Awesome Angles
Spanish Vocabulary
Iliad & Odyssey
MFA facts
The Odyssey
Riddles
100

Two angles that add up to 90 degrees

Complementary Angles 

100

el gimnasio

gym

100
"The most beautiful woman in the world".
Who is Helen?
100

Ganesha the Hindu god is a combination of human and which animal?

Elephant

100
It is how Penelope(Odysseus' wife) manages to stall and keep from marrying her "suitors" while Odysseus is presumed dead.
What is she told them she would not marry until she wove a shroud for Odysseus' father Laertes. But each night she unwove what she wove during the day.
100

What has words, yet never speaks?

A book

200

Two angles that add up to 180 degrees

Supplementary Angles 

200

el pegamento

glue stick

200
Leader of the Greek forces, drags Hector's body around attached to his chariot in a fit of rage.
Who is Achilles?
200

Most of the Greek statues at the MFA are actually _______ copies

Roman OR Egyptian 

Roman

200
Athena takes the form of this person, Odysseus' favorite teacher and most trusted Ithacan when she guided Telemachus.
Who is Mentor?
200

What’s the quickest way to double your money?

Put it in front of a mirror 

300

Two angles that share a common vertex (corner point) and a common side (ray), but they do not overlap.

Adjacent Angles 

300

aburrido/a

bored

300

The Iliad was written by this blind Greek poet.

Who is Homer?

300

In the Greek epic _______________ Achilles and Ajax do not actually play a board game as was shown on an amphora in the Greek gallery

The Iliad OR The Odyssey 

The Iliad

300
It is how Eurycleia, Odysseus' old nurse, recognizes him even though he is disguised as an old beggar.
What is a scar she finds on his leg?
300

We sing while it lives. We clap when it dies. What is it?

A birthday candle 

400

True or False: Vertical angles can measure different degrees. 

False, they are always equal and measure the same degrees. 

400

Hay un error en el papel. Necesito _______.

el borrador

400

"My name? My name is Nobody."

Who is Odysseus?

400

The printing technique of rolling ink over stone and transferring to paper is known as

Lithography

400
It is how Odysseus is able to listen safely to the Sirens' song.
What is that he has his men tie him to the ship's mast.
400

You leave behind more of these the more you take.

Footsteps

500

This angle measures exactly 180 degrees. 

Straight Angle 

500

Translate: 

Mis amigos van a la cafetería durante el almuerzo.

My friends go to the cafeteria during lunch. 

500

Achilles' best friend.

Who is Patrolclus?

500

The different hand gestures of Buddha in images and sculptures are known as-

Mudras

500
It is how Odysseus and his men defeat the Cyclops and escape.
What is they get him drunk, blind him, and then cling to his sheep to get out of the cave.
500

If you write this five-letter word in all caps, it reads the same right side up and upside down.

SWIMS

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