Jeopardy The Odyssey by Homer
Monsters!Who am I?Gods and Goddesses Gotta Love the Epic! Extra! $100 $200 $300 $400 $500
Monsters! for $100 Odysseus must use intelligence to escape this incredibly large monster, or he will become an appetizer. Slide 2
Monsters! for $200 Only a visit to the land of these will you receive a flower that will make you not wish to return home. Slide 2
Monsters! for $300 Go this route, and this monster will kill six of your men! Slide 2
Monsters! for $400 Go this route, and the threat of Odysseus losing all of his men is present. Slide 2
Monsters! for $500 These creatures, part woman and part bird, use songs to lure sailors to their death. Slide 2
Who am I? for $100 The name of Odysseus’ wife Slide 2
Who am I? for $200 The king of the Phaeacians; Odysseus tells him stories of his adventures from Book 9 through Book 12. Slide 2
Who am I? for $300 The name of Odysseus’s son Slide 2
Who am I? for $400 The father of Odysseus Slide 2
Who am I? for $500 The names of the two suitors Odysseus must defeat at the end of the epic. Slide 2
Gods and Goddesses for $100 The name of the blind prophet Odysseus must visit in the underworld Slide 2
Gods and Goddesses for $200 Odysseus stays with this Goddess for a year after she turns his men into swine Slide 2
Gods and Goddesses for $300 The God of the sea and earthquakes; also the father of Polyphemus Slide 2
Gods and Goddesses for $400 When Odysseus accomplishes the final task of shooting the bow, this God sends down a thunderbolt letting everyone know the great Odysseus has returned to his castle. Slide 2
Gods and Goddesses for $500 The guardian of the winds; gives Odysseus a bag of favorable winds and a bag unfavorable winds which causes problems for Odysseus’s return trip home. Slide 2
Gotta Love the Epic for $100 The epic begins long before Odysseus returns from battle during this war. Slide 2
Gotta Love the Epic for $200 Odysseus’s greatest weapon Slide 2
Gotta Love the Epic for $300 After his return home, Odysseus must complete this final task proving he is the King Slide 2
Gotta Love the Epic for $400 Odysseus’ main goal is to return home to this place. Slide 2
Gotta Love the Epic for $500 Odysseus receives the most help from this Goddess during his fight with the suitors. Slide 2
Extra! Extra! for $100 Considered Odysseus’ greatest weakness, we see it when he yells his name back to the Cyclops. Slide 2
Extra! Extra! for $200 Since Odysseus wants know one to know that he has come back home, he disguises himself as this. Slide 2
Extra! Extra! for $300 Penelope gives Odysseus another test as she tells him their bed was removed from their bedroom. This, of course, is impossible because their bed is made from this. Slide 2
Extra! Extra! for $400 At the beginning of the epic, Homer prays to this Goddess for help in telling the story of Odysseus. Slide 2
Extra! Extra! for $500 It took Odysseus this many years to return home from the war. Slide 2
Answer Key Monsters!Who am I?Gods and Goddesses Gotta Love the Epic Extra! The CyclopsPenelopeTiresiasTrojan WarEgo Lotus EatersAlcinousCirceBow and ArrowBeggar ScyllaTelemachusPoseidonShoot Arrow through 12 Axe Heads Olive Tree Trunk CharybdisLaertesZeusIthacaMuse SirensAntinous and Eurymachus HermesAthenaTen