1. Baj
The Odyssey Edition

2. Ground Rules NO help from classmates!
For each question you answer correctly, you get to pull a prize slip from the chicken box of fate
Have fun! Don’t sweat it! It’s just a game :)

3. Round 1

4. Name that Character

5. Who is Odysseus’s son?

6. Telemachus

7. Where in the World?

8. Where does Queen Persephone reign?

9. The Underworld

10. Get LITerary (devices)

11. Why is The Odyssey called an “epic” poem?

12. It’s a really long poem

13. The Plot Thickens...

14. Why does Odysseus have to go to the underworld?

15. to speak to Tiresias to get further directions for his journey; find out how to break the curse

16. Name that Character (encore)

17. Who asks Odysseus to give him a proper burial?

18. Elpenor

19. Round 2

20. Name that Character

21. Who traps Odysseus on her island for 7 years?

22. Calypso

23. Where in the World?

24. What is Odysseus’s hometown’s name?

25. Ithaka

26. Get LITerary (devices)

27. What is a comparison that takes place over several lines?

28. Epic Simile

29. The Plot Thickens...

30. Where does Odysseus and his men end up after the Aeolus debacle?

31. Laestrygonians

32. Name that Character (encore)

33. What is Odysseus’s father’s name?

34. Laertes

35. Round 3

36. Name that Character

37. Who were the giant cannibals who destroyed nearly all of Odysseus’s ships?

38. Laestrygonians

39. Where in the World?

40. What is the name of Calypso’s island?

41. Ogygia

42. Get LITerary (devices)

43. What is a brief descriptive phrase used to express a characteristic of the person mentioned?

44. epithet

45. The Plot Thickens...

46. Why is Poseidon angry with Odysseus?

47. he stabbed the eye of his son

48. Name that Character (encore)

49. Who, after prompted by Athena to wash her clothes, comes across naked Odysseus and offers to help him?

50. Nausicaa

51. Round 4

52. Name that Character

53. Whose cattle is eaten by Odysseus’s men?

54. Helios

55. Where in the World?

56. Where is Odysseus when he tells his story? (Or, who is he with?)

57. Scheria / Land of the Phaecians

58. Get LITerary (devices)

59. What is a reference to an outside work?

60. allusion

61. The Plot Thickens...

62. Why are there suitors in Odysseus’s home?

63. they want to marry Penelope / become king

64. Name that Character (encore)

65. Who tells Odysseus he would rather be a slave and alive than a ruler in the underworld?

66. Achilles

67. Round 5

68. Name that Character

69. Who is also known as the “red haired king”?

70. Menelaus

71. Where in the World?

72. Where does King Nestor rule?

73. Pylos

74. Get LITerary (devices)

75. What do scholars call Telemachus’s mini journey?

76. The Telemachy

77. The Plot Thickens...

78. Where was Odysseus when he had to drag his men back to his ship and tie them up before leaving?

79. Land of the Lotus Eaters

80. Name that Character (encore)

81. Who is murdered by his wife and her lover after he returns from Troy?

82. Agamemnon

83. Round 6

84. Name that Character

85. What is the cyclop’s name?

86. Polyphemus

87. Where in the World?

88. Where does Menelaus rule?

89. Sparta

90. Get LITerary (devices)

91. What does “en media res” mean?

92. in the middle

93. The Plot Thickens...

94. Why does Telemachus go to see King Nestor and Menelaus?

95. to seek news about his father

96. Name that Character (encore)

97. What is the collective name of the Greeks?

98. Achaeans