Jeopardy Final Jeopardy Figurative Language History of Beowulf Important Terms Significant Characters Plot $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 Final Jeopardy

1 - $100 Repetition of a consonant or a vowel sound What is alliteration?

1 - $200 A compound word, often formed with a hyphen What is a kenning?

1 - $300 A Pause in the middle of a line, marked by a semicolon. What is a Caesura?

1 - $400 This kenning refers to a king or a lord, or one who gives treasure. What is a ring-giver?

1 - $500 “The son of the sire; he set out to get them banished.” is an example of this. What is alliteration?

2 - $100 Beowulf was originally told this way. What is verbally or orally?

2 - $200 The original Beowulf manuscript was almost destroyed for this reason. It was a Pagan text.

2 - $300 Supernatural strength, fights supernatural beings, and favored by the gods are all. What are characteristic of an epic hero?

2 - $400 The most important thing a Viking Warrior can earn. What is glory or a great legacy?

2 - $500 Often severed as a peace-keeper between tribes in Anglo-Saxon society. What was the queen or women?

3 - $100 A poet that often entertained the king. What was a scop?

3 - $200 The sword given to Beowulf by Unferth. What was Hrunting?

3 - $300 A lord of the king who owned land and was a member of the king’s military. What was a thane?

3 - $400 “blood money”; what a person or piece of land was worth. What is weregild?

3 - $500 A Germanic friendship in which kings led with the guidance of their lords, forming a bond. What is comitatus?

4 - $100 Danish king who rewards Beowulf for killing Grendel and his mother. Who is Hrothgar.

4 - $200 Hrothgar’s wife; queen of the Danes. Who is Welthow?

4 - $300 Higlac’s wife; queen of the Geats and Beowulf’s Aunt. Who is Higd?

4 - $400 Beowulf’s thane who did not leave him during the battle with the dragon. Who is Wiglaf?

4 - $500 Founder of the Geats. Who is Shild?

5 - $100 This is what Hrothgar warns Beowulf he needs to avoid after slaying Grendel’s mother. What is recklessly seeking glory and pride?

5 - $200 This is why Beowulf can’t reliably use a sword throughout the story. He is too strong.

5 - $300 The reason Grendel can’t be harmed by the Danish soldiers. He cursed men’s weapons to be ineffective against him.

5 - $400 The reason the dragon destroys the Geatish villages. A slave stole a cup.

5 - $500 Name three of the gifts received by Beowulf after he kills Grendel. What are horses, a saddle, a helmet, a necklace, armor.

Final Jeopardy How is the future of the Geats foreshadowed? Wiglaf reminisces about what happened to Hrothgar.