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Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.
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Click here for Final Jeopardy
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Numbers and Order Who’s That? Choices and Decisions of the journey 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Name that God! Settings and Places
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What is the name of Odysseus’ home?
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Ithaca
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Where does Odysseus find the prophet Tiresias?
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The Underworld
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Where does the reunion between Telemachus and Odysseys take place?
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Eumaeus swine herder's home
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Where does Telemachus travel to get news about his father?
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Sparta
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Where do Odysseus and his men hide in order to escape from Cyclops’ cave?
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Underneath the belly of Cyclops sheep
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The number of years Odysseus was away from home all together
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20
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Put the following in the order in which Odysseys encountered them: Sirens, Polyphemus, Scylla,
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1.Polyphemus 2.Sirens 3.Scylla
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The number of axes the suitors have to shoot through
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12
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The number of years Odysseus spend on Circe’s island
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One
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The number of heads Scylla has
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Six
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Odysseus main protector
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Athena
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God of the wind who gives Odysseus a sack to help him return home
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Aeolus
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Cyclops’ father and enemy of Odysseus
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Poseidon
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Tells Calypso to free Odysseus
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Hermes
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Loves his cattle
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Helios
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Held Odysseus captive for seven years
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Calypso
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Finds Odysseus naked and alone while doing her laundry
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Nausicaa
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The leader and worst of the suitors
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Antinous
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They sound sweet but are deadly
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Sirens
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Writer of the Odyssey
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Homer
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What is the reason Odysseus’ remaining men are all destroyed?
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They eat the Sun God’s cattle when they were told not to
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How did Odysseus keep himself from the lure of the Sirens?
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He had his men tie him to the mast of the ship
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Why don’t Cyclops’ brother and sisters help when he calls for help?
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Because he screams “Nobody has hurt me!” and they assume nobody hurt him.
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What were Scylla and Charybdis? What decision does Odysseus have to make related to these two?
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Scylla is a six headed sea monster and Charybdis is a whirlpool. Odysseus has to decide whether he sacrifices six of his men to Scylla or risks all of their lives by going through Charybdis.
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How does Odysseys prevent Circe from turning him into an animal?
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Hermes gives him a plant/flower that prevents Circe’s magic from working on him. He then is able to threaten her and have her turn his men back into humans.
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Make your wager
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What is an Epic? What are the six characteristics of an Epic?
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A long poem that tells a story. The five characteristics are: 1.A vast setting 2.Has a hero of noble birth 3. Has a hero that performs courageous and dangerous actions 4.It begins in medias res 5.Is formal and serious 6.Involves a journey that is often long and filled with complication (like natural phenomenon, monsters or deities).
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