Nine New Jeopardy Boards, and a Completely Rebuilt Game

Nine Jeopardy games are live this week in a new category: Jeopardy General English. The board, clue panel, and scoring strip have all been rebuilt. Intermediate Set 2 is free and requires no account. The other eight sets are for subscribers.

Why General English is its own category

Thirty-two Jeopardy games already sit in the Traditional category, and they are staying there on the original layout. Putting nine rebuilt games beside them would have meant two very different experiences under one label. General English is a clean break: every game in it runs on the new board, and everything added to it from here will too.

Nine games across three levels

Three sets sit at each level: Beginner (A1–A2), Intermediate (B1–B2), Advanced (C1–C2). Every game holds five categories of four clues, $100 to $400 — twenty to a board, 180 across the nine sets. Categories change from set to set: Confusing Words and At the Hotel on one intermediate board, Nuance & Register on an advanced one. If a category does not suit your class, Edit Game Board opens the set for rewriting: categories, clues, and answers.

How a clue plays

Tap a dollar value and the panel opens with the audio ready, so students hear the clue before they see it. Show Question puts the text on screen; Show Answer reveals the solution. One $200 clue under At the Hotel asks the class to finish "Does the price ___ breakfast?" Students guess, and the word include appears beneath the question. Nothing is multiple choice, so the word has to come from the room. Twenty clues is more than most lessons need. Set a limit of eight or ten and leave the rest for next time.

Teams, and the judgment the board leaves to you

Add teams below the board and move scores with the plus and minus buttons. Nothing else is automated. The board does not decide who spoke first or whether an answer was close enough — which matters in a language classroom, where students constantly produce something correct but phrased nowhere near the model answer. The points supply the competition. You supply the judgment. Final Jeopardy sits in the top bar: the category appears alone, and teams bet against their totals before seeing the clue. A team that has trailed all game can win it on one bet.

Print it or send it home

The Worksheet button opens a printable version, every question under its category heading with a line to write on. Two toggles add an answer bank or an answer key, so one sheet serves as practice or marking. The layout is responsive, so a board built for a projector opens just as cleanly on a phone. Start a set in class and send the rest home: students already know the categories and the format, so nothing needs explaining twice.

Ten minutes as a warm-up, or a full period with teams and a Final Jeopardy finish. The nine sets are the material. The rebuilt board is the reason it runs.

Pick a level, add your teams, and choose a square.

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