Maniac Magee Version
A Classroom Game Based on the TV
Game show
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Here are the categories:
Maniac Magee
Questions in this category may include:
Maniac’s family
Maniac’s early years
Maniac’s character traits
Events that demonstrate these
Amanda Beale
Questions in this category may include:
Amanda’s family
Amanda’s character traits
Events that demonstrate these
Maniac’s interactions with Amanda and
her family
Mars Bar
Questions in this category may include:
Mars Bar’s character traits
Events that demonstrate these
Maniac’s interactions with Mars Bar
Two Mills
Questions in this category may include:
People in the town of Two Mills
Characteristics of the town of Two Mills
Grayson
Questions in this category may include:
Grayson’s character traits
Events that demonstrate these
Maniac’s interactions with Grayson
The McNabs
Questions in this category may include:
John McNab
His little brothers
Their character traits
Events that demonstrate these
Maniac’s interactions with the brothers
What is the Question ?
Maniac
Magee
Amanda
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Final Round
Mars Bar
Two Mills
Grayson
The McNabs
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Beale
$100 Question Maniac
Magee
• They both died in a
trolley accident when
Maniac was only three
years old.
$100 Maniac Magee Answer
Who were Maniac’s
parents?
Return
$200 Question Maniac
Magee
• Maniac breaks out in
hives whenever he eats
this.
$200 Answer Maniac Magee
What is a pizza?
Return
$300 Question Maniac
Magee
• Maniac’s favorite thing to
eat
$300 Answer Maniac Magee
• What are Butterscotch
Krimpets?
Return
$400 Question Maniac
Magee
• Maniac Magee’s real name
$400 Answer Maniac Magee
• What is Jeffrey Lionel
Magee?
Return
$500 Question Maniac
Magee
• He began performing a
series of heroic feats in
order to do this.
$500 Answer Maniac Magee
• What is bribe Russell and
Piper McNab into going
to school?
Return
$100 Question Amanda
Beale
• This is what Amanda’s
suitcase was filled with.
$100 Answer Amanda Beale
• What are books?
Return
Daily Double
Daily Double Question
Amanda Beale
• This was written in chalk
on Amanda’s house
Daily Double Answer!
• What was “Fishbelly Go
Home”?
Return
$300 Question Amanda
Beale
• This was used as confetti
on the Fourth of July
$300 Answer Amanda Beale
• What is the Encyclopedia
A?
Return
$400 Question Amanda
Beale
• A twisted idea Amanda
came up with to make
Maniac popular with
everyone.
$400 Answer Amanda Beale
• What is the untying of
Cobble’s Knot?
Return
$500 Question Amanda
Beale
• This is the reason
Amanda visits Maniac at
the buffalo pen in the
middle of the night.
$500 Answer Amanda Beale
• What is to tell him that he
was going to come home
with her?
Return
$100 Question Mars Bar
A candy bar that was his
favorite.
$100 Answer
• What is a Mars Bar?
Return
$200 Question Mars Bar
• The side of town Mars
Bar lives on.
$200 Answer Mars Bar
• What is the East End?
Return
$300 Question Mars Bar
• This is the name of Mar
Bars’ best friend.
$300 Answer Mars Bar
• What is Bump Gilliam?
Return
$400 Question Mars Bar
• His new sneakers prompt
him to challenge Maniac
to do this.
$400 Answer Mars Bar
• What is running a race?
Return
$500 Question Mars Bar
• This is the new nickname
Amanda gives Mars Bar at
the end of the book.
$500 Answer Mars Bar
• What is “Snickers”?
Return
$100 Question Two Mills
• The main street that divides
the town in half
$100 Answer Two Mills
• What is Hector Street?
Return
$200 Question Two Mills
• She blows a whistle to bring
in her large family for dinner
$200 Answer Two Mills
• Who is Mrs. Pickwell?
Return
$300 Question Two Mills
• This is an old house that
every kid in town was
afraid of, except for
Maniac.
$300 Answer Two Mills
• What is Finsterwald’s?
Return
$400 Question Two Mills
• This is the star wide receiver
of the high school football
team who teaches Maniac
how to trash talk
$400 Answer Two Mills
• Who is Hands Down?
Return
$500 Question Two Mills
The river that separates
Two Mills from the town
of Bridgeport, over which
there is a trolley trestle.
$500 Answer Two Mills
• What is the Schuylkill
River?
Return
$100 Question Grayson
• He does this for a living.
$100 Answer Grayson
• He is the groundskeeper
at the zoo
Return
$200 Question Grayson
Grayson, in his more
athletic youth, played this
position in this league.
$200 Answer Grayson
• What is a pitcher in minor
league baseball?
Return
$300 Question Grayson
• He lived here, then
moved to the bandshell to
live with Maniac.
$300 Answer Grayson
• What is the YMCA?
Return
$400 Question Creating an
Outline
• When Grayson did this, it
made Maniac smile and
say “A-men”
$400 Answer Creating an
Outline
What is read a book cover
to cover?
Return
$500 Question Grayson
• This given as a Christmas gift to
Maniac just before he died.
$500 Answer Grayson
• What is his old minor
league baseball glove?
Return
$100 Question The McNabs
• John McNab pitched this
to Maniac after he failed
to strike Maniac out.
$100 Answer The McNabs
• What is a frog?
Return
$200 Question The McNabs
• Russell and Piper, who turned
out to be John McNab’s little
brothers, found Maniac here.
$200 Answer The McNabs
• What is Valley Forge?
Return
$300 Question The McNabs
• Russell and Piper never
wanted to go here
without bribes from
Maniac.
$300 Answer The McNabs
• What is school?
Return
$400 Question The McNabs
• Inside the filthy house, the
McNabs were building this
to protect themselves from
East-Enders because they
thought they were going to
revolt.
$400 Answer The McNabs
• What is a pillbox?
Return
$500 Question The McNabs
• Mars Bar made Maniac proud
at whose birthday party by
fighting to try to get loose
from Maniac to fight the
Cobras.
$500 Answer The McNabs
• Who is Piper McNab?
Return
Final Round Topic
• Relationships and
Character
Final Round Question
• This character became
Maniac’s running partner and
friend by the end of the
story, even though they had
their differences. This is the
type of character he is.
Final Round Answer
• Who is Mars Bar? What is
a dynamic character?
Thank You for Playing!