Beowulf Jeopardy

Jeopardy Beowulf

Crazy Creatures

It starts with H

Weapons of Choice

Places of Interest

Mr. J

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The Battle Zone

Links to the real world

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The Language

Terms… yep. Just plain old terms

Staff Stuff

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Question: • Create a kenning to describe one of the staff members here at BW.

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This creature tormented Heorot Hall night after night. – Grendel

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She was the second creature to attack Hrothgar’s people. – Grendel’s Mom

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In Beowulf’s homeland, a servant steals this and causes a dragon to become angry. • Golden goblet

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Beowulf killed these when he swam against Brecca. • Sea Monsters

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Grendel attacked Heorot Hall for this many years. – 12

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This was the name of the hall. • Heorot Hall

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He was the builder of Heorot Hall. • Hrothgar

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This was what Beowulf lived by. • Heroic Code

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Hrothgar’s father. • Halfdane

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He was Beowulf’s uncle. He was also a king. • Hygelac

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Beowulf used these weapons to kill Grendel. • His bare hands (I believe they were called thunder and lightning)

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Beowulf found this in Grendel’s mom’s cave and killed her. • Sword

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Beowulf used this to keep safe from the dragon’s fire. • Shield

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The dragon kills Beowulf with this type of bite. • Poisonous bite to the shoulder

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This was the name of the sword Unferth gave to Beowulf. – Hrunting

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Beowulf’s home country was called this. • Geatland

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Grendel’s mom’s home area was symbolic of this place. • Hell

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Hrothgar’s kingdom was located in this country. • Daneland or Denmark

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Grendel’s arm was temporarily hung in this place. Then his mom took it. • Heorot Hall

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In today’s world, Geatland is basically known as this country. • Sweden

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Mr. Jourdeans has this many sons. •2

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Mr. Jourdeans was in these two sports in college. • Track and Cross Country

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Mr. J’s wife does this for a living. • Teacher at SCC

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Mr. J had a crush on this superhero when he was young. • Wonder Woman

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Beowulf defeats Grendel by ripping this off. • Grendel’s arm

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Shield Sheafson was a wrecker of these. • Mead-benches

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Beowulf chopped these two characters’ heads off. Yum! • Grendel and his mommy

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He beat Beowulf in a swimming match. • Brecca

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He was the only one to help Beowulf defeat the dragon. Everyone else took off…wimps. • Wiglaf

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This religion believes in many gods. It was not the emphasis of the poem. • Pagan (or polytheistic) – Christianity was a focus of the poem

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The story was initially passed between people via this medium. • Spoken word

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Beowulf was written in approximately this year. • 1000 AD

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Beowulf takes place in approximately this century. • 5th

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Beowulf is considered the first of these in the English language. • Epic poem

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All the H-names were an example of this. • Alliteration—the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Comparing using like or as. • Simile

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A hint of what is to come is called this. • Foreshadowing

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“He is a pig” is an example of this. • Metaphor

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Sky-Roamer or bone-cage are examples of this literary device. • Kenning

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A lesson about life that can be learned from a story. • Theme

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This is the path to power among people everywhere.

• Behavior that is admired

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The use of an object to represent or suggest another. – Symbolism

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A long poem that tells a story is called this. • Epic poem

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• A person who, through strong contrast, emphasizes or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another – Foil

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He used to teach and coach in New Richmond. • Mr. Russell

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He is the head baseball coach. • Mr. Hush

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He was Homecoming King in 1994 and graduated from St. Cloud State in 2000. • Mr. Sell

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This teacher spent one month teaching in the Grenada Islands as part of his multicultural education exchange . • Mr. Peterson

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This teacher has a slight fear of heights, but went sky-diving anyway. • Mr. Jourdeans

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