jphafner/physicsjeopardy

physicsJeopardy

This is my attempt at making a comprehensive database for physics themed questions for Jeopardy.

Jeopardy Labs

Rules

There are three rounds, Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy! and Final Jeopardy!

Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! differ in point values. Final Jeopardy has a single question and answer

Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! have one and two Daily Doubles, respectively.

Post reflection rules

Only one team is allowed to answer If correct, + 100% of points If wrong, - 50% of points

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_aversion

Example question

A: this is the speedomerer reading of a car that passws 3 marsker on the interstate in 24 minutes Q: what is 73 mph?

Why Use Jeopardy

Test-Enhanced Learning Henry L. Roediger, III, and Jeffrey D. Karpicke Psychological Science, volume 17, number 3 page 249 learninglab.psych.purdue.edu

• https://web.phys.ksu.edu/papers/2006/cui_perc2006.pdf
• http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.19233
• http://pum.rutgers.edu/textbook.php
• http://paer.rutgers.edu/pum/math.php