Jeopardy! (The Odyssey Edition!)

Characters Events Epic

ElementsEpic

Terms

Misc.

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Character: 100

•Who the son of Lartes who lived in Ithica?

Character Answer: 100

• Odysseus

• (he’s kind of a big deal)

Character: 200

•Who is the Cyclopes' father and of what two things is he god?

Character Answer: 200

•Poseidon

•Sea & earthquakes

Character: 300

•Who is the evil witch who curses Odyssey’s men and how did she curse them?

Character Answer: 300

•Circe

•Turned them into pigs

Character:400

• Gets very upset when his immortal cattle gets eaten.–(Which is understandable)

Character Answer: 400

• The sun god Helios

Character: 500

• Who foretold Odysseus’ future in the Underworld/ Land of the Dead

Character Answer: 500

•Teiresias

Character: 600

•What is the Cyclopes’ real name?

Character Answer: 600

•Polyphemus

Events: 100

•In what war did Odyssey fight?

Events Answer: 100

•Trojan War–City of Troy

Events: 200

• When the story starts where is Odysseus and how long has he been there?

Events Answer: 200

•Calypso’s Island

•7 years

Events: 300

• Why doesn’t Odysseus just kill the Cyclops when he has the chance?

Events Answer: 300• He and his men would have

been trapped in the cave because they wouldn’t have been able to move the boulder that blocked the opening to the cave.

Events: 400

• Why do the men go back to Circe’s island after the Land of the Dead?

Events Answer: 400

• They need to bury Elpinor (who they find in the Underworld), he died on Circe’s island.

Events: 500

•Circe and Teiresias both warn Odysseus of what?

Events Answer: 500

• That if he and his men eat the cattle of Helios, they will all die and Odysseus won’t see his home for many years.

Events: 600

•What does Helios threaten to do and how does Zeus placate (satisfy) him?

Events Answer:600• Helios threatens to stop the

sun from shining.• Zeus send a lightening bolt

down and kills all of Odysseus’ men and destroys his ship.

Epic Elements: 100• When Odysseus and his crew encounter

the Sirens (whose song puts men in a trance so they can eat them) this would be an example of what epic element?

Epic Elements Answer: 100

• Strange Creatures

Epic Elements: 200• An epic hero should have super

human strength, confidence and _________. (Odysseus displays this last trait many times)

Epic Elements Answer: 200

•Cunning, cleverness or intelligence (any of these are acceptable)

Epic Elements: 300

• Which Archetype does Circe represent with in epic story?

Epic Elements Answer: 300

•Wicked Temptress

Epic Elements: 400• When Hermes tells Odysseus

how to defeat Circe and Poseidon makes it difficult for Odysseus to get home, these are examples of what epic plot element?

Epic Elements Answer: 400

• Divine intervention –(Hero is helped or harmed by the gods)

Epic Elements: 500• One of the elements of an epic is

a strange creature (ie monster). List 3 the monsters Odysseus and his men have encountered thus far.

Epic Elements Answer: 500• Cyclops• Witch • Cannibals• Ghosts• Sirens• Scylla

– (12 tentacles, 6 heads)• Charybdis

– (whirl pool with mouth and sharp teeth)

Epic Elements: 600• List all the epic elements found in

the passage.– The wind and rain raged, but Percy

confidently stepped forward. He had managed to stay alive though the volcano's eruption and the deadly snake pit. He might be in a strange new land, but he was determined to get home.

Epic Elements Answer: 600

–The wind and rain raged, but Percy confidently stepped forward. He had managed to stay alive though the volcano's eruption and the deadly snake pit. He might be in a strange new land, but he was determined to get home.

Epic Terms:100

• This is a fictional story that explains a natural phenomenon (such as weather)

Epic Terms Answer: 100

•Myths!

Epic Terms: 200

•Clues as to the outcome of a situation or event

Epic Terms Answer: 200

•Foreshadowing

Epic Terms: 300

•A long narrative poem about a hero.–we have used this word a lot lately.

Epic Terms Answer: 300

•EPIC!

Epic Terms: 400

• Comparison using like or as…with the world epic at the beginning

Epic Terms Answer: 400

•Epic Simile!

Epic Terms: 500

• What is interesting about how The Odyssey is written?

Epic Terms Answer: 500

• It is not a linear plot. It starts on Calypso’s Island which is more than 7 years after the Trojan War. Odysseus then “flashes back” to the events right after the Trojan War.

Epic Terms: 600• Explain Odyssey’s attitude

towards his crew as they are about to face Charydbis and Scylla.

Epic Terms Answer: 600

• He tries to be motivational to get the crew to keep moving.

Misc:100

•Who is waiting for Odysseus at home and what are their names?

Misc Answer: 100

• Penelope = Wife

• Telemachus = Son

Misc: 200

• Describe the choice Odysseus has to make when sailing between Scylla and Charybdis.

Misc Answer: 200

• Scylla= 6 men would definitely die.

• Charydbis= all would die.

Misc: 300

•What did Odysseus use to attract the ghosts in the underworld?

Misc. Answer: 300

•The blood of a slaughtered animal, the ghosts like to drink it.

Misc: 400• Fill in the blanks:

Leaves the city of Troy

Lands on King Alcinous’ island and tells

his story.

Attack Cicones (Troy’s ally) lose 72 men

_________

_________

Land on Circe’s island. She turns them

to pigs

Go to the Underworld

_________

Island of Helios, Men eat cattle

_________

Misc Answer: 400• Fill in the blanks:

Leaves the city of Troy

Lands on King Alcinous’ island and tells

his story.

Attack Cicones (Troy’s ally) lose 72 men

Island with the Cyclops

Land on Circe’s island. She turns them

to pigs

Go to the Underworld

Scylla and Charydbis

Island of Helios, Men eat cattle

Island of Calypso

Island of the lotus eaters

Misc: 500

• Give the class your best “hero” pose, starting….NOW!

Misc Answer: 500

•Visual judgment of class needed.

Misc: 600

•Spell your current English teacher’s first and last name.

Misc Answer: 600

•Kirsten Clendenin