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Jeopardy

Jeopardy. The Gold rush version. Gold Rush Questions. 100 pt. 100 pt. 100 pt. 100 pt. 200 pt. 200 pt. 200 pt. 200 pt. 300 pt. 300 pt. 300 pt. 300 pt. 400 pt. 400 pt. 400 pt. 400 pt. 500 pt. 500 pt. 500 pt. 500 pt. 1) Why is gold so valuable?  a) It is good for food

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Jeopardy

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  1. Jeopardy The Gold rush version

  2. Gold Rush Questions 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 200 pt 200 pt 200 pt 200 pt 300 pt 300 pt 300 pt 300 pt 400 pt 400 pt 400 pt 400 pt 500 pt 500 pt 500 pt 500 pt

  3. 1) Why is gold so valuable?  a) It is good for food  b) It is very malleable  c) It is brittle   d) you can eat it 

  4. Answer  b) It is very malleable

  5. 2) Who found the gold?  a) Abraham Lincoln  b) George Meade   c) James Marshall  d) John Sutter

  6. Answer c) James Marshall

  7. 3) How did the Gold Rush start out?  a) Not much, really  b) A Whole bunch of people came    c) No one came at all  d) none of these

  8. Answer  a) Not much, really

  9. 4) What race came first besides Americans? • Chinese • b) Spanish  • c) Irish • d) Americans

  10. Answer • Chinese

  11. 5)When did the Gold Rush end?    a) 1845  b) 1850  c) 1855  d)1899

  12. Answer  c) 1855

  13. 6)What are the consequences of getting gold? a) disease b) cave ins c) death on desert d) finding nothing 

  14. Answer b) cave ins

  15. 7) Why does gold not rust? a) 90% pure (natural) b) Not a metal c) none d) because it is found underground

  16. Answer a) 90% pure (natural)

  17. 8) What are one of the minerals often know • as fool's gold • Pyrite • Gold • c) Asurite • d) Maginite

  18. Answer • Pyrite

  19. 9)Who were the first people to make it to California?   a) The Californians b) The 49ers c) People who lived the closest to the gold fields.d) None 

  20. Answer b) The 49ers

  21. 10) Which one of these are not one of the Gold seekers? a) China b) Turkey  c) Russia d) Germany

  22. Answer c) Russia

  23. 11) Was there only 1 gold rush in the world?   a) There were a few b) There was a lot c) There are none d) none

  24. Answer b) There was a lot

  25. 12) How many countries came to California? • Almost all • b) none • c) average • d) A few

  26. Answer • Almost all

  27. 13) Which people got more money in the California Gold Rush? a) Gold miners b) Trade c) People selling supplies for the Gold rush d) Government officials

  28. Answer c) People selling supplies for the Gold rush

  29. 14)How much money was found in that time? a) $100,000,000 b) $10,000,000 c) $0.10 d)  $81,000,000

  30. Answer d)  $81,000,000

  31. How many people died in the California Gold Rush? a) 18,000 b) 900 c) Not founded d) No one died

  32. Answer c) Not founded

  33. 16) When the Gold Rush ended, why did people go to Nevada a) Silver was found b) More gold was found c) Diamonds were found d) Had to settle there for good climate

  34. Answer a) Silver was found

  35. 17)What happened to James Marshall • when the Gold Rush ended.   • He died penniless • He kept some gold for himself • when he discovered it • he went to Nevada • d) Nothing

  36. Answer a) He died penniless

  37. 18)What happened thanks to the gold rush?   a) California became the thirty first state b) The first transcontinental railroad was made  c) a and b d) Nothing

  38. Answer c) a and b

  39. 19) How many gold rushes are there in the world? a) A lot b) Rarely c) Average d) None

  40. Answer a) A lot

  41. 15) When the Gold Rush ended where did everyone go?   a) Virginia b) Nevada c) Mexico d) Stayed

  42. Answer b) Nevada

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