The $100,000 Pyramid
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Lightning Round
Category 6
Category 4
Category 1
Category 5
Category 2
Category 3
Category 1
Sample question. Describe for
your partner these classic
American novels in 30 seconds or
less.
Category 1 possible answers
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Gone with the Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
Huckleberry Finn
Catcher in the Rye
The Scarlet Letter
The Red Badge of Courage
Charlotte’s Web
Category 2
Describe for your partner these
children’s book illustrators in 30
seconds or less.
Category 2 possible answers
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Maurice Sendak
Trina Schart Hyman
Mike Wimmer
Robert McCloskey
Chris Van Allsburg
Susan Jeffers
Jerry Pinkney
Category 3 question
Describe for your partner these
genres of literature in 30 seconds
or less.
Category 3 possible answers
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Folk Tales
Historical Fiction
Poetry
Biography
Fantasy
Nonfiction
Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Category 4 question
Describe for your partner these
elements of Eisenberg and
Berkowitz’s Big Six information
skills in 30 seconds or less.
Category 4
possible answers
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Define the task
Organize the information
Select the best possible sources
Evaluate the product and process
Find information within sources
Extract information
Present the information
Category 5
Describe for your partner these
Shakespearean plays in 30
seconds or less.
Category 5
possible answers
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Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
King Lear
Macbeth
As You Like It
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Tempest
Category 6
Describe for your partner these
Internet search engines in 30
seconds or less.
Category 6
possible answers
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Metacrawler
Northern Light
Lycos
Alta Vista
Hot Bot
Dogpile
Ditto
Lightning Round
Name for your partner things that fit
each category. You may not describe
the category, only list items within it.
You have one minute.
Career
$1,000,000
Clusters
Positive &
$50,000
Negative
Work Habits
Post$10,000
secondary
$75,000Job
Resources
$20,000
Skills
Getting
$35,000
The
Job!
You Win!!!