3 Chord Thursday Jeopardy Game

On Thursday 29th December 2022, the last Zoom session of the year, we invite you to our annual ukulele jeopardy game. There are prizes to be won, not necessarily all by the winning team. At some point, if you decide your team cannot win, you may have to choose to lose.

We met on Thursday 5th January 2022 to announce the prize distribution after the warm-up lesson of chord choreography. We introduced the new themes for 2023 and explained how to participate actively or passively in 3 Chord Thursday.

Who can participate in the game, in one of the five teams, and get a chance at winning a prize? Everyone who already has the Zoom link, either as paid subscribers to 3 Chord Thursday, registered students in Autumn 2022, or purchasers of books (including Fun with Uke) who filled out the Autumn 2022 Registration Form can actively participate.

Everyone else can WATCH!

WHO WON? WHO LOST? WHO PLAYED?

Host: Anne Ku (MA)
Cohosts: Dale and Janice (MA)

Team name, final score, members (locations):

Green Christmas 2300

• Bruce (IT)
• Tricia (MA)
• Elizabeth (NS)

Divines 1700

• Ali (CA)
• Lyn (CA) – who normally lives near Boston
• Amanda (MA)

Gukes (pronounced “jukes”) 1300

• Ginny (NJ)
• Maureen (MA)
• Sherri (OR)

Melody Maidens 1200

• Jeannie (MA)
• Rose Marie (KS)
• Debbie (HI)

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Participants are requested to enter Zoom BEFORE 3 PM EST to get randomly assigned into one of five teams. You will get to know each other in the breakout rooms.

1. Choose a team name (short and sweet)
2. Choose a spokesperson for the team
3. Figure out how to communicate with one another during the game (e.g. via a Whatsapp Group, via TEXT, Facebook Messenger)
4. Learn about each other’s strengths and weaknesses: chord vocabulary, singing ability, knowledge of songs, music theory, etc.
5. Finish a short crossword puzzle together

Rules of the Game

1. The starting team will be the one whose name is randomly drawn from a hat.
2. The team spokesperson chooses one of the five categories (starting at 100 points). The questions in each category must be answered from the top (the lowest number of points).
3. If the team answers correctly, it scores and gets to go again. On the second turn, once answered correctly and the team scores, the turn passes to the next team (drawn out of a hat). The next team can choose the next question in the same category or a different category starting at the top (the lowest number of points).
4. If the answer is wrong, the points will be deducted from the team’s score.

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As soon as you donate a prize (minimum value $30) to this annual game, you will be added to the 3 Chord Thursday subscriber list and receive e-mails of the Zoom link to participate in upcoming song sessions in 2022.

BONUS! Order a PDF of the new book “Fun with Uke” with 24 nursery rhymes and illustrations — and you get to participate in the game. Don’t WAIT!

The five categories (in alphabetical order) are

• Chords
• Pluck —-> changed to PLAY
• (@12/28/22)
• Songs
• Theory —-> changed to TRIVIA (@12/28/22)
• Ukulele

Prizes

• Winning Group gets Group Caricature by Eve Myles
• A full-tuition scholarship to a music course (taught by Anne Ku) of your choice for Winter 2023 (January – March 2023) or to be given to someone you choose. The full tuition scholarship can also be split into partial scholarships between two or more people. The losing team elects a member or members to receive this scholarship. Excludes ones offered through adult community ed. (Value $250)
• An entire month of Tuesday & Thursday morning (9 – 9:45 am EST) fitness classes in Zoom with Jen Bross for all members of the winning team. (Value $200)
• Voucher towards tuition or instrument purchase (from Anne Ku) – Ali Smilgis (Value $100)
• Harmonica class in Zoom with Paul Malaspina
• French song lesson in Zoom with Lyn Gardner (50 minutes)
• Individual voice coaching session in Zoom with Bruce Boreham
• HOHNER ‘Special 20’ harmonica – key of ‘C’ – Ginny Smith (Value $55.00)
• CDs from Hot Steel & Cool Ukulele (Erich Sylverster’s band)
• Sin of Certainty CD of my singer-songwriter niece, Sadie Gustafson-Zook – Rose Marie Barber (Note: Sadie Gustafson-Zook performs at Club Passim in Cambridge, MA on 17th Feb 2023)
• Handmade leis from yarn – Mark Segelman, leader of Ukulele Rebellion (ukulele club in San Francisco) (Value $25-$30 each)
• Ticket to concert of Jeff Peterson – Debbie Fong
• Products made from fresh fruit from Maui – Debbie Fong

Previous jeopardy prizes included full scholarship tuition (elected member of the winning team), kazoos, harmonica, music books, ukulele T-shirt of your choice, workshops on playing the harmonica, voice, fitness, drumming, concert tickets, and more! Donate your prize via this Google FORM. We invite you to share your expertise in a group class in Zoom, give individual consultations, give Amazon gift vouchers, donate airmiles you can’t use, or give anything else that may be of value to others. See the previous jeopardy game.

What is Ukulele Jeopardy?

The late Alex Trebek (video tribute below) made this popular televised game an exercise in mental gymnastics. We adapted it for group collaboration, especially in spontaneous communication with other members of your team in Zoom, such as with people you’ve never met or interacted with in your life. We have categories like chords, technique, terminology, songs, and other trivia.

Learn the different ways to play (pluck, strum) and modulate the famous Jeopardy Game tune called “Think!” (Download 4-page PDF of four different versions) and choose one that you like. Watch the video below for inspiration. Anyone who has subscribed to 3 Chord Thursday and received a Zoom link can participate.

Previous jeopardy games

Play the annual ukulele jeopardy game of 3 Chord Thursday by subscribing via the Autumn 2022 Registration Form. Everyone taking a paid music class with Anne Ku or has ordered two or more books will automatically considered a subscriber 3 Chord Thursday which is a virtual stage. As soon as you donate a prize for the game, you will be added to the 3 Chord Thursday subscription list. For this game, we will give non-subscribers the new Zoom link to watch but not play the game.

All sessions will be livestreamed and recorded for review purposes. You can switch off your webcam if you don’t want to be seen. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel to get e-mail notification of the livesream recording. After the session ends, the livestream video will get UNLISTED. Only session participants and YouTube Channel subscribers will have the video link in their e-mails.

Don’t Forget Your Sunglasses!