100 100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500 500
New YorkBoston BOSNYWASH and
Washington
North Carolina
and Hurricanes
Camping and Bears
New Orleans and Hurricanes
State where you would find Boston
Facts100
A 100
Massachusetts
What is the name of the development where the highways were buried?
A 200
“The Big Dig”
A 200
Who was the revolutionary hero who may have said “The
British are coming?”
A 300
Paul Revere
A 300
Boston Common is one of the oldest of these in North America:
A 400
What is the name of the tourist attraction in Boston
Harbour that is the oldest ship in the US navy, The USS:
A 500
Constitution
A 500
The main island of New York city
B 100
Wall street used to have this feature built by the Dutch
B 200
Direction that streets run on Manhattan Island
B 300
Where 192 countries meet
B 400
The United Nations
B 400
Name of the tower being built at Ground Zero
B 500
The Freedom Tower
B 500
Name the cities that make up BOSNYWASH
C 100
Boston
New York
Washington
C 100
When urban sprawl occurs and cities grow together
C 200
Conurbation
C 200
The house where the President lives
C 300
The White House
C 300
DAILY DOUBLE
C 400
DAILY DOUBLE
Place A Wager
Series of museums in Washington that are free. (It
begins with the letter “S”)
C 400
Smithsonian
C 400
Monument damaged by the earthquake of 2010
C 500
The Washington Monument
C 500
Brothers who flew the first airplane at Kitty Hawk N.C.
D 100
Wright Brothers
D 100
The main attraction of the coast of North Carolina
D 200
Warm waterBeaches
High winds for kite-boarding
D 200
To lessen the damage done by hurricanes, houses are built
on:
D 300
Stilts, Pilings
D 300
Most hurricane victims die from:
D 400
When the water is pushed onshore by winds and
pressure
D 500
Storm surge
D 500
The type of park that Algonquin is (Municipal, Conservation Area,
Provincial, National)
E 100
E 100
Provincial Park
E 200
Colour of sign on trees, marking an interior campsite
E 300
Example of an “Amenity” in a Provincial Park
E 300
Park StoreVisitors’ Centre
Showers and Flush Toilets
Boat LaunchBoat Rentals
E 400
Name one thing you should do when
camping to avoid bear attacks
E 400
Make noise on trailsWatch for bear scat
Consult warden’s officeHang food in a tree Don’t leave garbage
aroundCarry bear mace
Don’t spit out toothpaste beside your tent
E 500
Number of people killed by bears in BC
per year
Nickname for New Orleans
F 100
The Crescent City
The Big Easy
F 100
Name of the devastating hurricane that struck New
Orleans in 2005
F 200
Hurricane Katrina
F 200
Main celebration in New Orleans that involves parades,
music and costumes. It is also known as “Fat Tuesday”
F 300
One main human caused reason that New Orleans
flooded
F 400
-Levees weren’t contructed strongly enough
-Shipping canals have been dredged through the
Mississippi Delta
-The city has been constructed below sea level!
F 400
Name either the French neighbourhood or the
American neighbourhood in New Orleans
F 500
French Quarter
Garden District
F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is:
USA
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The highway number of the most direct route to Florida
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I-75
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