Odyssey Jeopardy Game

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2. What goddess aids Odysseus? Category 1: $100: A

3. Athena Category 1: $100: Q

4. Who changes Odysseus into a beggar? Category 1: $200: A

5. Athena Category 1: $200: Q

6. Who keeps Odysseus a prisoner for seven years? Category 1: $300: A

7. Calypso Category 1: $300: Q

8. Whom does Homer call on to help tell his story? Category 1: $400: A

9. Muse Category 1: $400: Q

10. Who gives Odysseus directions to Hades? Category 1: $500: A

11. Circe Category 1: $500: Q

12. Which suitor does Odysseus kill first? Category 2: $100: A

13. Antinous Category 2: $100: Q

14. Who is Menelaus’s wife Category 2: $200: A

15. Helen Category 2: $200: Q

16. What does Odysseus put in his men’s ears to keep out the sound of the sirens? Category 2: $300: A

17. wax Category 2: $300: Q

18. Who cleanses the palace of blood after Odysseus kills the suitors? Category 2: $400: A

19. The servant maids Category 2: $400: Q

20. What king is killed by his wife’s lover? Category 2: $500: A Daily Double!!!

21. Agamemnon Category 2: $500: Q

22. What monster sucks down sea water three times a day? Category 3: $100: A

23. Charybdis Category 3: $100: Q

24. How does the Cyclops close the cave door entrance? Category 3: $200: A

25. With a large stone or rock Category 3: $200: Q

26. How many heads does Scylla have? Category 3: $300: A

27. six Category 3: $300: Q

28. What are the sons of Poseidon called? Category 3: $400: A

29. Cyclops Category 3: $400: Q

30. What giant cannibals destroy all but one of Odysseus’s ships? Category 3: $500: A

31. Laestrygonians Category 3: $500: Q

32. Where does the Phaeacian ship take Odysseus? Category 4: $100: A

33. Ithaca Category 4: $100: Q

34. Where does Odysseus see his mother? Category 4: $200: A

35. Hades Category 4: $200: Q

36. What is the name of Calypso’s island Category 4: $300: A

37. Ogygia Category 4: $300: Q

38. Where do Helen and Menelaus live? Category 4: $400: A

39. Sparta Category 4: $400: Q

40. Where is Nestor’s palace? Category 4: $500: A

41. Pylos Category 4: $500: Q

42. How many axes must the suitors shoot through? Category 5: $100: A

43. twelve Category 5: $100: Q

44. What is a singer of tales called? Category 5: $200: A

45. minstrel or rhapsode Category 5: $200: Q

46. With whom must Odysseus consult in Hades? Category 5: $300: A

47. Teiresias Category 5: $300: Q

48. Who recognizes Odysseus first? Category 5: $400: A

49. His dog, Argus Category 5: $400: Q

50. What is the prayer called which traditionally opens an epic? Category 5: $500: A

51. Invocation to the Muse Category 5: $500: Q

52. Odyssey Jeopardy