Native American Foods on Jeopardy

Newspaper Rock has a really interesting article on the November 28th episode of Jeopardy, which featured a category of Native American foods. Modified Jeopardy-style trivia is a great way to engage students in multicultural learning (see Classroom Jeopardy). Here are some of the questions that were on the show (how many can you answer?):

$400:  Indians ground acorns for this purpose.

Answer:  Thickener.

Degree of difficulty:  Medium.

$800:  The third of the "three sisters."

Answer:  Squash.

Degree of difficulty:  Medium.

$1200:  A war was named after this "meat and berry staple."

Answer:  Pemmican.

Degree of difficulty:  Medium.

$1600:  Salmon is cooked on a plank of this wood.

Answer:  Cedar.

(This is the second time they've asked a question involving salmon. Either they're fond of it or they lack imaginations.)

Degree of difficulty:  Easy.

$2000:  Couscous substitute grown in the Andes.

Answer:  Quinoa.

Degree of difficulty:  Medium.

For more American Indian trivia on Jeopardy, see Newspaper Rocks previous articles, NMAI on Jeopardy and "Native American tribes" on Jeopardy.