History Millionaire

$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
What is the term for prices going
up?
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Ratify
B. Mercenary
C. Inflation
D. Ambush
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
General Washington crossed
the Delaware river and
defeated 1,400 Hessian troops
on Christmas day?
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Trenton
B. Treaty of Paris
C. Saratoga
D. Victory at sea
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
The United States was recognized
as a free nation and the U.S.’s
borders extended to the Mississippi
River?
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Bunker Hill
B. Treaty of Paris
C. Yorktown
D. All. w/ France
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
The term for surprise
attack?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Ambush
B. Neutral
C. Deserter
D. Privateer
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
Taking no sides?
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Neutral
B. Guerilla Warfare
C. Recruit
D. Ratify
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
They had great leaders and a
superior cause. They were fighting
for homeland and liberty?
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Dis. of colonist
B. Ad. of Colonist
C. Long Island
D. Yorktown
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
Few supplies, little gunpowder, and
lack of food.
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Treaty of Paris
B. Sign of Dec of In
C. Dis. of colonist
D. Trenton
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
What is the term for to
approve ?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Ratify
B. Privateer
C. Mercenary
D. Ambush
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
Hit and run attacks.
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Neutral
B. Ratify
C. Inflation
D. Guerilla Warfare
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
Many trained soldiers and ample
supplies such as gunpowder,
cannons, and food?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A.Victory at Sea
B. Saratoga
C. Advantages of Brit.
D. Yorktown
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
The European style of fighting.
Fighting other “Englishman”?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Ad. of British
B. Dis. of British
C. Yorktown
D. Long Island
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
Who said, “I have not yet begun to
fight.”?
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Paul Revere
B.John Paul Jones
C. Jeffery Jones
D. James O’Reily
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain
Boys captured this by slipping pas a
guard and taking the British by Surprise.
The colonist captured 100 cannons and
gunpowder.
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Bunker Hill
B. Saratoga
C. Ticonderoga
D.Trenton
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
This battle was the turning point of the
Revolutionary War. General Benedict
Arnold and Gates surrounded the British
and the British tried to break through
but ended up surrendering.
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Yorktown
B. Saratoga
C. Long Island
D. Victory at sea
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
What vocabulary word
means to join the army?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Deserter
B. Inflation
C Privateer
D. Recruit
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
From this the Americans received
ships, weapons, soldiers and
leaders?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. All. w/France
B. Treaty of Paris
C. Bunker Hill
D Long Island
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
When General Cornwallis
surrendered to General
Washington, Lafayette and
DeGrasse.
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A Yorktown
B.
C. Saratoga
D. Ticonderoga
Revolutionary War
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
What word means a paid solider?
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Ambush
B. Privateer
C. Mercenary
D. Neutral
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
When General Washington and his
troops were trapped by General
Howe, Washington escaped in the
night by fishing boats. This battle
was?
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Long Island
B. Bunker Hill
C. Ticonderoga
D. Saratoga
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
“We hold these truths to be self evident.
That all men were created equal, that
they are endowed by their with certain
undeniable rights, that among these are
life, liberty, add the pursuit of
Happiness.” This was said where?
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Bunker Hill
B. All. w/ France
C. Treaty of Paris
D. Dec. of Indep.
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
To stop supplies from
coming in.
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Guerrilla warfare
B. Ratify
C. Ambush
D. Blockade
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
When Colonel Prescott his troops
dug in and fired on General Howe
and the British troops advanced.
The Americans ran away after they
ran out of gun powder. What battle
was this?
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Long Island
B. Bunker Hill
C. Trenton
D. Yorktown
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
Colonal Prescott and his 1,200 troops
dug in and fired on General Howe and
his British troops advanced. The
Americans ran away after they ran out
of powder. This showed the colonist
would stand up to the British. What
battle was this?
$500
$400
A. Saratoga
B. Long Island
C. Bunker Hill
D. Trenton
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
An armed private ship is a
what?
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Mercenary
B. Privateer
C. Deserter
D. Recruit
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
Many trained soldiers and
ample supplies such as
gunpowder, cannons, and food
are?
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A.
Advantages of British
B.
Disadvantages of British
D.
Disadvantages of colonists
$300
$200
$100
C. Advantages of colonists
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
To approve is to?
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Deserter
B. Blockade
C. Join the army
D. Ratify
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
To stop goods from coming
into a country is to?
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Recruit
B. desert
C. Ambush
D. Blockade
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
The European style of
fighting. Fighting other
Englishmen was what?
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A.Advantages of the British
B.
C. Disadvantages of the colonists
D. Disadvantages of the British
Advantages of the colonists
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
“We
hold these truths to be
self evident” Self evident
means:
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Obvious
B. Proof
C. Natural
D. Difficult
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
Life liberty and pursuit of
happiness is what?
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Purpose of Gov
B. Constitution
C. Social compact
D.
$300
$200
$100
Natural Rights
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
Whose writing inspired the
ideas in the Declaration of
Independence?
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Martin Luther
B. George Washington
C. John Locke
D. Galileo
$300
$200
$100
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
Where is the Declaration of
Independence stored?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Smithsonian
B. Nat Archives
C.
D.
$300
$200
$100
Lib. of Congress
Nations Capital
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
What is the term for prices going
up?
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
B. Ambush
$400
$300
$200
$100
C. Inflation
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
General Washington crossed
the Delaware river and
defeated 1,400 Hessian troops
on Christmas day?
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Trenton
$300
$200
$100
C. Saratoga
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
The United States was recognized
as a free nation and the U.S.’s
borders extended to the Mississippi
River?
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
A. Bunker Hill
B. Treaty of Paris
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
The term for surprise
attack?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
A. Ambush
B. Neutral
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
Taking no sides?
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
A. Neutral
B. Guerilla Warfare
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
They had great leaders and a
superior cause. They were fighting
for homeland and liberty?
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
B. Ad. of Colonist
$400
$300
$200
$100
C. Long Island
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
Few supplies, little
gunpowder, and lack of
food.
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Treaty of Paris
$300
$200
$100
C.
Dis. Adv. Colonist
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
What is the term for to
approve ?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Ratify
$300
$200
$100
C. Mercenary
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
Hit and run attacks.
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
B. Ratify
$300
$200
$100
D. Guerilla Warfare
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
Many trained soldiers and ample
supplies such as gunpowder,
cannons, and food?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
B. Saratoga
$400
$300
$200
$100
C. Adv. of British
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
The European style of fighting.
Fighting other “Englishman”?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
A. Adv. of Brits
B. Disadv. of Brits
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
Who said, “I have not
yet begun to fight.”?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
A. Introduction
B. John Paul Jones
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
Ethan Allen and the Green
Mountain Boys captured this by
slipping pass a guard and taking
the British by Surprise. The
colonist captured 100 cannons and
gunpowder.
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Bunker Hill
$300
$200
$100
B. Ticonderoga
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
This battle was the turning point of
the Revolutionary War. General
Benedict Arnold and Gates
surrounded the British and the
British tried to break through but
ended up surrendering.
$500
B. Saratoga
$400
$300
$200
$100
C. Long Island
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
What vocabulary word means
to join the army?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
B. Inflation
$300
$200
$100
D. Recruit
$1,000,000
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
Team 2
From this the Americans
received ships, weapons,
soldiers and leaders?
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. All w/France
$300
$200
$100
C. Treaty of Paris
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
When General Cornwallis
surrendered to General
Washington, Lafayette and
DeGrasse.
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Yorktown
$300
$200
$100
D. Ticonderoga
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
What word means a
paid solider?
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Ambush
$300
$200
$100
C. Mercenary
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
When General Washington and his
troops were trapped by General
Howe, Washington escaped in the
night by fishing boats. This battle
was?
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
B. Long Island
$300
$200
$100
C. Ticonderoga
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
“We hold these truths to be self evident.
That all men were created equal, that
they are endowed by their with certain
undeniable rights, that among these are
life, liberty, add the pursuit of
Happiness.” This was said where?
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
C. Treaty of Paris
D. Dec. of Indep
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
To stop supplies from
coming in.
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
B. Ratify
$300
$200
$100
D. Blockade
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
When Colonel Prescott his troops
dug in and fired on General Howe
and the British troops advanced.
The Americans ran away after they
ran out of gun powder. What battle
was this?
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
A. Long Island
B. Bunker Hill
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
Colonal Prescott and his 1,200 troops
dug in and fired on General Howe and
his British troops advanced. The
Americans ran away after they ran out
of powder. This showed the colonist
would stand up to the British. What
battle was this?
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
C. Bunker Hill
D. Trenton
$1,000,000
Team 2
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
An armed private ship is a
what?
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
A. Mercenary
B. Privateer
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
Many trained soldiers and
ample supplies such as
gunpowder, cannons, and food
are?
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
A. Adv. of British
B. Dis. of British
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
To approve is to?
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
C. To join army
D. Ratify
$1,000,000
Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
What does uncanny mean?
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. similar
$300
$200
$100
D. weird
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
The European style of
fighting. Fighting other
Englishmen was what?
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
A. Adv. of British
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$200
$100
D. Disad. of British
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Team 1
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
Who is the Zaroff’s servant
in “The Most Dangerous
Game”?
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$400
A. Ivan
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$100
D. Rainsford
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$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
What is a cask of Amontillado?
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
C. A type of wine
D.
A bottle of sherry
$1,000,000
$500,000
Team 1
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
Who wrote “The Cask of
Amontillado”?
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A. Ray Bradbury
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$100
C. Edgar Allan Poe
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$500,000
Team 2
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
Who wrote “The Utterly
Perfect Murder”?
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$4,000
$2,000
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$200
$100
A. Stephen King
B. Ray Bradbury
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