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How to Create a Power Point JeopardyQuiz

By Helen Mongan-Rallis[Last updated on December 9, 2003 ]

Power Point can be used to create a quiz in the form of a Jeopard quiz show!"his is done b usin# h per$in%s from home s$ide && the s$ide from whichcontestants se$ect their cate#or and the 'a$ue under each cate#or ! (ach itemin the different cate#ories is $in%ed to a s$ide that poses the question or

prob$em! )n each prob$em s$ide there is another h per$in% that shows theso$ution to the question! "o see e*amp$es of what this $oo%s $i%e+

• frican nima$ Jeopard -uiz+o .iew frican nima$ Jeopard -uiz on$ine /this wi$$ show ou

the s$ides b the h per$in%s from the quiz tab$e don t wor% when'iewed on$ine1 or

o Down$oad frican nima$ Jeopard -uiz to our owncomputer / ou wi$$ need PowerPoint or PowerPoint 'iewer to beab$e to 'iew this on our own computer1! hen ou open this

ou wi$$ be ab$e to 'iew it and see how the h per$in%s wor%!

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Create table with different categories

:! )nce in PowerPoint, from the insert menu /or too$ bar1 se$ect <nsert =ew 7$ide &&> "his wi$$ brin# up a dia$o# bo* showin# the differents$ides that can be created &&> se$ect "ab$e!

2! hen the tab$e s$ide is created, t pe the name of the s$ide show in the?c$ic% to add tit$e? bo*!

3! Doub$e c$ic% on the bo* thatsa s ?doub$e c$ic% to addtab$e!? "his wi$$ brin# up a bo*as%in# ou how man rows andco$umns ou wou$d $i%e! 5nder co$umns enter the number of cate#ories ou wish to create/usua$$ 3 or 1! 5nder rowsenter the number of $e'e$s

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ou wou$d $i%e for our quiz /usua$$ 3 or 1 p$us one e*tra row for thecate#or headin#s! (*amp$e+ <n the dia#ram to the ri#ht, < ha'e createda tab$e with cate#ories and 3 $e'e$s /so m tab$e has co$umns and rows1!

! Later on ou wi$$ come bac% to this s$ide and create $in%s from each ofthe numbers /:00, 200, 300 etc under each cate#or 1 to thecorrespondin# prob$em s$ide!

Create question proble! slides

"he ne*t step is to create a s$ide for each question@prob$em! "he format of thiss$ide wi$$ depend on our topic and subAect area! <n m e*amp$e of an frican

i$d$ife quiz, each question s$ide shows a photo#raph of an anima$ or bird!

"hus < chose ?"it$e )n$ ? s$ides && ones that ha'e a space for the s$ide tit$e andthen the rest of the s$ide is b$an%! Important tip: Avoid choosing "Blank"

slides whenever you want to make links among your slides, because even if you type text onto these blank slides, the text will not show up in outline viewof your slides or in the list of slides, so you won't know what is on the slideunless you actually open it. This reason will become more clear below see

section on creating hyperlinks!.

:! Decide on the t pe of s$ides ou wi$$ use and how man s$ides of each%ind ou wi$$ need!

2! ;rom the insert menu /or too$ bar1 se$ect <nsert =ew 7$ide &&> se$ect theformat for our first s$ide /e!#! "it$e )n$ 1!

3! <f ou wi$$ be usin# the same s$ide format for man or a$$ of our s$ides,once ou ha'e created one new s$ide in our chosen format, ou candup$icate it /ma%e as man dup$icates as ou need b c$ic% once on thes$ide /either in out$ine 'iew, s$ide sorter 'iew, or s$ide 'iew1 and thenunder the (dit menu se$ect ?Dup$icate? or use short cut %e s contro$ BD /windows1@ pp$e B D /6ac1![tip+ ou ma want to insert the action buttons described be$ow in 7tep/b1 under Creatin# 4 perLin%s onto this new s$ide, and then dup$icatethis s$ide with the action buttons a$read on it! "his wi$$ sa'e ouha'in# to insert the action buttons as a separate step onto each s$ide]!

! )nce ou ha'e created the number of s$ides that ou need, enter the prob$em or question on the s$ide! 6a%e sure that each s$ide does ha'e atit$e that c$ear$ indicates what is on the s$ide!

Creating answer solution slides

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$thou#h it isn t essentia$, it is usefu$ to create s$ides that show the correctanswer to each of the prob$ems@questions /so that contestants can see thecorrect answer once the ha'e responded1! "o do this+

:! 6a%e a dup$icate of each of the question@prob$em s$ides /b se$ectin#the ori#ina$ s$ide and then (dit &&> dup$icate1

2! <n p$ace of or in additiona$ to the ori#ina$ tit$e on the question@prob$ems$ide, insert the answer@so$ution in the tit$e /if the answer is too $on#,then ha'e %e words re$ated to the answer as part of the s$ide tit$e1!

Creating Hyperlin"s

"o ma%e our quiz interacti'e, ou need to create $in%s /a1 from the tab$e tothe correspondin# question@prob$em s$ides /b1 from the question@prob$em s$ide

bac% to the tab$e /c1 from each question@prob$em s$ide to the correspondin#so$ution s$ide!

#a$ %in"ing fro! the table to the corresponding question proble! slides&

:! )n the tab$e, hi#h$i#ht the first item /item for :00 points under the firstcate#or 1!

2! ;rom the ?7$ide 7how? menu &&> se$ect ? ction settin#s?

3! <n the ction settin#s dia$o# bo* for 6ouse C$ic% &&> se$ect ?4 per$in%

to? &&> this show a pu$$&down menu of choices &&> choose either?7$ide!!!?

! "his wi$$ brin# up another dia$o# bo* that $ists a$$ the s$ides in our presentation accordin# to the tit$e of each s$ide /that is wh it is soimportant to ma%e sure e'er s$ide had a tit$e that indicates c$ear$ whatis on the s$ide1 &&> c$ic% on the s$ide that shows the question@prob$emcorrespondin# to item ou ha'e hi#h$i#hted in our tab$e!

8! C$ic% the ?) ? button &&> this wi$$ show ou the ctions 7ettin#s

dia$o# bo* a#ain, but this time under the ?4 per$in% to? menu the s$ideou ha'e chosen wi$$ be $isted! <f this is correct, c$ic% the ?) ? button/if it isn t correct, repeat step but ma%e the correct s$ide se$ection1!

E! Four first item on our tab$e wi$$ show up as a h per$in% /it wi$$ beunder$ined and in a different co$or1! "o chec% that it wor%s, disp$a our Power Point tab$e in 7$ide 7how 'iew and c$ic% on the h per$in%edword! <t shou$d ta%e ou to the correspondin# question@prob$em s$ide!

G! Hepeat the abo'e steps unti$ a$$ of the items in the quiz tab$e are $in%edto their correspondin# question@prob$em!

#b$ fro! the question proble! and answer slides bac" to the table

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:! )n the question@prob$em s$ide, from the ?7$ide 7how? menu &&> se$ect? ction button? &&> this show a pu$$&down menu of choices &&> Fouma se$ect different options here, dependin# on our preference+

o 'ption ( + choose ?home? &&> this wi$$ turn the cursor into a crosswhich is a drawin# too$! 5se this to draw a button the desiredsize /so this b c$ic%in# and dra##in# dia#ona$$ from top $eftcorner of the bo* ou are drawin# down to the bottom ri#ht ofthe bo*1! "he bo* wi$$ be fi$$ed with the defau$t co$or and show a

picture of a house within the bo*! Fou can chan#e the fi$$ co$or$ater ! Fou can a$so resize and reposition it $ater!

)nce ou ha'e drawn the bo* and re$ease the mouse, adia$o# bo* opens and shows ou that this button wi$$automatica$$ $in% to the first s$ide&&> &&> c$ic% the )

button! [note+ there are other preset choices too if oudon t want to se$ect ?home? && ta%e a $oo% and see whatmeets our needs]'R

o 'ption ) + choose ?Custom? &&> as in )ption : abo'e, this wi$$turn the cursor into a cross which is a drawin# too$! 5se this todraw a button the desired size /so this b c$ic%in# and dra##in#dia#ona$$ from top $eft corner of the bo* ou are drawin# downto the bottom ri#ht of the bo*1! "he bo* wi$$ be fi$$ed with the

defau$t co$or! Fou can chan#e this $ater /b chan#in# fi$$ co$or1!Fou can a$so resize and reposition it $ater!

)nce ou ha'e drawn the bo* and re$ease the mouse, adia$o# bo* opens as%in# what action ou want this buttonto perform &&> se$ect the ?4 per$in% to? radio button, andfrom the drop&down menu se$ect ?7$ide!!? &&> this opens a

bo* showin# ou the s$ides in our presentation &&> se$ectthe one that shows the quiz tab$e &&> when ou do thename of this s$ide wi$$ show up in the dia$o# bo* ne*t to

?4 per$in% to? &&> c$ic% the ) button!2! Heposition and resize the radio button /c$ic% and dra# on border

hand$ebars to resize, or c$ic% in the center of the bo* and dra# the bo*to reposition it1! Position the home button on the same p$ace on a$$question s$ides /usua$$ bottom $eft hand corner1!

3! "o name the button /e*amp$e+ ?home? to indicate that the button ta%esou to the home card or quiz tab$e1, from the drawin# too$ bar &&> se$ect

the te*t bo* too$ &&> c$ic% this in the center of our action button andt pe in the name of the button / ou ma need to resize the bo* or thefont in order to ha'e our te*t fit in the bo*1!

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! )nce ou ha'e created this button once, cop it /c$ic% on it and from?(dit? menu &&> se$ect ?Cop ?1 and paste it onto the same p$ace on a$$question and answer s$ides!

=ote+ <f ou use answer s$ides, ou ma prefer not to ha'e a ?home? button onthe question@prob$em s$ides since ou wi$$ usua$$ #o from thequestion@prob$em s$ide to the answer s$ide and on$ then bac% to the quiztab$e! 4owe'er, < ha'e found it usefu$ to be ab$e to connect bac% to the quizs$ide from the question@prob$em s$ide to #i'e ou the option not to ha'e to #oto the so$ution s$ide /sa'es time if ou find it unnecessar to disp$a theanswer each time1!

#c$ fro! each question proble! slide to the corresponding solution slide*

:! Hepeat the the steps in section /b1, but when ou create the h per$in%,se$ect ?ne*t s$ide? to ta%e ou to the so$ution s$ide /for eachquestion@prob$em s$ide1!

2! =ame this button ?answer? and position it in the desired position/usua$$ bottom or top ri#ht corner1!

3! Hepeat this on a$$ question@prob$em s$ides b cop in# the button and pastin# it in the same p$ace on each question@prob$em s$ides!

+o use the ,eopardy quiz

:! )pen the quiz tab$e and switch to s$ide show 'iew! hen contestantsma%e their se$ection of cate#or and $e'e$, c$ic% on the h per$in% thatcorresponds to their choice &&> this ta%es ou to the question under thatcate#or !

2! hen contestants answer the question correct$ , c$ic% on the ?answer? button so the can confirm the correct answer!