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The statements are answers to questions [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 answer in the form of questions.

Divide the class into teams.

Read the statements.

Call on the first team with a hand raised.

Correct answer = 10 points

Wrong answer = -10 points [And another team may respond for the same chance to gain or Lose 10 points.)
STATEMENTS TO READ                          CORRECT RESPONSE

WILL AMERICANS VOTE OUTSIDE THE BOX?

1.  Obama's state.                           What is Illinois?

2.  Hillary Clinton's current job.           What is U.S. Senator?

3.  Mitt Romney's religion.                  What is Mormon?

4.  Current U.S. Secretary of State.         Who is Condoleezza Rice?

5.  The first, and only, Catholic            Who is John F. Kennedy?
    President.

THE WAR THAT'S STILL WITH US

6.  Year U.S. troops Left Vietnam.           What was 1973?

7.  Capital of South Vietnam.                What was Saigon?

8.  Vietnam was a colony of this nation.     What is France?

9.  Year first U.S. combat troops went to    What was 1965?
    Vietnam.

10. The U.S. invaded this neighbor of        What is Cambodia?
    Vietnam in 1970.
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Publication:New York Times Upfront
Date:Feb 19, 2007
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