Jeopardy!
(The Odyssey Edition!)
Characters
Events
Epic
Elements
Epic
Terms
Misc.
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Character: 100
•Who the son of
Lartes who lived in
Ithica?
Character Answer: 100
• Odysseus
• (he’s kind of a big deal)
Character: 200
•Who is the Cyclopes'
father and of what two
things is he god?
Character Answer: 200
•Poseidon
•Sea & earthquakes
Character: 300
•Who is the evil witch
who curses Odyssey’s
men and how did she
curse them?
Character Answer: 300
•Circe
•Turned them into
pigs
Character:400
• Gets very upset when his
immortal cattle gets eaten.
–(Which is understandable)
Character Answer: 400
• The sun god Helios
Character: 500
• Who foretold Odysseus’
future in the Underworld/
Land of the Dead
Character Answer: 500
•Teiresias
Character: 600
•What is the
Cyclopes’ real
name?
Character Answer: 600
•Polyphemus
Events: 100
•In what war did
Odyssey fight?
Events Answer: 100
•Trojan War
–City of Troy
Events: 200
• When the story starts where
is Odysseus and how long
has he been there?
Events Answer: 200
•Calypso’s Island
•7 years
Events: 300
• Why doesn’t Odysseus
just kill the Cyclops when
he has the chance?
Events Answer: 300
• He and his men would have
been trapped in the cave
because they wouldn’t have
been able to move the boulder
that blocked the opening to the
cave.
Events: 400
• Why do the men go back to
Circe’s island after the Land
of the Dead?
Events Answer: 400
• They need to bury Elpinor
(who they find in the
Underworld), he died on
Circe’s island.
Events: 500
•Circe and Teiresias
both warn Odysseus
of what?
Events Answer: 500
• That if he and his men eat
the cattle of Helios, they will
all die and Odysseus won’t
see his home for many
years.
Events: 600
•What does Helios
threaten to do and
how does Zeus
placate (satisfy) him?
Events Answer:600
• Helios threatens to stop the
sun from shining.
• Zeus send a lightening bolt
down and kills all of Odysseus’
men and destroys his ship.
Epic Elements: 100
• When Odysseus and his crew encounter
the Sirens (whose song puts men in a
trance so they can eat them) this would be
an example of what epic element?
Epic Elements Answer: 100
• Strange Creatures
Epic Elements: 200
• An epic hero should have super
human strength, confidence and
_________. (Odysseus displays
this last trait many times)
Epic Elements Answer: 200
•Cunning, cleverness
or intelligence (any of
these are acceptable)
Epic Elements: 300
• Which Archetype does
Circe represent with in
epic story?
Epic Elements Answer: 300
•Wicked Temptress
Epic Elements: 400
• When Hermes tells Odysseus
how to defeat Circe and
Poseidon makes it difficult for
Odysseus to get home, these
are examples of what epic plot
element?
Epic Elements Answer: 400
• Divine intervention
–(Hero is helped or harmed
by the gods)
Epic Elements: 500
• One of the elements of an epic is
a strange creature (ie monster).
List 3 the monsters Odysseus and
his men have encountered thus
far.
Epic Elements Answer: 500
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Cyclops
Witch
Cannibals
Ghosts
Sirens
Scylla
– (12 tentacles, 6 heads)
• Charybdis
– (whirl pool with mouth and sharp teeth)
Epic Elements: 600
• List all the epic elements found in
the passage.
– The wind and rain raged, but Percy
confidently stepped forward. He had managed
to stay alive though the volcano's eruption
and the deadly snake pit. He might be in a
strange new land, but he was determined to
get home.
Epic Elements Answer: 600
–The wind and rain raged, but Percy
confidently stepped forward. He
had managed to stay alive though
the volcano's eruption and the
deadly snake pit. He might be in a
strange new land, but he was
determined to get home.
Epic Terms:100
• This is a fictional story that
explains a natural
phenomenon (such as
weather)
Epic Terms Answer: 100
•Myths!
Epic Terms: 200
•Clues as to the
outcome of a situation
or event
Epic Terms Answer: 200
•Foreshadowing
Epic Terms: 300
•A long narrative poem
about a hero.
–we have used this word
a lot lately.
Epic Terms Answer: 300
•EPIC!
Epic Terms: 400
• Comparison using like or
as…with the world epic at
the beginning
Epic Terms Answer: 400
•Epic Simile!
Epic Terms: 500
• What is interesting about
how The Odyssey is
written?
Epic Terms Answer: 500
• It is not a linear plot. It starts on
Calypso’s Island which is more than 7
years after the Trojan War. Odysseus
then “flashes back” to the events right
after the Trojan War.
Epic Terms: 600
• Explain Odyssey’s attitude
towards his crew as they are
about to face Charydbis and
Scylla.
Epic Terms Answer: 600
• He tries to be
motivational to get the
crew to keep moving.
Misc:100
•Who is waiting for
Odysseus at home
and what are their
names?
Misc Answer: 100
• Penelope = Wife
• Telemachus = Son
Misc: 200
• Describe the choice
Odysseus has to make
when sailing between
Scylla and Charybdis.
Misc Answer: 200
• Scylla= 6 men would
definitely die.
• Charydbis= all would die.
Misc: 300
•What did Odysseus
use to attract the
ghosts in the
underworld?
Misc. Answer: 300
•The blood of a
slaughtered animal,
the ghosts like to drink
it.
Misc: 400
• Fill in the blanks:
_________
_________
Land on Circe’s
island. She
turns them
to pigs
_________
Lands on
King Alcinous’
island and tells
his story.
Leaves
the city
of Troy
Go to the
Underworld
Attack Cicones
(Troy’s ally)
lose 72 men
_________
Island of Helios,
Men eat cattle
Misc Answer: 400
• Fill in the blanks:
Island of the
lotus eaters
Scylla and
Charydbis
Land on Circe’s
island. She
turns them
to pigs
Island of
Calypso
Lands on
King Alcinous’
island and tells
his story.
Leaves
the city
of Troy
Go to the
Underworld
Attack Cicones
(Troy’s ally)
lose 72 men
Island with
the Cyclops
Island of Helios,
Men eat cattle
Misc: 500
• Give the class your best
“hero” pose,
starting….NOW!
Misc Answer: 500
•Visual judgment of
class needed.
Misc: 600
•Spell your current
English teacher’s first
and last name.
Misc Answer: 600
•Kirsten
Clendenin