This document contains the template and instructions for setting up and playing a game of Jeopardy using Microsoft PowerPoint. The template includes slides for the title screen, scoreboard, categories, questions, answers, Daily Doubles, Final Jeopardy, and credits. Instructions are provided on how to replace category names, insert questions and answers, set up links to Daily Doubles and more. The template allows users to play a virtual game of Jeopardy in PowerPoint.

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JEOPARDY TITLESCREEN

2. SCOREBOARD
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previous
slide
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game
board
Go to
the
categories

3. CATEGORY #1
French &
Indian War

4. CATEGORY #2
Continental
Congress

5. CATEGORY #3
Famous
Battles

6. CATEGORY #4
British
Restrictions

7. CATEGORY #5
American
Revolution
Potpourri

8. GAMEBOARD
French &
Indian War
Continental
Congress
Famous
Battles
British
Restrictions
American
Revolution
Potpourri
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100
$200 $200 $200 $200 $200
$300 $300 $300 $300 $300
$400 $400 $400 $400 $400
$500 $500 $500 $500 $500

9. French &Indian War- $100
TheFrench & Indian War
began over thisdispute?
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10. The French &Indian War- $100
What istheOhio River
Valley?
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11. The French &Indian War- $200
Alliesof theFrench.
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12. The French &Indian War- $200
Who aretheIndiansand
Spain?
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13. The French and Indian War-
$300
In 1754, I proposed that we
should form aUnified Colonial
Government.
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14. The French and Indian War-
$300
Who isBen Franklin?
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15. The French &Indian War- $400
Thisproposed that the
coloniesunitewith the
British against theFrench.
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16. The French and Indian War-
$400
What istheAlbany Plan of
Union?
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17. The French and Indian War-
$500
French power in North
Americawaseliminated asa
result of this?
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18. THEEARLY COLONIES - $500
What istheTreaty of Parisof
1763?
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19. Continental Congress - $100
TheContinental Congress
adopted theBoston Militia
and renamed it?
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20. Continental Congress - $100
What istheContinental Army
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21. Continental Congress - $200
Thisdocument wassent by the
1st
Continental Congressin
hopesof repairing
Colonial/British relations?”
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22. Continental Congress - $200
What istheDeclaration of
Rightsand Grievances.
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23. Continental Congress - $300
Thiswasalast ditch effort by
the2nd
Continental Congress
to maintain peacewith
Britain.
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24. RELIGION - $300
WHAT istheOliveBranch
Petition.
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25. Continental Congress - $400
Principleauthor of the
Declaration of Independence.
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26. Continental Congress - $400
Who isThomasJefferson?
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27. Continental Congress - $500
Professed by John Lockeas
inalienableby government
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28. Continental Congress - $500
Natural Rights
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29. Famous Battles- $100
Siteof thefamous“Shot
Heard Around theWorld.”
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30. Famous Battles- $100
WHAT istheBattleof
Lexington?
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31. Famous Battles- $200
Whileeventually defeated
defending ahill top outsidethe
Town of Boston, thisbattledid
provided amoralevictory to the
American Militia.
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32. Famous Battles- $200
What istheBattleof Bunker
Hill?
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33. TRADEANDCOMMERCE- $300
Thisattack on theHessians, by
GeorgeWashington’stroops,
wasasurprisebecauseit
occurred during winter.
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34. Famous Battles- $300
WHAT istheBattleof
Trenton?
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35. Famous Battles- $400
Thisproved to betheturning
point of thewar because
Franceformally recognized
theColoniesasindependent.
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36. Famous Battles- $400
What istheBattleof
Saratoga?
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37. Famous Battles- $500
General Cornwalliswasforced
to surrender to acombined
French and American force.
Thissignaled theend of the
revolution.
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38. Famous Battles- $500
WHAT wastheBattleof
Yorktown?
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39. British Restrictions- $100
Prevented thecolonist from
settling in theOhio River
Valley.
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40. British Restrictions- $100
What istheProclamation of
1763?
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41. British Restrictions- $200
Taxesplaced on molassesand
other itemsimported into the
colonies.
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42. British Restrictions- $200
WHAT istheSugar Act?
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43. British Restrictions- $300
Tax placed on all printed
materials(direct tax).
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44. British Restrictions- $300
What istheStamp Act?
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45. POLITICS ANDRELATIONS - $400
Issued in responseto the
Boston TeaParty.
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46. British Restrictions- $400
WHAT aretheCoerciveActs?
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47. British Restrictions- $500
Theseactswererepealed after
theBoston Massacre.
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48. POLITICS ANDRELATIONS - $500
What aretheTownshend
Acts?
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49. Amer. Revolution Potpourri-
$100
ThomasPainewrotearational
argument for independence
with thispamphlet.
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50. Amer. Revolution Potpourri-
$100
What isCo mmo n Sense?
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51. Amer. Revolution Potpourri-
$200
Thecolonistsburnt aBritish
ship known for chasing
known smugglers.
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52. Amer. Revolution Potpourri-
$200
What istheGaspeeAffair?
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53. Amer. Revolution Potpourri-
$300
Colonial group formed to
protest British taxesand
regulations.
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54. Amer. Revolution Potpourri-
$300
Who aretheSon’sand
Daughtersof Liberty?
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55. Amer. Revolution Potpourri-
$400
A styleof fighting, adopted by
thecolonist, that theEnglish
found difficult to defeat.
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56. Amer. Revolution Potpourri-
$400
What isGuerrillaWarfare?
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57. Amer. Revolution Potpourri-
$500
Themain ideabehind the
Declaration of Rightsand
Grievances.
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58. Amer. Revolution Potpourii-
$500
What is“No Taxation,
Without Representation”
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59. ©
FINALJEOPARDY TITLESCREEN

60. FINALJEOPARDY CATEGORY
Propaganda
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score board

61. FINALJEOPARDY!
Propaganda
Formed to inform all the
coloniesof British actions
and colonial protests.
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think music

62. FINALJEOPARDY!
NEWENGLANDCOLONIES
What isTheCommitteeof
Correspondence?
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63. DAILY DOUBLE1
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for question

64. DAILY DOUBLE2
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for question

65. SETUPINSTRUCTIONS
Preparing the Game
You will need to usetheReplace… function to enter the
categories, becausethey appear on multipleslides.
•From themenus, chooseEdit > Replace… or pressCtrl-H.
•In theFind what: box, enter THEEARLYCOLONIES.
•In theReplace with: box, enter your first category.
•Repeat for all fivecategories.
You may also usethesameprocedureto changethedollar values
(to createaDoubleJeopardy! game, for example).
On each question slide, replacethepresent text with the
appropriatequestion for thecategory and dollar value; on the
answer slidefollowing it, replacethepresent text with thecorrect
answer (in theform of aquestion).
You will also need to createtheFinal Jeopardy category, question
and answer.
Daily Doubles
To createaDaily Double, theDaily Doubleslidesmust belinked
to thegameboard, and then to theappropriatequestion slide.
•From oneof theDaily Doubleslides(notewhich oneyou use),
right-click on the>> symbol and chooseHyperlink > Edit
Hyperlink…
•From thelist under Select a place in this document…, scroll
down to and select thefirst instanceof thecategory and dollar
value(thisisthequestion slide; thesecond instanceistheanswer
slide). Click OK.
•Go to theGAMEBOARDslide, right-click on thedollar valueof
theDaily Doublequestion and chooseHyperlink > Edit
Hyperlink…
•From thelist, scroll down to DAILY DOUBLE 1 or 2 slide
(which ever you used) and click OK.
Playing the Game
You may enter namesfor threecontestants(or teams); thesewill
only bevisibleif you utilizetheScoreBoard feature.
Click on theappropriatevalueon theGameBoard to go to that
question.
Each slidehasabuilt-in timer that countsdown 10 seconds. If you
wish to useit, click anywhereon theslideto begin thecountdown.
If you do not wish to useit, you must click on the? icon at the
bottom of theslideto advanceto theanswer.
If you would liketo reset thetimer to count down again (in casea
player guessesincorrectly), hit theBackspace key, and click on
theslideagain.
On theanswer slide, click the# symbol to return to theGame
Board. Click on the$ symbol to go to theScoreBoard.
When using theScoreBoard feature, usethe+ and – buttonsto
increaseor decreaseeach player’sscoreby incrementsof $100. To
return to thegame, click Hide Scoreboard. NOTE: Do not click
the Close square in the upperright hand corner! Thiswill
causetheScoreBoard to reset and scoresto beerased.
From theGameBoard, click on FINAL>> to go to Final Jeopardy!
Click on the$ symbol to view theScoreBoard.

66. PowerPoint Template
Designed and Created by
Jeffrey White
jfwhite@forsyth.k12.ga.us
Copyright © 2007
Version 2.5 - Last updated 7 December, 2007
Graphics and sounds used in this template are recorded from
the “Jeopardy!” television show, were obtained from the
“Jeopardy!” website.
The “Jeopardy!” logo and sounds are the property
of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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