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Dominique comparato, hannah jones,
Copyright Notice Jordan idol
UNC Charlotte
 Basketball SHOWDOWN!

Its the championship game of the ACC tournament.

Your team has made it to the final game through hard
work and determination. But for the last game, the
referees have decided to change the rules. In order
to score points, your team has to answer questions in
various categories. The harder the questions, the
more points you rack up. But be careful! If you miss
the answer, your opponent has the chance to steal both
the question AND the points!
The clock is about to start ticking, so grab your
mascot, hit the floor and

LETS GET READY TO

RUMBLE!!!!!!
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 The Rules:
The goal of the game is to get as many baskets
as you can. But you can only get the points if
you answer a question correctly. Choose your
teams mascot and move him around your side of
the board following the arrows. When you land
on a number spot you can either answer a
question or move to the next spot, BUT you can
only move ONE spot a turn! Choose wisely!
Number 3 spots have hard questions and earn you
three points.
Number 2 spots have medium questions and earn
you two points.
Number 1 spots have easy questions and earn you
one point.
After answering the question, your opponent has
the chance to shoot a basket.
 MORE Rules
If you answer a question correctly, add the
number of points you earned to your score. BUT
BE CAREFUL! If you answer incorrectly, your
opponent has the chance to steal.
Keep score on a piece of paper that both you
and your opponent can see.
Play the game and answer as many questions as
you can. When your Teacher says Times UP!,
add your points up to see who won.

Ready? SET?
LETS PLAY!
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 Game Preparation
Gameboard: Print out slide
6 on 8x11 paper.
Pieces: Print out slide
seven and cut out your
teams mascot.
Place your piece at the
tip-off line and follow the
shoes to a number space.

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Game Pieces

Return
 Click a Basketball to get your
question
3-Pointers 2-Pointers 1-Pointers
Math

Social
Studies

Science

Language
Arts
ThEY ShOOT
THEY SCORE!!!

Add Three Points to your

teams score!

Return to Question Board

NOThIN BUT NET!

Add Two Points to your

teams score!

Return to Question Board

FREETHROW!!!
Add One Point to your
teams score!

Return to Question Board

Look at the circle below.
It has been divided into:
Two Halves

Two Thirds

Two Fourths

Two Fifths
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
A circle is divided into six parts. If Jared
takes 1/3 of the parts, how many pieces
does he have?

Five

Four

Two

Three
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
 25 X 12 = ?
290

300

275

310
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
What is the perimeter of
the rectangle below?
30

5
25

10
35

20
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

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What is the area of the
rectangle below?
30

5
25

10
50

100
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
What is 36 divided by 12?
2

6
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
 Davd, Sharon, and Marissa together
have two-hundred dollars. If Marissa
has 1/4 of the total, how much money
does she have?
$100

$25

$50

$150
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
What is 56 divided by 14?
8

4
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
A pizza is divided into fourteen slices.
Sarah eats two slices, Judah eats
three slices, Melissa eats one slice and
Kevin eats one slice. How much pizza is
left?
1/3

1/4

1/2

1/7
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
Farmer Brown has a square piece of
land and he wants to put a fence
around the perimeter. If each side
of his land is 100 feet long, how
many feet of fence should Farmer
Brown buy?
1,000 feet

400 feet

500 feet

100 feet
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
 Taxes are used by the state of North
Carolina to provide services for the
people here. Which of the following is
NOT one of the services provided?

Police Department

Public Schooling

Taxi Services

Public Libraries
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
The mountain region in western North
Carolina is part of a greater range of
mountains that stretch from New York
to Georgia. This range is the:

Appalachian Mountain Range

Rocky Mountain Range

Andes Mountain Range

Himalayan Mountain Range

 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
NORTh CAROLINAS GEOGRAPhY CAN BE
divided into three parts. They
are the Mountains, the Coast,
and the _________________.
Pied Piper

Pied Ridge

Big-Flat-Middle-of-the-State

Piedmont
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

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The political body that makes the
laws of North Carolina is
called the:
Governors Board

North Carolina Department of Public

Education

State Legislation

State Supreme Court

 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

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Who were Orville and Wilbur
Wright?
Two inventors who flew the first airplane in
Kitty Hawke, North Carolina

Two inventors who designed the first bicycle

horn in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Two brothers who had silly names

Two Albatross from Disneys Rescuers

movies
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
Which of the following Native
American Tribes lived in the
Mountain Region of North
Carolina?

Catawba

Chowan

Cherokee

Coree
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
Which of the following is NOT
named after a Native American
tribe?
Pamlico Sound

Cape Hatteras

Neuse River

Grandfather Mountain
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
North Carolina is the #2 producer
of _________.

Hogs

Cotton

Berries

Corn
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
Cape Hatteras is know by
what nickname?
Playground of the Atlantic

Highway of the Atlantic

Graveyard of the Pacific

Graveyard of the Atlantic

 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
Which of the following does NOT
describe the Outer Banks?
A branch of Wachovia located on the coast

A series of islands off the coast of mainland

of North Carolina

A barrier between the mainland of North

Carolina and the Atlantic Ocean

A long set of beaches stretching from

Wilmington to southern Virginia
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
 Plants that convert energy
from the sun into food are
known as:
Predators

Producers

Consumers

Decomposers
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
 In this example of a food chain,
what is missing?
Strawberry plant > Mouse >________
> Kookaburra > Bacteria
Snake

Rabbit

Elephant

Venus Flytrap
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

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Animals that eat both plants
and other animals are called:

Carnivores

Omnivores

Herbivores

Producers
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

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An example of an animal that
is an herbivore would be:
An elephant

A lion

A venus flytrap

An eagle
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

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Melted rock ABOVE ground
is known as:
Igneous

Magma

Sedimentary

Lava
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
Rock formed from magma OR
lava when it cools is known
as:
Metamorphic

Granite

Sedimentary

Igneous
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
 How are rocks and
minerals related?
Rocks are made of minerals

Minerals are made of rocks

They are the same thing

They are not related

 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
If Dylan wanted to look at the
stars, and moon more closely,
he would use a:
Magnifying glass

Microscope

Telescope

Binoculars
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
 You are in your house during a
thunderstorm. The windows in your
house shake the same time you hear
the thunder. What causes the
windows to shake?
The sound waves of the thunder

The rain and wind

The light from the lightening

Your friend is banging on the windows

because he wants to be let inside
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
The antonym for partial is:

Unfair

Complete

Half

Limited
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
An antonym for plain is:

Basic

Novice

Simple

Lavish
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
A synonym for talk is:
Chat

Glad

Present

Snooze
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

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 A synonym for destroy is:

Make

Create

Ruin

Unfair
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
A synonym for disguise is:

Happy

Hide

Create

Novice
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
Identify the misspelled word:
The friendly monkey climes
slowly up the tree.
Friendly

Climes

Slowly

Tree
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
Identify the misspelled word:
Applying pressure to a wound
can stop the bleEding.

Applying

Pressure

Wound

Bleading
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
 Identify the misspelled word:
Thomas is playing in a basketball
game but his team is loosing.

Playing

Basketball

Loosing

None of the above are misspelled

 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

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Identify the misspelled word: The
skin is the larjest organ in the
human body.

Skin

Larjest

Organ

Body
 OH NO!!!!
ITS A TURNOVER!!!
Your opponent has the
chance to steal the
question AND the points!

Return to Question
 Credits
All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use,
revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition
that all prior designers are cited.

Originally designed by Dominique Comparato,

Jordan Idol, and Hannah Jones, University of
North Carolina at Charlotte, 14 February 2007,
with the title Basketball Showdown!

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 Educational Objectives
Audience
This game is targeted to 4th graders in North
Carolina Public Schools.
Subject Area Objectives
Students should play this game towards the end of
the school year as the questions are drawn from most
areas of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
for math, language arts, social studies, and
science. This game is excellent to use in
preparation for the End of Grade testing, as the
question posed are similar to the ones found in the
4th grade EOGs. Students will become familiar with
the question format and review question content and
thus be better equipped for the EOGs.

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 Copyright
Copyright 2007 Dominique Comparato, Jordan Idol, and
Hannah Jones
Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted
to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.
Permission is also granted to all teachers and
students of non-profit schools to make revisions to
this game for their own purposes, on the condition
that this copyright page and the credits page remain
part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt
the game should add their names and affiliations to
the credits page without deleting any names already
there.

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