O-Rex Jeopardy
Ancient Greek
Life & Theatre
Name that
Literary
Device
Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
Oedipus Rex
Trivia
Who Said
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Ancient Greek
Life & Theater
This word is the name of the
person, place, and thing the
ancient Greeks would consult to
predict the future or obtain a
prophecy.
$100 Answer from Ancient Greek
Life & Theater
What is the oracle at Delphi?
$200 Question from Ancient Greek
Life & Theater
Origins of ancient Greek
drama began with dances and
songs performed in honor of
this god.
$200 Answer from Ancient Greek
Life & Theater
Who is Dyonysus?
$300 Question from Ancient Greek
Life & Theater
Extending from the orchestra to each
side of the theater were these two
broad aisles, which the Chorus used to
enter the theater. (Also the name of
the entrance dance when the chorus
enters the stage.)
$300 Answer from Ancient Greek
Life & Theater
What are the parados?
$400 Question from Ancient Greek
Life & Theater
These are the movements (usually of the
Chorus) back and forth across the stage in a
Greek play.
$400 Answer from Ancient Greek
Life & Theater
What are strophe and antistrophe?
$500 Question from Ancient Greek
Life & Theater
This is the name of the legendary
first actor.
$500 Answer from Ancient Greek
Life & Theater
Who is Thespis?
$100 Question from Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
This is the tragic flaw we
know as excessive pride or
arrogance.
$100 Answer from Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
What is hubris?
$200 Question from Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
This is the Greek word for tragic
flaw.
$200 Answer from Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
What is hamartia?
$300 Question from Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
This character in a tragedy is NOT
an average person, he possesses a
tragic flaw, his downfall is partially
his fault and partially fate, and he
realizes something about himself.
$300 Answer from Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
Who is the tragic hero?
$400 Question from Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
This man is the author of
Oedipus Rex.
$400 Answer from Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
Who is Sophocles?
$500 Question from Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
This is what releasing or
getting rid of negative
emotions is called.
$500 Answer from Tragedy & the
Tragic Hero
What is catharsis?
$100 Question from Oedipus Rex
Trivia
This is what the Latin word
Rex means.
$100 Answer from Oedipus Rex
Trivia
What is king?
$200 Question from Oedipus Rex
Trivia
Throughout the play, the city
of Thebes is compared to
this.
$200 Answer from Oedipus Rex
Trivia
What is a ship in a storm?
$300 Question from Oedipus Rex
Trivia
This is the god or goddess
responsible for the prophecies
given at Delphi.
$300 Answer from Oedipus Rex
Trivia
Who is Apollo?
$400 Question from Oedipus Rex
Trivia
This is the collective character
in the play that represents the
elders of the city.
$400 Answer from Oedipus Rex
Trivia
Who is the Chorus?
$500 Question from Oedipus Rex
Trivia
This is the meaning of the
name Oedipus.
$500 Answer from Oedipus Rex
Trivia
What is swollen foot?
$100 Question from Name that
Literary Device
"The news I bring ought to
mean joy/ Though it may be
you find some grief in it."
$100 Answer from Name that
Literary Device
What is paradox?
$200 Question from Name that
Literary Device
“Oedipus . . . ./ You, under whose
hand,/ In the storm of another time,/
Our dear land sailed out free,/ But
now stand fast at the helm!”
$200 Answer from Name that
Literary Device
What is ship imagery or a ship
metaphor?
$300 Question from Name that
Literary Device
"the holy prophet . . . Seer:
the student of mysteries"
$300 Answer from Name that
Literary Device
What is epithet?
$400 Question from Name that
Literary Device
"How could I wish that I were
someone else?/ How could I not
be glad to know my birth?"
$400 Answer from Name that
Literary Device
What is dramatic irony?
$500 Question from Name that
Literary Device
"For Heaven is their bright nurse."
$500 Answer from Name that
Literary Device
What is personification?
$100 Question from Who Said That?
This character proclaims, “Now,/O
Light, may I look on you for the last
time!”
$100 Answer from Who Said That?
Who is Oedipus?
$200 Question from Who Said That?
This character speaks to the gods
saying, "Now I remember, O Healer,
your power, and wonder:/ Will you
send doom like a sudden cloud, or
weave it/ Like nightfall of the past?"
$200 Answer from Who Said That?
Who is the Chorus?
$300 Question from Who Said That?
This character said, “You are fatally
wrong! May you never learn who
you are!”
$300 Answer from Who Said That?
Who is Jocasta?
$400 Question from Who Said That?
This character says, "I am the kind
of man/ Who holds his tongue
when he has no facts to go on."
$400 Answer from Who Said That?
Who is Creon?
$500 Question from Who Said That?
This character proclaims, "Let
me go home. Bear your own
fate, and I'll/ Bear mine. It is
better so: trust what I say."
$500 Answer from Who Said That?
Who is Teiresias?
Final Jeopardy
This is an example of fate vs. free will,
one of the main themes in the play.
Final Jeopardy Answer
Any example of Laius,
Jocasta, or Oedipus trying to
avoid their prophecies when
they actually help them come
true.