How to make this Jeopardy game
work for your topic
• Set up your teams and have them sit together.
• Explain the ground rules
• Assign a score keeper who will watch to see
which team raises their hand first for each
question and they will also keep track of what
team wins what on the board or flip chart.
• When you’re ready to have your class play the
game, open that presentation and then hit F5
to put it into the “SHOW mode.
JEOPARDY GROUND RULES
• Raise your hand when you want to answer. I
will call upon the first hand I see raised. You
get five seconds to answer.
• You get one answer; you cannot change or
modify it after you have given it.
• If the first team to answer gets it wrong, they
get that score deducted from their total and
then the second team that raised their hand
gets a chance to answer.
JEOPARDY GROUND RULES
• One of the questions will read “DOUBLE JEOPARDY”.
This just means that this question is worth twice
what it is listed for.
• When all questions are complete you are ready to
play “Final jeopardy” . Before you see the question
each team must write down how much you want to
wager.
• After the question is shown, write down your answer.
You cannot change your wager $$ after you see the
question.
• When the music stops each team reveals what their
wager was and their answer.
This JEOPARDY “template” was created by Tim
Reicker, New York State Emergency Management
Office, and Made available by the Dutchess County
Community College Fire Science program.
This game prepared by Past Chief Thomas Bartsch,
Valley Stream Fire Department. All material was
taken from the “Firefighter’s Handbook, Essentials of
Firefighting and Emergency Response, New York 2nd
Edition”.
ANY QUESTIONS????
No? Then let’s play
“Firefighter Alphabet # 4”
JEOPARDY
“Firefighter Alphabet # 4”
JEOPARDY
“FF Alphabet # 4” JEOPARDY!!!
Letter "R"
Letter "S"
Letter "T"
$100 $100 $100
$200 $200 $200
$300 $300 $300
$400 $400 $400
Letters "U/V"
Letter "W"
$100 $100
$200 $200
$300 $300
$400 $400
$500 $500 $500 $500 $500
Final Jeopardy
Letter "R" - $100
A wood joist that is attached
to a ridge board to help form a
peak.
What is a Rafter
Letter "R" - $200
Company assigned to search
for & rescue firefighters.
What is Rapid Intervention
Team/Crew
Letter "R" - $300
A phenomenon where the
superheated gases extends
into the upper thermal layer.
What is a Rollover
Letter "R" - $400
A device designed to vent
pressure in a tank.
What is a Relief Valve
Letter "R" - $500
Acts to prevent false alarms
from a sudden pressure surge in
the water supply.
What is a Retard Chamber
Letter "S" - $100
The use of timbers to
support and/or strengthen
weakened structural
members.
What is Shoring
Letter "S" - $200
The ability of one individual
to supervise a number of
people or units.
What is Span of Control
Letter "S" - $300
Specific information and
instructions on how a task is to
be accomplished.
What is a Standard Operating
Procedure
Letter "S" - $400
A load or impact being
transferred to a rope suddenly
and all at one time.
What is Shock Load
Letter "S" - $500
Deterioration of concrete by the
loss of surface material due to
expansion of moisture when
exposed to heat.
What is Spalling
Letter "T" - $100
The specific operations
performed to satisfy the
strategic goals of a incident.
What is Tactics
Letter "T" - $200
Plate glass that has been heat
treated to increase its strength.
What is Tempered Glass
Letter "T" - $300
A rigid framework using the
triangle as its basic shape.
What is a Truss
Letter "T" - $400
Breaking strength of a rope.
What is Tensile Strength
DAILY
DOUBLE
Letter "T" - $500
A method of forcible entry
removing the lock cylinder, etc.
What is Through-the Lock
Method
Letters "U/V" - $100
A rope used for general
purposes.
What is a Utility Rope
Letters "U/V" - $200
The structure used to manage
an incident involving multiple
agencies.
What is Unified Command
Letters "U/V" - $300
Weight of gas in relation to air.
What is Vapor Density
Letters "U/V" - $400
Spaces within collapse areas
where someone could survive.
What are Voids
Letters "U/V" - $500
A covering or facing, not a
load-bearing wall.
What is Veneer
Letter "W" - $100
Term used to describe
explosive, chemical, biological
and radiological weapons.
What is Weapons of Mass
Destruction (WMD)
Letter "W" - $200
A control valve mounted on a
wall.
What is Wall Indicator Valve
Letter "W" - $300
A description of what is on a
specific railcar.
What is a Waybill
Letter "W" - $400
The vertical portion of a truss
or I-beam that connects the top
and bottom chords.
What is a Web
Letter "W" - $500
A sudden surge of pressure
created by quick or closing
valve in a water system.
What is a Water Hammer
FINAL
JEOPARDY
~ Biological ~
A biological toxin that is easy
to produce and is most common
Final Jeopardy
What is Ricin