Questions for Hollywood Squares Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun Edition

Questions for Square One:

  1. The device I am thinking of is made from a flexible rod with a leather strap attached and is used for striking something or someone, what is it? (Whip)
  2. What did a Fieldhand do? (A slave that worked in the fields picking cotton or other manual labor.)
  3. If I tell you that this question is Urgent, what does that mean? (It is important, calling for a quick response or action.)

Questions for Square Two:

  1. What do you call a public sale where items are sold one at a time to the person willing to pay the most money? (Auction)
  2. What does the word Fraud mean? (To trick someone, to cheat or to lie. To claim something that is not true.)
  3. A system set up to help slaves escape to the Free Northern States or Canada was known as what? (The Underground Railroad)

Questions for Square Three:

  1. What is Freedom? (The state of being free; to be your own boss.)
  2. What did the slaves receive as punishment for misbehavior? (Lashes from a whip)
  3. I am astonished! What does that mean? (Filled with sudden wonder or great surprise.)

Questions for Square Four:

  1. What term did people use for African American’s during the time of Slavery that is considered offensive now? (Colordeds)
  2. What is a Namesake? (Someone that has the same name as another person, a person that was named after someone else.)
  3. If you lived in the Big House, who were you? (The slave owner or a member of his family.)

Questions for Square Five:

  1. What is the word for a group of people associated in some way, usually a part of organized crime? (Gang)
  2. Who was the overseer on the Plantation? (Someone who watched the slaves to ensure they were working hard, usually a poor white employee or a very trusted black slave.)
  3. If you make me coffee or tea from part of a plant that you soak in water, what are you doing? (Brewing)

Questions for Square Six:

  1. Describe a Drawl. (A slow manner of speaking, a drawing out of vowels.)
  2. An estate where crops are grown, typically cotton, is called what? (A Plantation.)
  3. What is a Coffel? (A group of slaves fastened together by chains in a line.)

Questions for Square Seven:

  1. The practice of owning slaves is also called what? (Slavery)
  2. Describe a Pistol. (A small gun made to be fired with one hand.)
  3. The end of the world is near!! Everything will end, it will be very bad!! What am I telling you about? (Doomsday)

Questions for Square Eight:

  1. What is the definition for the word Slave? (A person that is owned by another, who does labor without pay)
  2. If I am looking at you with my eyes partially shut, you would say I am doing what? (Squinting)
  3. Who were Paddy-Rollers? (Men who patrolled slaves, watching for those trying to escape.)

Questions for Square Nine:

  1. What is the name of a person who sellsthings at an auction, usually by speaking very quickly while selling? (Auctioneer)
  2. If I tell you that I am trembling, what am I doing and why might I be doing it? (Shaking involuntarily from cold, fear, excitement or exhaustion.)
  3. What is a Suburb? (A residential district on the edges of a large city, sometimes considered a separate town.)