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$200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 “Who You Talkin ‘bout” Greek Tragedy Breaking The Law Tragic Flaws Are Fun Jerry Springer
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“The time is not far off when you shall pay back / Corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh.” Category 1: $100: A
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Who is the Creon? Category 1: $100: Q
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“This death of mine is of no importance; but if I had left my brother / Lying in death unburied, I should have suffered.” Category 1: $200: A
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Who is Antigone? Category 1: $200: Q
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“I’ll have no dealings / With lawbreakers, critics of the government: / Whoever is chosen to govern must be obeyed-- / Must be obeyed, in all things, great and small, / Just and unjust!” Category 1: $300: A
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Who is Creon? Category 1: $300: Q
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“…if I am young, and right, / What does my age matter?” Category 1: $400: A
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Who is Haimon? Category 1: $400: Q
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Daily Double!! “[S] peak again: whatever it is, I can bear it: / Grief and I are no strangers.” Category 1: $500: A
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Who is Eurydice? Category 1: $500: Q
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Greek drama evolved from celebrations to this Greek god of wine and fertility. Category 2: $100: A
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Who is Dionysis? Category 2: $100: Q
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The number of plays performed during competitions in Ancient Greece. Category 2: $200: A
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What is three? Category 2: $200: Q
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He was the leader of the chorus that actually participated in the play. Category 2: $300: A
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Who is the Choragos? Category 2: $300: Q
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He defeated Aeschylus in his first competition. Category 2: $400: A
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Who is Sophocles? Category 2: $400: Q
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The century in which Antigone was a major part of the greatest period in Greek Drama. Category 2: $500: A
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What is 5 th century BC? Category 2: $500: Q
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The reason Creon does not want Polyneices buried. Category 3: $100: A
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What is because he attacked his own country—he is a traitor? Category 3: $100: Q
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The reason why Ismene chooses not to help her sister. Category 3: $200: A
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What is because she has no strength to go against the laws of man? Category 3: $200: Q
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The final punishment given to Antigone for breaking Creon’s law. Category 3: $300: A
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What is to be placed in a stone tomb. Category 3: $300: Q
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The laws that Antigone claims she has not broken. Category 3: $400: A
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What is gods’ laws? Category 3: $400: Q
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The reason the gods put a plague on Thebes during Oedipus’ reign. Category 3: $500: A
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What is because the killer of Laius had not been punished? Category 3: $500: Q
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She is too weak to follow her principles. Category 4: $100: A
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Who is Ismene? Category 4: $100: Q
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Antigone and Creon both share this tragic flaw. Category 4: $200: A
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What is stubbornness? Category 4: $200: Q
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He is physically blind, but he can see Creon’s fate. Category 4: $300: A
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Who is Teiresias? Category 4: $300: Q
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His judgment may or may not have been weakened by the love for a woman. Category 4: $400: A
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Who is Haimon? Category 4: $400: Q
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Creon’s major flaw. Category 4: $500: A
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What is pride? Category 4: $500: Q
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Today’s guests: “Sons who kill their fathers and marry their mothers.” Category 5: $100: A
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Who is Oedipus? Category 5: $100: Q
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Our next guest tried to talk her sister into obeying their sexist, prideful uncle. Category 5: $200: A
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Who is Ismene? Category 5: $200: Q
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Our next guest believes in keeping it in the family. His future wife is his cousin, and his uncle is also his fiancee’s father and brother. Category 5: $300: A
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Who is Haimon? Category 5: $300: Q
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My next guest tried to kill his son when the oracle told him that his son would one day kill him. Category 5: $400: A
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Who is Laius? Category 5: $400: Q
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Daily Double!! Our final guest has decided to keep the shared throne and not let his brother have his turn to rule. Category 5: $500: A
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Who is Eteocles? Category 5: $500: Q
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