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BEOWULF
JEOPARDY!
By:
Krishi Dudhia & Eleana Pardo
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Unferth
Beowulf
Grendel
Hrothgar
Grendel’s Mother
Wealtheow
THE FINAL QUESTION
100-KENNINGS-100
What does the kenning “battle-sarks” mean?
“Their battle-sarks rattled, the gear of the heroes.”
(Chapter 6, line 9)
Answer: Battle equipment
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300-KENNINGS-300
What does the kenning “doughty-in-battle” mean?
“The wave-current swallowed the doughty-in-battle.”
(Chapter 23, line 22)
Answer: Brave in battle
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500-KENNINGS-500
What does the kenning “table-companions” mean?
“He slew in anger his table-companions, trustworthy
counsellors.”
(Chapter 25, line 63)
Answer: Friends
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700-KENNINGS-700
Who is being described by the kenning “gold-giver”?
Who is the “gold-giver”?
“The bloody-toothed murderer, mindful of evils, wish
to escape from the gold-giver’s palace.”
(Chapter 30, line 50)
Answer: Hrothgar
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900-KENNINGS-900
What does the kenning “noble-born” mean?
“A noble-born Daneman the knights should be
feasting.”
(Chapter 30, line 4)
Answer: Born to nobility such as a king or prince
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100- CHARACTERS-100
Who was the presumptuous character who insulted
Beowulf?
Answer: Unferth
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300- CHARACTERS-300
Which character was a king’s best friend and was killed
by a motherly monster?
Answer: Æschere
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500- CHARACTERS-500
Who is the father of Beowulf?
Answer: Ecgtheow
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700- CHARACTERS-700
Who is the son of Higelac?
Answer: Heardred
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900- CHARACTERS-900
What is the name of King Hrothgar’s son?
Answer: Hrothulf
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200-TOUGH QUESTIONS-200
Why wasn’t Beowulf written before the 6th-8th century?
Answer: It was oral tradition
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400-TOUGH QUESTIONS-400
What was the name of Unferth’s sword?
Answer: Hrunting
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600-TOUGH QUESTIONS-600
What is the name of Hrethel’s son that was killed by his
brother?
Answer: Herebald
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800-TOUGH QUESTIONS-800
When telling stories after Beowulf defeated Grendel,
the story of Finn came up. What was the name of
Finn’s wife and his general?
Answer: His wife was Hildeburg and the general was
Hnæf
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1000-TOUGH QUESTIONS-1000
What is the significance of the number 8 in
Christianity?
Answer: It relates to the writings in the New
Testament which were only penned by 8 men
(Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, James, Peter, Jude, Paul)
"The Basics of Numerology." About Religion. Web. 19 Mar. 2015.
<http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/faq/f/GetStarted.htm>.
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200-HISTORY/RELIGION-200
How did the Christianity references come into the
original Pagan Beowulf story?
Answer: The monk who put Beowulf on paper added
some Christianity references
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400-HISTORY/RELIGION-400
What is the importance of lineage in the Anglo Saxon
times?
Answer: It determined who you were, who you were
friends with, and who you owed favors to through
comitatus
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600-HISTORY/RELIGION-600
What is the significance of the number 4 in Pagan?
Answer: It relates to the four elements, four seasons,
and the four cardinal directions
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800-HISTORY/RELIGION-800
What are qualities of an Anglo-Saxon hero?
Answer: Bravery and loyalty
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1000-HISTORY/RELIGION-1000
What is the name of the man whose library that held
the original manuscript of Beowulf burned down?
Answer: Robert Cotton
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100-ARTIFACTS-100
What was the item that killed Grendel’s mother?
Answer: The giant sword
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300-ARTIFACTS-300
How many horses did Hrothgar present to Beowulf?
Answer: Eight horses
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500-ARTIFACTS-500
What did Beowulf bring back from his battle with
Grendel’s mother?
Answer: The sword hilt and Grendel’s head
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700-ARTIFACTS-700
Who was given the jewel beaker?
Answer: The servant’s master
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900-ARTIFACTS-900
The necklace given to Beowulf by Wealtheow in this
story is the mythological Brisingamen necklace. Who
was this necklace originally constructed for by
dwarfs?
Answer: Freya
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100-PLOT EVENTS-100
What is the name of Beowulf’s friend who defeated
him in a swimming match?
Answer: Breca
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300-PLOT EVENTS-300
Who greeted Beowulf and his companions when they
first came to Daneland?
Answer: A Danish coast guard
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500-PLOT EVENTS-500
How many days did it take Beowulf to swim, fight
Grendel’s mother, and then come back to the
surface?
Answer: About 1 day and 9 hours
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700-PLOT EVENTS-700
Who is the companion who feels bad for abandoning
Beowulf?
Answer: Wiglaf
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900-PLOT EVENTS-900
How many days does it take for the Geats to build
Beowulf’s Barrow?
Answer: 10 days
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FINAL QUESTION
Please write down your wagers now. No wager
can exceed $1000.
Write down your name, fold the paper, and
hand it in to Krishi.
The moment
Andquestion
now…
all been is…
waiting for…
The we’ve
final
Who was Yrmenlaf?
(He was included in chapter 21 on lines 3-4)
FINAL QUESTION
Please hand your answer into Krishi right now
and we will look through them.
And the answer is…
Yrmenlaf is Æschere’s younger brother!
“Dead is Æschere, Yrmenlaf’s brother, older than
he…” (chap. 21, lines 3-4)
The winner is…
BEOWULF
ENDING
GRENDEL
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HROTHGAR
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GRENDEL’S MOTHER
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UNFERTH
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WEALTHEOW
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