Animal Farm Jeopardy
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Round 1
o Characters
 100 – Motherly mare who is concerned for other animals
 Who is Clover
 200 – Mare who liked ribbons and sugar
 Who is Mollie
 300 – Skeptical Donkey
 Who is Benjamin
 400 – Owner of Manor Farm
 Who is Mr. Jones
 500 – Pig who explained everything to the other animals
 Who is Squealer
o Revolution
 100 – The song of the rebellion
 What is Beasts of England
 200 – Old Major’s system of political thought
 What is Animalism
 300 – Animalism was based on this writer’s philosophy
 Who is Karl Marx
 400 – Represented Adolf Hitler/Germany
 Who is Frederick/Pinchfield
 500 –When Mr. Jones forgot to feed them these animals knocked down the door
 Who are the cows
o Seven Commandments
 100 – The Seven Commandments are written here.
 Where is the barn wall.
 200 – The Final Commandment
 What is “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN
OTHERS”
 300 – This word was misspelled in the commandments
 What is “friend”
 400 – The alcohol commandment was changed because of this
 What is Napoleon’s hangover
 500 – The original Seven Commandments
 What are: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy; Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings,
is a friend; No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed; No animal shall drink alcohol; No animal shall kill any other
animal; All animals are equal.
 Who Said It?
 100 – “I will work harder”
 Who is Boxer
 200 - “Comrades! Comrades! Do not take your own brother to his death!”
 Who is Clover
 300 – “War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.”
 Who is Snowball
 400 - "I will give you the same toast as before, but in a different form. Fill your glasses to the brim.
Gentlemen, here is my toast: To the prosperity of The Manor Farm!"
 Who is Napolean
 500 - Comrades, here and now I pronounce the death sentence upon Snowball. A bushel of apples to
anyone….”
 Who is Squealer
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Major Events
 100 – The reason the first meeting was called.
 What is Old Major’s dream?
 200 – Mr. Jones and other farmers came with sticks and guns to retake the farm and were driven off, in
large part, by Snowball
 What is the Battle of Cowshed?
 300 – This resulted in stopped rations and the death of 9
 What is the hens’ rebellion?
 400 – The lumber deal with Frederick ended badly when this happened.
 What is paid with fake money
 500 – After confessing to crimes (true or not) this happened; it represented the Great Purge in the Russian
Revolution
 What are the executions
Propaganda
 100 – “Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, who, as we now know, was no better than a
criminal.”
 What is name-calling
 200 – Squealer reminds the animals they don’t want Jones to come back
 What is appeal to fear.
 300 – Folks, the upcoming election is going to be a landslide. Garver is carrying the entire West Side.
Here’s your chance to support a winner the people really want.
 What is bandwagon
 400 – The all wheel drive Lion doesn’t just go up hills. It positively leaps. If your dream is to stand alone
on the top get one vehicle only: the Lion.
 What is snob appeal
 500 – Vote for Smith. His roots are in a small town. There the police are always friendly.
 What is irrelevant info
Round 2
o Characters
 200 – Inspired the idea of rebellion
 Who is Old Major
 400 – Talks of Sugarcandy Mountain
 Who is Moses
 600 – Middleman between Animal Farm and the humans
 Whymper
 800 – Ruler of Animal Farm
 Who is Napolean
 1000 – Intelligent leader who is run off the farm
 Who is Snowball
o Symbolism
 200 – He represented the last Czar of Russia
 Who is Mr. Jones
 400 – Napoleon represented this tyrannical leader of Russia
 Who is Josef Stalin
 600 – This country was represented by Pilkington’s farm
 Great Britain
 800 – Squealer represented this in the novel
 What is propaganda
 1000 – The hardworking, illiterate, gullible common animals represented these.
 What are the common people?
o Sneaky Pigs
 200 – The pigs revealed they learned to do this before the revolution.
 What is read and write
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400 – This was the pigs first abuse of power
 When they took the milk.
 600 – The animals respect for this hard working animal may have resulted in his demise.
 Who is Boxer
 800 – His education of the young animals is more accurately described as indoctrination.
 Who is Napoleon
 1000 – In order to establish his unchallenged authority, Napoleon does this.
 What is bring out the dogs
o Literary Terms
 200 – Animal Farm is a(n) ________ because it has character animals that act like humans
 What is a fable
 400 – Animal Farm is a(n) _________ because it has a surface and deeper level of meaning.
 What is an allegory
 600 – The animals thinking they are free, but the reader knowing the pigs are really in charge is an example
of what kind of irony
 What is dramatic
 800 – Squealer is this kind of character
 What is dynamic
 1000 – When the blame is placed on another, Napoleon makes Snowball this
 What is a scapegoat
o Who Said It?
 200 – “Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself.”
 Who is Squealer
 400 – “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
 Who is George Orwell (the author)
 600 - "Comrade, those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand
that liberty is worth more than ribbons?"
 Who is Snowball
 800 – “I do not know when that Rebellion will come, it might be in a week or in a hundred years, but I
know, as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet, that sooner or later justice will be done.”
 Old Major
 1000 – “It was the most affecting sight I have ever seen! I was at his bedside at the very last.”
 Who is Squealer
o The Others
 200 – This is how Snowball learned military strategy (like Napoleon Bonaparte)
 What is studying military history
 400 – The effect the Animal Farm revolt had on other farms in England
 What is revolt
 600 – The animals usually agreed with them.
 Who is whomever was speaking.
 800 – The final name of the farm
 What is Manor Farm
 1000 – In order to establish his unchallenged authority, Napoleon does this.
 What is bring out the dogs
Final Jeopardy
o The pigs’ strong resemblance to the humans at the end of the book suggests they have become this.
o What are the oppressors.