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HAWAIIAN JEOPARDY GAME for the entire ‘ohana

Challenge yourself and others and increase your knowledge of Hawaiian language, culture, history and traditions.

MAOPOPO?Do you know?

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RULESIf a group is playing, three people should administer the game. The Host introduces the game, reads the categories and clues, and judges the answers. The Scorekeeper keeps score for all players. A correct response earns the player the value of the clue. If the answer is incorrect, the value is subtracted from their score. The Game Operator runs the game board and identifies the first player to raise his/her hand. Clue values range from $100 - $500 and are hyperlinked to a corresponding clue. A second click on the screen displays the answer. Once the answer has been displayed, click on “Home” to go back to game board (Slide 4).

NĀ MEA KANUHAWAIIAN PLANTS

This Jeopardy Game tests your knowledge of Hawaiian plants. Each clue searches for the name of a plant used by Hawaiians from the earliest times to the present. There are four categories to chose from: food, medicine, hula and fruits, which are arranged according to difficulty. Let’s play!

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Kalo

Plant considered older brother of Hawaiians and eaten as primary staple from earliest times to the present. Starchy root is pounded into poi, and leaves eaten as lūʻau. From a single ancestor , our kūpuna cultivated over 300 varieties, only about 60 are still grown today. Kinolau of Kāne.

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Pōpolo

Herb with small black edible berries and small white flowers. The smooth, round black berries are valued as medicine. The ovate leaves and young shoots are eaten as greens. Plant also used in ceremonies. Name sometimes used to refer to black people. Kinolau of Kāne.

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Ipu

Wide-spreading vine, with large-angled or lobed leaves and white, night blooming flowers. Smooth light green fruits fashioned into hula drums and rattles. Also used as receptacle, to hold water, food, kapa and other articles. Kinolau of Lono.

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Niu

Tree whose fruits are considered springs situated in the air. Fruits also used for food, especially desserts, and oil. Shell is used for cups, hula instruments and more. Trunk and leaves also have many uses. Kinolau of Kū.

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‘Ulu

Beautiful tree grown for its edible fruits, which are an important staple and can be steamed, baked or boiled. Fruits are light green, round or oblong, and can weigh up to 8 pounds. Wood is prized for poi boards and food platters, bowls, surfboards and more. Leaves are large and often used in quilt designs and prints. Kinolau of Kū.

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Māmaki

Small native tree, often more of a bush, with broad white-backed leaves and white mulberry-like fruit. Leaves are dried and used as medicinal tea for colds and to keep in general good health. Bark can be used to create a fiber that is much coarser than kapa made from wauke. Kinolau of Lono.

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‘Ohe

Tall, green reed, which yellows when it dries and is used to make nose flutes and other hula instruments like kā’eke’eke and pū’ili. Also used as water container, pipes, hoses, and as tubes. Kinolau of Kāne.

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Mai’a

Tree with yellow, sweet fruits, growing in bunches. Most varieties eaten raw, some need to be cooked. All varieties, except those with orange flesh like the iholena and pōpō’ula, were kapu to women in ancient times. Considered bad luck in relation to fishing. Kinolau of Kanaloa.

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Hō’i’o

Large native fern with subdivided fronds. Young shoots are eaten raw, mixed with raw fresh-water shrimps, salted salmon, sardines, tomatoes and onions. Only Orientals cook this fern, which is called pohole on Maui. Grows well in swampy soil and rainy areas.

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‘Awa

Shrub with green or black jointed stems and heart-shaped leaves. Root is source of a narcotic drink used as medicine and in ceremonies as offering to the gods. Prepared formerly by chewing, now by pounding or grinding root and mixing it with water. Kinolau of Kāne, but appropriate ho’okupu to all deities and on all occasions.

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Palapalai

Native fern growing wild and cultivated with lacy, ovate, somewhat hairy fronds. Because of its graceful movement often used as lei or part of lei by hula dancers. One of the important plants placed on the hula altar to Laka, goddess of hula; famous in song. Kinolau of Laka.

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‘Ōhi’a ‘Ai

Name of tree that bears juicy pear-shaped fruits with large seed in center. Fruits bruise easily and are eaten raw like apples. Fruits and blossoms are either pinkish-red or white. Flowers resemble lehua blossoms. Kinolau of Kū.

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‘Uala

Wide-spreading vine, with heart-shaped leaves and pinkish-lavender flowers. Tuberous roots are a valuable food and vary greatly in color and shape. Though of South American origin, the plant has been a Hawaiian staple food since ancient times. Kinolau of Lono.

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‘Ōlena

A kind of ginger with thick, yellow-orange underground stems widely used medicinally for earache, sinus problems and lung trouble. Makes a strong yellow dye to color cloth and kapa. Used as spice around the world. Cluster of large leaves and beautiful white flowers which sleep during the winter time.

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Maile

Native twining forest shrub with shiny, very fragrant oval leaves highly prized for lei and decorations. One of five standard plants used on Laka’s altar. Four types are differentiated by leaf size and shape and believed to be plant forms of four sisters considered goddesses of hula, who can also take on human form. Kinolau of Laka.

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‘Ōhelo

Small native shrub, in the cranberry family, with many branches of small, rounded leaves, Round, red or yellow berries are edible raw or cooked for sauce or jam. Fruiting branches are thrown as offerings to Pele into fiery pit at Kīlauea. Wind-dried leaves used for tea. Kinolau of Pele.

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Kī

Woody plant with slender, ringed stem and clusters of dark-green narrow-oblong leaves used to wrap food and offerings, provide protection from spirits and purify wearer. Also used for hula skirts, lei, sandals, rain capes, house thatch and more. Thick, sweet roots baked for food or distilled for ‘okole hao.

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‘Uhaloa

Small, downy weed with ovate leaves, small, clustered yellow flowers and long brown roots, which needs very little water. Leaves and inner bark of root are very bitter and used as medicine for tea or chewed raw to relieve sore throat. Kinolau of Kama-puaʻa.

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‘Ie’ie

Endemic woody, branching climber growing in native upland forests. Ringed stems end in tufts of long, narrow, spiny leaves, with flowers borne on cylindrical spikes surrounded by leafy orange bracts. One of five plants used on the hula altar. Also used to weave baskets, helmets and fishtraps. Kinolau of Laka.

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‘Ākala

Two species of endemic edible berries which grow in open areas in forests. One has red and one has red or yellow fruits, which are eaten raw. Juice produces a pink dye. Ashes used as medicine for scaly scalp, heartburn and vomiting.

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