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3. Final Jeopardy
Round 1
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4. Boastful
Beowulf
Epic
Epics
Crazy
Characters
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Pagan
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5. Horrible History

6. Pagan Poetry

7. Boastful
Beowulf

8. Epic
Epics

9. Crazy
Characters

10. Roll the
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11. Horrible
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Pagan
Poetry
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Boastful
Beowulf
Epic
Epics
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Round 2
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12. The king who managed to unify the Warring Anglo-Saxon tibes
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13. $100 Who is Alfred the Great?
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14. $200
Written literature began to evolve in Britain with the coming of this group.

15. Who are Christian Monks?
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Who are Christian Monks?
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16. The dates of the Anglo-Saxon Period. (years)
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The dates of the Anglo-Saxon Period. (years)

17. $300
What is 449 to 1066 A.D.?
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18. The men who were subservient to the thanes in the Medieval hierarchy.
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The men who were subservient to the thanes in the Medieval hierarchy.

19. $400
Who are the churls?
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20. $500
In 1066, Britain’s united Anglo-Saxon tribes were defeated by this man and his troops.

21. Who is William the Conqueror?
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Who is William the Conqueror?
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22. $100
Breaks in the middle
of lines of poetry.

23. $100
What are caesura?
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24. The reason the speaker in
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The reason the speaker in
“The Seafarer” continues to return to the sea.

25. What is he feels drawn to it
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What is he feels drawn to it
(obligated)?
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26. $300
The theme of many Anglo-Saxon poems.

27. What is isolation (exile)?
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What is isolation (exile)?
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28. Daily
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29. $400
The reason “The Wife’s Lament” is different from most Anlgo-Saxon poetry.

30. What is it is from the perspective of a woman?
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What is it is from the perspective of a woman?
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31. The two literary devices most often found in Anglo-Saxon poetry.
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The two literary devices most often found in Anglo-Saxon poetry.

32. What are alliteration and kennings?
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What are alliteration and kennings?
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33. Grendel is a descendent of this person from the Bible.
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Grendel is a descendent of this person from the Bible.

34. $100
Who is Cain?
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35. $200
The choice Beowulf makes that shows he is honorable before fighting Grendel .

36. What is he uses no weapons because Grendel uses no weapons?
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What is he uses no weapons because Grendel uses no weapons?
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37. The name of Beowulf’s sword.
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The name of Beowulf’s sword.

38. $300
What is Hrunting?
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39. $400
The request Beowulf makes of Hrothgar should he die fighting Grendel’s mother.

40. $400
What is he wants Hrothgar to become king of his men and take care of them?
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41. $500
The reason Wiglaf believes his comrades should join Beowulf in the battle with the dragon.

42. $500
What is they had all previously promised to repay Beowulf’s kindness with their lives?
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43. The characteristics of an EPIC hero.
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The characteristics of an EPIC hero.

44. What are super human traits (extra strong, extra noble, etc.)?
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What are super human traits (extra strong, extra noble, etc.)?
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45. The singing poets who brought stories to the tribes orally.
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The singing poets who brought stories to the tribes orally.

46. $200
Who are the scops?
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47. $300
The biggest contrast in Anglo-Saxon poetry is that it includes these two conflicting views.

48. What are pagan and Christian religions?
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What are pagan and Christian religions?
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49. The method by which a person became immortal in this time period.
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The method by which a person became immortal in this time period.

50. $400
What is his heroic deeds were written down or told orally for years to come?
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51. The mood of Anglo-Saxon epics. (I’m looking for a specific term!!!)
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The mood of Anglo-Saxon epics. (I’m looking for a specific term!!!)

52. What is elegiac (somber, sorrowful)?
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What is elegiac (somber, sorrowful)?
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53. $100
A man-eating monster.

54. $100
Who is Grendel?
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55. $200
King of the Danes.

56. $200
Who is Hrothgar?
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57. Beowulf’s loyal warrior.
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Beowulf’s loyal warrior.

58. $300
Who is Wiglaf?
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59. The king of the Geats at the beginning of the story.
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The king of the Geats at the beginning of the story.

60. $400
Who is Higlac?
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61. $500
Beowulf’s father

62. $500
Who is Edgetho?
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63. $100
The invading group that was unsuccessful against the Anglo-Saxons.

64. $100
Who are the Vikings?
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65. The piece of literature from which Beowulf was recovered.
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The piece of literature from which Beowulf was recovered.

66. $200 What is The Exeter Book?
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67. The language the Beowulf manuscript was written in.
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The language the Beowulf manuscript was written in.

68. $300
What is Old English?
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69. The meaning of the kenning: “The Measurer”
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The meaning of the kenning: “The Measurer”

70. What is the Christian God?
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What is the Christian God?
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71. The location where the speaker of “The Wife’s Lament” ends up.
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The location where the speaker of “The Wife’s Lament” ends up.

72. What is in an underground cave?
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What is in an underground cave?
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73. Final Jeopardy Question
Beowulf
Final Jeopardy Question
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74. The modern-day setting of Beowulf.

75. Modern-day Denmark.
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76. IT'S OVER... GET BACK TO WORK!!
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