Romeo & Juliet Jeopardy
9 th Grade Literature, Dowling

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Characters 1 100
Both Paris and Romeo want to marry her

Characters 1 100
Juliet

Characters 1 200
Juliet’s servant and mentor

Characters 1 200
Nurse

Characters 1 300
He agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet

Characters 1 300
Friar Lawrence

Characters 1 400
Romeo kills him to avenge his friend’s death

Characters 1 400
Tybalt

Characters 1 500
He explains the circumstances of Tybalt’s death

Characters 1 500
Benvolio

Characters 2 100
He kills himself when he thinks Juliet is dead

Characters 2 100
Romeo

Characters 2 200
He is slain by Tybalt

Characters 2 200
Mercutio

Characters 2 300
He sends Romeo into exile

Characters 2 300
Prince

Characters 2 400
She refused Romeo’s love and caused his depression

Characters 2 400
Rosaline

Characters 2 500
She wants the Prince to execute Romeo

Characters 2 500
Lady Capulet

Acts 1 & 2 100
In Act 1, this character clearly tries to please her parents.

Acts 1 & 2 100
Juliet

Acts 1 & 2 200
While Tybalt wants to encourage the fight in the first scene, this individual tries to stop it.

Acts 1 & 2 200
Benvolio

Acts 1 & 2 300
Friar Lawrence agrees to perform the marriage in hopes that it will end this.

Acts 1 & 2 300
The feud

Acts 1 & 2 400
Montague and Capulet want to join in the fighting in Act 1, Scene 1. Who stops them?

Acts 1 & 2 400
Their wives (or Lady Capulet & Lady Montague)

Acts 1 & 2 500
Fill in the blank: “My life is my ________ debt!”

Acts 1 & 2 500
Foe’s

Acts 3, 4, & 5 100
Romeo punished with this by the Prince.

Acts 3, 4, & 5 100
Exile/Banishment

Acts 3, 4, & 5 200
Juliet uses what to kill herself after finding
Romeo dead?

Acts 3, 4, & 5 200
Dagger

Acts 3, 4, & 5 300
This person threatens to throw Juliet out of the house if she refuses to marry Paris.

Acts 3, 4, & 5 300
Lord Capulet (or Capulet, or her father)

Acts 3, 4, & 5 400
The friar’s plan went wrong because what item was never delivered to Romeo?

Acts 3, 4, & 5 400 letter

Acts 3, 4, & 5 500
Who brings Romeo news of Juliet’s death?

Acts 3, 4, & 5 500
Balthasar

Final Jeopardy

Characters 1 100