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Enjoy South Carolina Jeopardy! Choose players or groups - Individuals or Teams can play! Plan a way for contestants to indicate they want to answer (tap desk, ring bell, clicker, etc.) Player #1 or Team #1 chooses a category and question dollar amount first. Teacher reads the “answer” completely, then contestants can respond. After a response is given by a player, click anywhere on the slide to see the correct response. Record the contestant’s score – You gain the dollar amount if correct; lose the dollar amount if incorrect. Then, click “To Game Board” and continue the game until all categories are finished.

PeopleGeographyHistory/ Gov. Odds & Ends Symbols Game Board $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Final Jeopardy $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500

This Revolutionary War patriot was also known as the Swamp Fox. $100

Who is Francis Marion? $100 To Game Board

This original Native American tribe had villages in South Carolina. They were known to be great artists and to make beautiful pottery. $200

Who are the Catawba? $200 To Game Board

$300 This famous author of the Amelia Bedelia series is from South Carolina.

Who is Peggy Parrish? $300 To Game Board

He was the eighth President of the United States and the only US President born in South Carolina. He fought in the Revolutionary War. $400

Who is Andrew Jackson? $400 To Game Board

He was known as “the Gamecock” and was a fierce, but careless fighter. $500

Who is Thomas Sumter? $500 To Game Board

This ocean forms South Carolina’s eastern border. $100

What is the Atlantic Ocean? $100 To Game Board

South Carolina is a beautiful, diverse state and is divided into these 3 distinct regions. $200

What are the Low Country (Coast and Coastal Plain) MidLands, and Up country? (Piedmont and Mountains) $200 To Game Board

This river separates South Carolina from Georgia to the south. $300

What is the Savannah River? $300 To Game Board

An area along the northern coastline of South Carolina that’s a popular vacation spot! $400

What is the Grand Strand? $400 To Game Board

This rock in Sumter National Forest marks the spot where South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia meet. $500

What is Ellicott’s Rock? There is a small rock embedded in the river bank bearing the letters N.C. carved by surveyor Andrew Ellicott. Ellicott thought this to be the intersection of Georgia, North, and South Carolina. Commissioner's Rock, 10 feet downstream, bears the symbols NC/SC 1813 and is the actual point that Ellicott was looking for. $500 To Game Board

This capitol city is where official state government business takes place in the state. $100

What is Columbia? $100 To Game Board

He is the head of the executive branch of government in South Carolina. $200

Who is the Governor? $200 To Game Board

When the United States was formed after the American Revolution, SC ranked this in becoming a state. $300

What is 8 th ? South Carolina ratified the United States Constitution on May 23, 1788, becoming the eighth state to enter the union. $300 To Game Board

In 1833, the world’s first and longest steam operated railroad began in this South Carolina city. $400

What is Charleston? $400 To Game Board

In 1861, this devastating dispute began with a Confederate attack on Fort Sumter. $500

What was the Civil War? $500 To Game Board

It has almost all the nutrients that people need for growth and good health - - carbohydrates, fats, minerals, proteins, and vitamins. It does a body good! $100

What is Milk? state beverage $100 To Game Board

New antlers of this animal have a furry cover called velvet which the animal soon rubs off. It is found throughout South Carolina forests. $200

What is the while-tailed deer? Our State Animal $200 To Game Board

This hurricane swept through South Carolina in 1989, causing $5 billion in damage and taking 18 lives. $300

What was Hurricane Hugo? $300 To Game Board

This dance is performed to music known as rhythm and blues. Both the music and the dance are structured on time signature and can be performed to almost any tempo, as long as the basic step is maintained and kept in time to the music. $400

What is the shag? (state dance) $400 To Game Board

One was written in the early 1900’s by Henry Timrod,South Carolina’s most beloved poet, and set to music by Anne Curtis; the other was composed and recorded by Hank Martin and Buzz Arledge, Native South Carolinians, in the 1980’s. $500

What are the 2 state songs, “Carolina” and “South Carolina On My Mind”? $500 To Game Board

These 2 symbols can be found on the South Carolina State Flag. $100

What is a Palmetto Tree and a Crescent Moon? $100 To Game Board

This climbing plant grows upon trees and fences and bears a profusion of yellow, funnel-shaped flowers an inch in diameter. Its odor on a damp evening or morning fills the atmosphere with a rare and delicate sweetness. $200

What is Yellow Jessamine? (our state flower) $200 To Game Board

An attractive feature of the coastal areas, its large leafbud is highly prized as a salad vegetable for use in making pickles or relishes. $300

What is the Palmetto Tree? (our state tree) commonly known as the Cabbage Palmetto $300 To Game Board

This creature has a conspicuous white stripe over the eyes. The back of its body is red with under parts somewhat lighter in color. The tail, which is finely barred with black, is held erect when excited. $400

What is the Carolina Wren? (our state bird) $400 To Game Board

This symbol makes documents official.It is made up of two distinct elliptical areas, linked by branches of the palmetto tree. The first image is a tall palmetto tree and another tree, fallen and broken. The second image on the right is a women,grasping a branch of laurel, symbolizing hope. $500

What is the State Seal? $500 To Game Board

Category: South Carolina Phrases

ANIMIS OPIBUSQUE PARATI “Ready In Soul and Resource" serves as one of South Carolina’s State Mottos. This phrase serves as the other. Click to see the correct response!

What is DUM SPIRO SPERO “While I breathe I hope” ? Exit Game

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We acknowledge the following for use of information and images Jeopardy Template: B. Burkett October 2003 Compiled by B. Burkett, January 2002; updated March 2004

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