The Odyssey
Directors
Game Shows
"Wooden"
Double Takes
100

The name of Odysseus's rocky island home that he fights for ten years to reach.

Ithaca

100

This "Master of Suspense" is famous for making brief, unannounced cameo appearances in his own films, such as walking a dog out of a pet shop in The Birds.

Alfred Hitchcock

100

Premiering in 1972 and currently the longest-running game show in television history, this program features iconic pricing games like Plinko and Cliffhangers.

The Price is Right

100

Before winning Oscars attention on the big screen, he spent years pouring drinks as a dim-witted but lovable bartender on Cheers.

Woody Harrelson

100

Singular first person pronoun and a Scottish affirmative.

"I" and "Aye"

200

This goddess frequently disguises herself as Mentor or Mentes to guide and advise Telemachus and Odysseus?

Athena

200

This director effectively launched the modern summer blockbuster with a 1975 thriller about a great white shark terrorizing a New England beach resort.

Steven Spielberg

200

This classic survey-based game show pits two families against each other to guess the most popular answers given to 100 people polled.

Family Feud

200

Voiced by Tom Hanks, this character joins forces with a delusional space ranger in one of Pixar's most famous franchises.

Woody

200

Bathroom compartment. To pause.

"Stall"

300

Odysseus is separated from his wife and son for this many years.

20

300

A staunch advocate for celluloid film and practical effects over CGI, this director famously blew up a real Boeing 747 for Tenet and won an Oscar for Oppenheimer.

Christopher Nolan

300

Premiering in 1999 with Regis Philbin, this high-stakes primetime quiz show revolutionized American television and introduced "Phone-a-Friend".

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

300

Odysseus & Menelaus were among those who emerged from the 'womb' of this, called 'tall as a mountain, ribbed with pine' in Homer's Illiad.

Trojan Horse

300

Correct or a direction. Form letters with a pen or pencil. 

"Right" and "Write"

400

This Olympian god holds a relentless grudge against Odysseus for blinding his Cyclops son, Polyphemus?

Poseidon

400

Transitioning from mumblecore indie actress and co-writer to solo director, she made history as the first solo female director of a billion-dollar film with Barbie.

Greta Gerwig

400

This smooth-talking host told contestants to "Come on down!" on a famous long-running daytime show.

Bob Barker

400

This Hall of Fame Center played at UCLA under the legendary John Wooden and won back-to-back titles in 1972 and 1973. He also earned 3 National College Player of the Year awards too.

Bill Walton

400

A country of 3 million people. Large mammals.

"Wales" and "Whales"

500

The first to recognize Odysseus upon his return despite the hero's disguise. Sadly, the reunion does not last long.

Argos

500

His 1950 masterpiece Rashomon popularized a revolutionary narrative device: showing a single crime from multiple conflicting perspectives.

Akira Kurosawa

500

Launching on CBS in 2000, this popularized the modern "reality-competition" genre in the United States.

Survivor

500

He's the cartoon uncle of niece Splinter & nephew Knothead.

Woody Woodpecker

500

A wild cat and things you copy and paste.

"Lynx" and "Links"

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