A Homemade PowerPoint Game

By

Whitney Harrell

Cedar Shoals High School

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The Story of the “Troll’s Curse”Once upon a time there lived a princess. She lived happily in her

castle, and all the people adored her. But one day, an angry Troll came to town and accused the princess of stealing his magical recipe book. Well all of the town’s people were shocked as was the princess herself. She knew she hadn’t done what this creature had accused her of.

Well, the troll immediately put a curse on her and ran back into the dark woods from whence he came. He made her words all come out backwards and no one could understand her. This was obviously a problem. The Princess couldn’t go around talking backwards! A few days later the King sent for the Troll to seek help and forgiveness.

The Troll came and when asked if there was any way to reverse this terrible curse he responded, “I have 15 riddles for you. If you and your townspeople are smart enough to answer 10 correctly, your Princess will be ok and back to her old self.” And then the Troll was gone again. Can the Princess be fixed in time before it becomes permanent? It’s up to you.

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Game Directions

The goal of the game is to…Save the Princess! She is talking backwards and it

must be reversed before it becomes permanent.

To play the game you have to…Read the riddles the Troll has given and choose the

correct answer

To win the game you have to…Answer 10 out of 15 riddles correctly. BE SURE

TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY YOU GET RIGHT!.

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Game Preparation

• On a scratch sheet of paper keep track of how many riddles you guess right.

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CreditsAll teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game

at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.

• Originally designed by Whitney Harrell, Cedar Shoals High School, December 3, 2004 “The Troll’s Curse”.

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Educational Objectives

• Audience– Anyone from 5th graders to high school students.

• Subject Area Objectives– Students will be able to exercise their brain with these brain-teasing

riddles

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Copyright

• Copyright 2003 Whitney Harrell

• Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers of non-profit schools.

• Permission is also granted to all teachers of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.

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Time to play “The Troll’s Curse”!• Click on the “Start” button to begin

• The slides will guide you on your journey!

• Be sure to keep track of how many you get right…..And be fair!

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What’s better than God

Worse than the devil

The poor have it and

The rich need it?

What’s better than God

Worse than the devil

The poor have it and

The rich need it?

Money

Love

Nothing

Food

Cold as death, lives without breathCold as death, lives without breathAlways drinking, never sleepingAlways drinking, never sleeping

All in mail, never clinkingAll in mail, never clinking

A drunk man

A sinkA sink

fish

iceice

Billy was a little farmer boy and owned 300 cows. One day Billy bought 12 more cows, sold 18, killed 5, and bought 15 more. A drought came along and all but 3 cows died. How many cows does Billy own now?

15 cows

300 cows

3 cows 1 cow

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled

peppers did Peter Piper pick?

Many pickled peppers

A peckHe didn’t pick any peppers

There is no answer

What has a bunch of What has a bunch of holes but holds a holes but holds a bunch of water.bunch of water.

A wooden bucket

The ground

Sewage system

A sponge

Solve:

Box THINK

Box thinker Think ‘BOXES’

Think outside the box

What’s the only thing that when

in the water,

does not get wet?Wax Rain

Shadow Oil

When WET

IF A WOODCHUCK CHUCKED SOME WOOD – HOW MUCH WOOD DID A WOODCHUCK CHUCK IF A WOODCHUCK CHUCKED SOME WOOD?

A lot of wood

some

It doesn’t say

He didn’t really chuck any wood

JENNI AND TWO OF HER FRIENDS DECIDED TO GO TO THE LAKE FOR A WEEKEND. WELL, THEY ALL DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO CROSS THE LAKE. THIS LAKE WAS BEAUTIFUL! IT HAD CLEAR WATER, NICE SANDS, WARM SUN, A BRIDGE, OPEN SUNBATHING ISLANDS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU COUD THINK OF. SO IT CAME TIME FOR THEM TO CROSS THE LAKE. JENNI’S FRIEND, LISA SWAM ACROSS, JENNI’S OTHER FRIEND, TINA BUILT HER A BOAT AND FLOATED ACROSS. HOW DID JENNI GET ACROSS?

the bridge

swam

Tina’s boat Built her

own boat

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WRONG

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How many birth days does the average man

have?1

35 2

76

If there are 5 apples on the counter and you take away 2, how many do you have?

7

2

5

3

If, having only one match, on If, having only one match, on a freezing winter day, you a freezing winter day, you entered a room which entered a room which contained a lamp, a kerosene contained a lamp, a kerosene heater, and a wood burning heater, and a wood burning stove, which should you light stove, which should you light first.first.

Lamp

Wood burningstove

Match

Kerosene heater

Which room has no door, no windows, no floor and no roof?

No such thing

Mushroom

No room

Outside

Why can't you take a Why can't you take a picture of a woman picture of a woman with hair curlers? with hair curlers?

You need a camera

The curlers are toobig

You have to wait tillShe takes them out

She’s ugly

How How many many times times

can you can you subtract subtract 6 from 6 from

30?30?

TWICE

0 TIMES

ONCE

FIVE TIMES

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Nothing

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FISHNext Riddle

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3 COWS

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A PECKA PECK

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SPONGE

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“Think outside the box”

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A ShadowA Shadow

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somesome

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The BRIDGE

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ONE

you are born only one day but have many Birthdays!

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2 apples

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THE THE MATCHMATCH

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A A mushroomushroo

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You can't take a picture with hair curlers you need a camera!

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Almost there…

Only onceOnly once—after that it is —after that it is no longer 30!no longer 30!

Click here to move on…..

If you got 10 our of the15 riddles correct,

Click here.

If you did not get atLeast 10 riddles correct,

Click here.

YOU WON!!!YOU WON!!!

You saved the princess You saved the princess from the curse of the from the curse of the

troll!!!troll!!!

YOU LOSE!!!YOU LOSE!!!

The princess will be cursed forever.The princess will be cursed forever.