Jeopardy

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Jeopardy
Poetry
Characters
Grendel
Mother
Dragon
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Double Jeopardy
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100 Question from H1
A special type of metaphor
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100 Answer from H1
What is a kenning?
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200 Question from H1
ring-giver, wolf of wounds, the swords tree
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200 Answer from H1
What is a compound, prepositional, and possessive
kenning?
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300 Question from H1
A rhythmical pausein Anglo- Saxon poetry,
divides the line in two
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300 Answer from H1
What is caesura?
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400 Question from H1
They preserved a warriors brave deeds and
allowed him to live beyond his death.
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400 Answer from H1
What are poets?
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500 Question from H1
In the high-built hall, his human prey
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500 Answer from H1
What is a representative line of Anglo-Saxon
poetry?
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100 Question from H2
King of the Danes
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100 Answer from H2
Who is Hrothgar?
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200 Question from H2
Demon descended from Cain
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200 Answer from H2
Who is Grendel?
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300 Question from H2
Beowulfs tribe
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300 Answer from H2
Who are the Geats?
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400 Question from H2
Beowulfs father
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400 Answer from H2
Who is Edgetho?
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500 Question from H2
Beowulfs loyal follower who fights the dragon
with him
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500 Answer from H2
Who is Wiglaf?
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100 Question from H3
The son of Adam and Eve, his brothers murderer,
and the father of a brood of monsters
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100 Answer from H3
Who is Cain?
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200 Question from H3
Twelve years
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200 Answer from H3
How long did Grendel terrorize Herot?
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300 Question from H3
Christian monks
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300 Answer from H3
Who added Christian elements to the text of
Beowulf?
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400 Question from H3
To pay back a debt
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400 Answer from H3
Why did Beowulf come to help King Hrothgar?
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500 Question from H3
weaponless
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500 Answer from H3
How did Beowulf fight Grendel?
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100 Question from H4
What Beowulf brings to fight Grendels mother
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100 Answer from H4
What is Hrunting?
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200 Question from H4
By chopping her head off
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200 Answer from H4
How did Beowulf kill Grendels Mother?
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300 Question from H4
Because he killed her son
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300 Answer from H4
Why did Grendels mother attack Herot?
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400 Question from H4
Beloved, cheerful, generous, and gracious
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400 Answer from H4
What qualities does Queen Welthow possess?
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500 Question from H4
Because their weapons had no effect.
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500 Answer from H4
Why cant the Geats defeat Grendel?
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100 Question from H5
Fifty years
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100 Answer from H5
How much time passes between Grendels death and
Beowulfs battle with the dragon?
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200 Question from H5
Because the dragon cant be defeated with bare
hands
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200 Answer from H5
Why does Beowulf use a sword, Shield, and armor?
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300 Question from H5
Burned alive
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300 Answer from H5
How does Beowulf die?
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400 Question from H5
Built to honor Beowulf
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400 Answer from H5
What is Beowulfs Tower?
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500 Question from H5
Satan
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500 Answer from H5
What does the dragon symbolize?
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Double Jeopardy
Mother
Poetry
Characters
Grendel
Dragon
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Final Jeopardy
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200 Question from H1
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
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200 Answer from H1
What is alliteration?
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400 Question from H1
Appears in both halves of a line of Anglo-Saxon
poetry
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400 Answer from H1
What is alliteration?
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600 Question from H1
Alliteration, a four-beat rhythm, caesura, and
kennings
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600 Answer from H1
What are the characteristics of Anglo-Saxon
poetry?
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800 Question from H1
The first great work in English national
literature
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800 Answer from H1
What is Beowulf?
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1000 Question from H1
Sound device used to unify Anglo-Saxon poetry
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1000 Answer from H1
What is alliteration?
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200 Question from H2
Great warrior who battles Grendel
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200 Answer from H2
Who is Beowulf?
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400 Question from H2
Danish warrior jealous of Beowulfs fame
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400 Answer from H2
Who is Unferth?
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600 Question from H2
Beowulfs friend, who lost a swimming match to
him.
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600 Answer from H2
Who is Brecca?
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800 Question from H2
Hrothgars wife
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800 Answer from H2
Who is Welthow?
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1000 Question from H2
Beowulfs sword
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1000 Answer from H2
What is Hrunting?
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200 Question from H3
Because its protected by God
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200 Answer from H3
Why cant Grendel attack Hrothgars throne?
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400 Question from H3
Ran away and abandoned Herot
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400 Answer from H3
What did Hrothgars men do when Grendel attacked
Herot?
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600 Question from H3
Because music and poetry and happy sounds drive
him crazy
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600 Answer from H3
Why did Grendel attack Herot in the first place?
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800 Question from H3
The price paid for killing a member of another
tribe
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800 Answer from H3
What is wergild?
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1000 Question from H3
Because Grendel cannot be harmed by the weapons
of men
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1000 Answer from H3
Why couldnt the Geats defeat Grendel?
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200 Question from H4
His chain mail stops her
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200 Answer from H4
Why cant Grendels mother kill Beowulf?
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400 Question from H4
Hung from the rafters of Herot
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400 Answer from H4
What is Grendels arm?
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600 Question from H4
As a result of this event, Beowulf becomes king
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600 Answer from H4
What is killing Grendels mother?
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800 Question from H4
To reassure the king and to present his
qualifications as a leader
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800 Answer from H4
Why does Beowulf boast?
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1000 Question from H4
A foil to Beowulf
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1000 Answer from H4
Who is Unferth?
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200 Question from H5
To protect his people
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200 Answer from H5
Why does Beowulf attack the dragon in his old age?
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400 Question from H5
What Wiglaf would sacrifice rather than let harm
come to his king
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400 Answer from H5
What is Wiglafs life?
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600 Question from H5
What Beowulf asks Wiglaf to do after his death
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600 Answer from H5
What is becoming king?
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800 Question from H5
Given to Wiglaf to use for Geatland
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800 Answer from H5
What is the dragons treasure?
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1000 Question from H5
A sympathetic portrait of a monster
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1000 Answer from H5
What is Grendel by John Gardner?
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Final Jeopardy
Beowulfs feudal lord
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Final Jeopardy Answer
Who was Higlac?