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Use with articles identified. Divide the class into 2-4 teams. Read the statements below, which are answers to questions. In this game, modeled after the TV show Jeopardy jeopardy, in law, condition of a person charged with a crime and thus in danger of punishment. At common law a defendant could be exposed to jeopardy for the same offense only once; exposing a person twice is known as

double jeopardy.
, students must give their answers in the form of questions. After reading each statement, the teacher recognizes the first team to raise a hand. Correct answers are worth 10 points each. For incorrect Incorrect means to not be correct and may also refer to:
  • Politically incorrect
  • Incorrectly formatted data, a computer error
See also
  • Correctness
  • Anomalously numbered roads in Great Britain
  • Disputes in English grammar (Incorrect English)
 answers, deduct de·duct  
v. de·duct·ed, de·duct·ing, de·ducts

v.tr.
1. To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract.

2. To derive by deduction; deduce.

v.intr.
 10 points and allow the other team (or if there are several teams, the team with the first hand raised) to respond. That team will then get 10 points for a correct answer or suffer a 10-point penalty for an incorrect one.
Statements to Read               Correct Response

WHO WE ARE NOW

1. Regions where Americans       What is the South and West?
   are moving.
2. Regions just beyond cities.   What are suburbs?
3. Atomic-sounding families.     What are nuclear families?
4. They were born between        What are baby boomers?
   1946 and 1964.
5. Twenty-five percent of        What are college graduates?
   Americans have achieved
   this level of education.

AFRICAN TOWN UNRAVELS

6. Swaziland's is now about      What is the expectancy?
   34.4.
7. The only part of Swaziland's  What is crime?
   economy that is booming.
8. Students whose parents        What are school, fees?
   have died can't pay these.
9. Virus that causes AIDS.       What is HIV?
10. Region of Africa where       What is sub-Saharan
    Swaziland is located.         (or southern)?
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Publication:New York Times Upfront
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 9, 2005
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