2. Jeopardy Oedipus the King Greek theater Vocab The Oedipus Cycle Misc. Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy Themes

3. $100 Question from H1 At the start of the play what is happening in Thebes?

4. $100 Answer from H1 Plague

5. $200 Question from H1 From where has Oedipus inquired for help to the cities problems?

6. $200 Answer from H1 Oracle at Delphi

7. $300 Question from H1 Oedipus declares that the murderer of Laius will suffer what punishment?

8. $300 Answer from H1 Banishment or death

9. $400 Question from H1 What crime does Oedipus accuse Creon and Tireseus of?

10. $400 Answer from H1 Trying to steal his throne

11. $500 Question from H1 What two favors does Oedipus ask Creon for at the end of the play?

12. $500 Answer from H1 Banish him and care for his children

13. $100 Question from H2 Hubris

14. $100 Answer from H2 Extreme Pride

15. $200 Question from H2 Trilogy

16. $200 Answer from H2 A group of three

17. $300 Question from H2 Harmartia

18. $300 Answer from H2 The tragic flaw or error in judgment in a character

19. $400 Question from H2 Peripetia

20. $400 Answer from H2 Reversal of Fortune

21. $500 Question from H2 Anagnorsis

22. $500 Answer from H2 The moment of realization or epiphany that triggers the reversal of fortune.

23. $100 Question from H3 Laius’ family is cursed for how long?

24. $100 Answer from H3 3 generations

25. $200 Question from H3 The answer to the riddle of the sphinx is?

26. $200 Answer from H3 Man

27. $300 Question from H3 How to Eteocles and Polyneices determine the winner of the battle of Seven Against Thebes

28. $300 Answer from H3 They duel each other (surrogate warfare)

29. $400 Question from H3 What crime does Antigone commit?

30. $400 Answer from H3 She buries Polyneices

31. $500 Question from H3 What is Creon’s punishment for defying the law of the gods?

32. $500 Answer from H3 To live knowing that he caused the death of his son and wife

33. $100 Question from H4 According to Greek tradition, these always come true

34. $100 Answer from H4 Prophecies

35. $200 Question from H4 Jocasta does this by telling Oedipus that oracles, and thus the gods, are powerless

36. $200 Answer from H4 Causes her downfall

37. $300 Question from H4 The personality trait that causes the downfall of a character in Greek tragedy is called?

38. $300 Answer from H4 Tragic flaw

39. $400 Question from H4 Oedipus’ blindness is caused by? (Larger concept)

40. $400 Answer from H4 His search for the truth and the discoveries it brings

41. $500 Question from H4 According to the final speech of the Chorus, who are the only happy people?

42. $500 Answer from H4 The dead

43. $100 Question from H5 The Greek theater grows out of what religious event?

44. $100 Answer from H5 The festival of Dionysus

45. $200 Question from H5 Who was born by popping out of his/her Father’s head?

46. $200 Answer from H5 Athena

47. $300 Question from H5 Name 3 of the four realms of the god Apollo

48. $300 Answer from H5 Sun, music, poetry, medicine

49. $400 Question from H5 The purpose of the festival of Dionysus was to insure what?

50. $400 Answer from H5 Fertility

51. $500 Question from H5 The most famous of all Greek playwrites

52. $500 Answer from H5 Sophocles

53. Final Jeopardy The concept that gives prophecies their power and allows mankind to find out about their future is called?

54. Final Jeopardy Answer Fate