This board helps players review General knowledge · Mixed topics through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Hidden in Plain Sight, Around the Map, How Stuff Works, Screen & Sound, On the Menu. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.
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A peek at what's on the board — 8 categories and one sample clue from each. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so the game still works.
What everyday object uses graphite, not lead, for its writing core?
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Pencil
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Which U.S. state is closest to Africa?
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Maine
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What force pulls objects toward Earth?
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Gravity
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What yellow cartoon family lives in Springfield?
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The Simpsons
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Guacamole gets its green color mainly from what fruit?
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Avocado
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Which ancient civilization built the Colosseum?
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Romans
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What word can mean both a season and to jump suddenly?
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Spring
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What color are an airplane's famous 'black boxes'?
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Orange
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Board content
Hidden in Plain Sight
- $100 — What everyday object uses graphite, not lead, for its writing core?
- Pencil
- $200 — What small pocket on jeans was originally designed to hold a specific item?
- Pocket watch
- $300 — Why are the tiny holes in some pen caps intentionally there?
- To allow airflow if swallowed
- $400 — The ridged edges on many coins historically helped prevent people from doing what?
- Shaving or clipping precious metal from them
- $500 — Why do most mirrors appear to reverse left and right but not up and down?
- They actually reverse front-to-back, not left-to-right
Around the Map
- $100 — Which U.S. state is closest to Africa?
- Maine
- $200 — Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
- Lesotho
- $300 — If you travel due south from Detroit, which foreign country can you enter?
- Canada
- $400 — Which national capital sits where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet?
- Khartoum
- $500 — Which two countries share the world's longest international land border?
- Canada and the United States
How Stuff Works
- $100 — What force pulls objects toward Earth?
- Gravity
- $200 — Why does a metal spoon usually feel colder than a wooden one in the same room?
- Metal conducts heat away from your hand faster
- $300 — Why does adding salt help melt ice on a road?
- It lowers water's freezing point
- $400 — Why can you sometimes see your breath on a cold day?
- Water vapor condenses into tiny droplets
- $500 — A microwave primarily heats food by causing what type of molecules to rotate rapidly?
- Polar molecules, especially water
Screen & Sound
- $100 — What yellow cartoon family lives in Springfield?
- The Simpsons
- $200 — Which actor provided the voice of Woody in Toy Story?
- Tom Hanks
- $300 — Before becoming a movie franchise, Shrek began as what type of work?
- A children's picture book
- $400 — What famous movie sound effect named for a character has been reused in hundreds of films?
- The Wilhelm scream
- $500 — What television term for an episode ending at a tense moment comes from serialized fiction?
- Cliffhanger
On the Menu
- $100 — Guacamole gets its green color mainly from what fruit?
- Avocado
- $200 — What type of pastry is traditionally used to make profiteroles?
- Choux pastry
- $300 — Which nut is traditionally used to make marzipan?
- Almond
- $400 — Worcestershire sauce traditionally contains what small fish?
- Anchovies
- $500 — What spice comes from the dried stigma of a flower and is famously expensive by weight?
- Saffron
Way Back When
- $100 — Which ancient civilization built the Colosseum?
- Romans
- $200 — The purchase of Alaska from Russia occurred under which U.S. president?
- Andrew Johnson
- $300 — Which came first: the zipper, the telephone, or the light bulb?
- Telephone
- $400 — Which modern country was formerly known as Siam?
- Thailand
- $500 — Which empire was ruled at its height by Mansa Musa?
- Mali Empire
Words We Use
- $100 — What word can mean both a season and to jump suddenly?
- Spring
- $200 — What punctuation mark gets its name from Greek for 'together' and 'writing'?
- Hyphen
- $300 — What common English word contains three consecutive double letters?
- Bookkeeper
- $400 — What word describes a word like 'buzz' or 'hiss' that imitates the sound it represents?
- Onomatopoeia
- $500 — What is the only common English number whose letters appear in alphabetical order?
- Forty
Odds & Ends
- $100 — What color are an airplane's famous 'black boxes'?
- Orange
- $200 — Which common game piece has exactly 21 dots across all six of its sides?
- A standard die
- $300 — A standard dartboard's numbers were deliberately arranged primarily to punish what?
- Inaccuracy
- $400 — In a deck of cards, which king is traditionally depicted without a mustache?
- King of Hearts
- $500 — If you shuffle a standard 52-card deck thoroughly, why is its exact order likely historically unique?
- There are 52! possible arrangements
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