granada

Round 5 - 300 What was the name for the hunt to eradicate all people who practiced non-Christian religions in Spain? Spanish Inquisition

Round 5 - 400 What were the two characteristics that made Ivan the Terrible so bad? Violence and Suspicion

Round 5 - 500 What did Peter the Great travel all across Europe to find? Western ideas to improve Russia

Round 6 - 100 Wrote the famous plays “Romeo and Juliet” and “Hamlet” William Shakespeare

Round 6 - 200 Painted the Sisteen Chapel, and was a skilled sculptor Michaelangelo

Round 6 - 300 Was fascinated by the human body, and often attended autopsies where he sketched human systems Leonardo DaVinci

Round 6 - 400 Arguably the best Renaissance painter, painted “The School of Athens” and “The Disputa” Raphael

Round 6 - 500 Nailed the 95 Theses to the Castle Church in Wittenburg England in 1517 Martin Luther

Round 7 - 100 The word “Renaissance” means what? rebirth

Round 7 - 200 Leonardo was known to be a painter, scientist, and ___________. inventor

Round 7 - 300 A famous sculpture by Michaelangelo David

Round 7 - 400 Wrote a book that gave Europeans some of their first information about China Marco Polo

Round 7 - 500 Created movable type printers that enabled the mass printing of books Johann Gutenberg

Round 8 - 100 The first work to be produced by the Gutenberg press Bible

Round 8 - 200 Leonardo Da Vinci’s most famous painting that seems to always be looking at you Mona Lisa

Round 8 - 300 Raphael did many of these paintings (40+) of Mary with children Madonna with Child

Round 8 - 400 Michaelangelo’s depiction of Mary holding the body of Jesus Pieta

Round 8 - 500 A play by William Shakespeare that starts with an “M” Macbeth