This fun Halloween Jeopardy game is perfect for your next Halloween party! Filled with Halloween Jeopardy questions in all sorts of categories from Halloween songs to Halloween treats, there are questions for everyone!
Jeopardy is one of the longest running game shows for good reason – contestants answering simple trivia questions to earn points is just fun to watch (and play). And it’s one of my favorite games to recreate like I did with my Christmas Jeopardy and baby shower Jeopardy!
This Halloween Jeopardy game is played just like the actual game show except no real money is involved of course. Players choose questions from the board and have to come up with the answers to win (or lose) points.
Last year I shared two different versions of Halloween Jeopardy – one that was easier for teens and one that was a little more challenging for adults – and it was so popular I decided to make a third set that is kind of a mix of the two this year. Perfect for anyone who played last year’s game and wants to play again with different questions!
So make up a batch of these Halloween rice krispy treats or one of these Halloween snack boards and get ready to play!
New!
You can still download all of the games and questions at the bottom of this post for free, but new this year, I created workable PowerPoint templates for all the games that you can buy in my shop to go along with the games! You can even watch this video of the templates in action before buy.
How to Play Halloween Jeopardy
Depending on who you’re playing this with, there are a couple of different ways you could use these Halloween Jeopardy questions and answers.
Decide on Teams
The first thing you need to do is figure out your group size and the logistics of how to play with your group.
- Small group (up to 5 people) – have everyone play individually and play just like the regular game show.
- Medium group (6-20 people) – split into teams of 2-4 players each and have the teams work together to answer the questions and play. Just try to stick to five teams or less!
- Large group (21+ people) – have everyone play individually and just hand out treats, prizes, etc. for answering individual questions. Alternately, you could just play like the normal game (I recommend skipping the daily double and final Jeopardy) and have people keep track of their individual scores.
If you’re playing with a small group or a medium group split into teams, give each team a buzzer. I recommend having teams rotate who is manning the buzzer every question or every few questions so everyone gets a chance. Or just have the buzzer available to the entire team and anyone can buzz in for the team.
I love these buzzers because they make different sounds so it’s easy to hear which one buzzed in first (since we’re not as professional as the actual game show) or you could also just have people raise their hand.
Tip!
Have an assistant help you! If you’re hosting and asking the questions, have one other person who can help you determine the order of the buzzers since you’ll likely be focused on asking the question. That person can also help keep score!
Start Your Halloween Jeopardy Game
Start the game by reading the $200 question in the first column on your board (it might be different depending on how you laid out your categories). In our game, it was I Want To Drink Your Blood for $200.
The first team to hit their buzzer gets to answer the question. If they answer correctly, they win the money for their team AND they gain control of the board and get to choose the next question.
If they answer incorrectly, they lose the value of the question from their score and the other teams can then buzz in again to try and answer the question.
Teams only get one chance to answer the question and teams who don’t buzz in don’t have to guess (since they’ll lose points if they answer incorrectly). If a team doesn’t buzz in within five seconds, no one gets to answer and you can tell them the answer to the question and the person who was previously in control of the board chooses the next question.
Note!
Just like in real Jeopardy, all answers are technically in the form of a question. It’s part of what makes Jeopardy fun, but it’s up to you how much of a stickler you want to be with answering in the form of a question. I personally like to do it with adults but am a little more lenient when it comes to playing with teens and kids.
Play Through All The Jeopardy Questions
Whoever gives the correct response first wins control of the board, which means that they choose the next question. They have to choose both a question category (e.g., Halloween Music) AND a value that they want.
Remove that-post it note from the board once it’s asked so that people know which questions are still up on the board! That’s why I love the post-it note Jeopardy board, it allows people to see quickly what’s left.
Read the question that corresponds with the value and category they chose (e.g., Halloween Music for $800) and start the process again – whoever buzzes in first and answers correctly wins those points.
Keep going until you’ve gotten through all of the questions in the initial Jeopardy round then set up the board to play Double Jeopardy
Play Double Jeopardy
If you have time and want to play double Jeopardy, you’ll need to setup the board all over again (or bring out a board you’ve previously created). The big difference here is that the values are doubled so your Double Jeopardy board should have the following values:
- $400
- $800
- $1200
- $1600
- $2000
Double Jeopardy Note
There has been some confusion in the past about Double Jeopardy because the printables only includes one set of $400 and $800 sheets – you need to print these out twice if you’re creating a second board OR just reuse them for Double Jeopardy.
Double Jeopardy is played the exact same way as the first round of Jeopardy – the only difference is the values for each question is doubled, hence the Double Jeopardy name! Play all the way through all of the questions then move onto Final Jeopardy!
Daily Doubles
If you’d like to use Daily Doubles, I have flagged a couple of questions in the game to use as Daily Doubles in both the first round and second round questions. You can also choose your own if you’d prefer!
If someone choose a question that is a Daily Double, only they will be participating in the question (this works best if you’re playing with a small or medium group).
The contestant who chose the daily double chooses how much money they’re going to wager on the question. They can wager any amount of money (in increments of $200) up to the amount of money they currently have. So if they have $2000, they can wager anywhere up to $2000. If they have $10,000 they can wager up to $10,000.
That person gets asked the question and if they answer correctly in five seconds, they win the amount they wagered. If they get it incorrect, they lose the amount they wagered (and yes, you can go negative).
Play Final Jeopardy
The last part of a game of Jeopardy is called Final Jeopardy and it’s one single question. While I have included this in my game sets, it’s totally optional if you actually want to do it or not!
For final Jeopardy, read players the category only. Once you read them the category, they should write down how much they want to wager based on the category. They can wager up to the amount they have in their bank!
Once they’re written down their wagers, read them the question and give them one minute to write down their answer to the question. Play the Jeopardy theme song music here if you want to make it even more fun!
When the time is up, tell them the answer of the question and see what people answered and what they wagered. If they got the question correct, they win that amount. If they got it incorrect, they lose that amount.
Note!
Jeopardy is typically played in three rounds – Jeopardy, Double Jeopardy (question values are doubled), and Final Jeopardy. You can choose to play one, two, or all of these rounds of Halloween Jeopardy depending on the amount of time you have, your players, and your situation.
How to Win Jeopardy
The winner is the person at the end of all three rounds with the highest number of money earned. Or if you’re playing with teams, use the team’s score instead and the team with the highest total points wins!
Don’t forget to give the winning player or team a prize – everyone loves prizes!
How to Make A Jeopardy Board
I love making Jeopardy boards out of post-it notes because they’re so simple to make! I figured this out you could print on post-it notes about a year ago and have been obsessed with doing it since.
I created a set of printables for you to create your very own post-it note Jeopardy board at home if you want, complete with Jeopardy categories that go with my questions and answer sets.
You’ll need:
- Foam Board – you could also use cardboard or just put this up on a blackboard
- Post-it notes – I like to use Halloween colors but you can use whatever you have! You’ll need 36 total Post-It Notes for the initial board and a few less for the Double Jeopardy board (you can reuse the $400 and $800 post-its).
- Printable category and amount labels – get those at the bottom of this post!
- Markers or letters – I always like to write Halloween Jeopardy on the top of the board but you could also not so you can reuse it for something else!
How to make a Post-It Note Jeopardy board
- Start by printing out a copy of the blank Jeopardy printouts sheet (the one with the boxes). You can print as many as you want or just one and use that one over and over again (like I did).
- Add your Halloween colored 3×3 post-it notes to the boxes, sticky side down. You can use whatever color post-it notes you want, I just like the Halloween look!
- Put that paper back into your printer, making sure to load it correctly so that the post-it notes will be printed on. And make sure your post-it notes are all pressed down firmly so they don’t get caught in the printer.
- Print the first sheet of values and they’ll print right on top of the post-it notes. Repeat for the rest of the value sheets and the category cards that go with the game you’re playing.
- Hang all of those post-it notes on a foam board, up on a wall (they won’t hurt the wall), or on something like a chalkboard or white board.
If you want to do daily doubles on the post-its, you could also add a star or something under the post-it before you put it on the wall, but I didn’t want to write on mine so I can reuse them.
And that’s it, you have your Jeopardy board all ready to go! When you’re ready for Double Jeopardy, just take down the categories (all of the value post-its will already be gone) and setup your Double Jeopardy board. Or if you want to do it ahead of time, you could always just add them to the back of your foam board.
Tip!
If you want to use this as one of your Halloween classroom activities, you could totally just write the numbers on squares on a chalkboard or white erase board too! It’s fun to do the actual print outs but I’m sure students won’t care if your entire game board is drawn rather than printed!
Halloween Jeopardy FAQs
Can Halloween Jeopardy end in a tie?
Jeopardy can’t end in a tie. If there’s a tie, use one of the questions from the other Jeopardy game set (I recommend a $1000 or $2000 one) and whoever buzzes in first out of the people tied wins.
Can you play Jeopardy without buzzers?
I highly recommend the buzzers just to make it as easy as possible for you to see who buzzed in first but some other options would be to have an item that people have to grab (like I do in these party games for adults), have people raise their hand (this is tough to see the fastest), or have people yell their name when they want to buzz in.
Do you have a PowerPoint presentation of the game?
I have PowerPoint templates of all three versions of the Halloween Jeopardy games that you can purchase in my shop here.
Halloween Jeopardy Questions and Answers
I’ve created three complete Halloween Jeopardy games complete with questions, answers, daily doubles, and final Jeopardy questions.
I’m not going to list all the questions and answers here, you can download those at the bottom of this post, but here are a couple of examples of the Halloween Jeopardy questions and answers you’ll find in the download. There are questions about everything from vampires to Halloween party songs!
- Movies with Witches for $200 – Rhyming movie about a trio of witches. (What is Hocus Pocus?)
- The Monster Mash for $400 – Decade when the Monster Mash was first a #1 hit. (What is the 1960’s?)
- I Want To Drink Your Blood for $800 – Fictional town that’s the setting of the TV series Vampire Diaries (What is Mystic Falls?)
- A Potter Halloween for $1600 – First Harry Potter book that mentions Halloween. (What is A Sorcerer’s Stone?)
- Halloween Traditions for $2000 – Lunar event that only occurs every 18 or 19 years on Halloween (What is a Full Moon?)
Extra Halloween Questions
If you need more Halloween Jeopardy questions, you could also use questions out this fun Halloween trivia game! Or make a category of Halloween lyrics and use the lyrics from this Halloween name that tune game!
More Halloween Games
If you like this Halloween Jeopardy game, make sure to check out these other fun Halloween games too!
- Halloween games for teens – a post full of hilarious games for teens and adults all in one big tournament style!
- Halloween bingo – another classic game with a Halloween twist! Or if you want a version for younger kids, this monster match game would be great too!
- Halloween scavenger hunt – tons of riddles to send kids on a not so spooky scavenger hunt!
- Halloween ghostbusters game – this one’s always a hit with any age!
- Halloween family feud – another classic game show turned a Halloween hit!
Download the Halloween Jeopardy Game
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As a reminder, the PDF will include:
- DIY Jeopardy Board printables and instructions
- (3) sets of Halloween Jeopardy game questions – regular and double Jeopardy for all three
- Final Jeopardy and Daily Double Questions for all three games
The PDF will NOT include the PowerPoint templates. If you’d like to get the PowerPoint templates for the three games, you can purchase those in my shop here.
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