Film "Classics"
W&L facultās
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"Mytho-magic"
Horrible Histories
100

This decades-long war is the backdrop of this video game.

What is the Peloponnesian War?

100

Though his name isn't Carmen, this W&L faculty member is known for laying down a jazz tune.

Who is Caleb Dance?

100

Ichthyophagoi. 

What are fish-eaters? 

100

By solving this puzzle, Alexander the Great earned the right to rule all of Asia.

What is the Gordian Knot?

100

If you found "Follow Me!" written in the dirt throughout ancient Athens, it would lead you here.

What is a brothel?
200

This actor's strawberry blond hair might be the most Homerically accurate part of the movie Troy.

Who is Brad Pitt?

200

This professor had a childhood persona, "Jake," who was extremely talented at athletics. 

Who is Lily van Diepen?

200

Largiloquus.

What is "talkative", or an adjective describing many of these cards?

200

Pentheus and his mom, Medea and her sons; this Greek playwright loves dysfunctional families. 

Who is Euripides?

200

Julius Caesar reportedly ate the last of this plant.

What is silphium?

300

This is an important setting for the movie 300, deriving its name from the sulfuric springs nearby. 

What is Thermopolyae?

300

Given their knowledge of kottabos, it's not surprising that this faculty member went to bartending school. 

Who is Michael Laughy?

300

"Βρεκεκεκὲξ κοὰξ κοάξ"

What do frogs say?

Bonus if you croaked!

300

Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Callisto, and the Pleiades all have one thing in common.

Who are people turned into constellations?

300

This Roman emperor had a grand battle against... the English Channel?

Who is Caligula? 

Bonus opportunity: What does his name mean?


400

Maximus Decimus Meridius once said, "What we do in life echoes in eternity.” It's fitting that he fought alongside this Roman emperor, who is immortalized in his famous writings. 

Who is Marcus Aurelius?

400

This faculty member felt right at home in the big city, dancing at the Kennedy Center with the New York City Ballet.

Who is Rebecca Benefiel?

400

Apocolocyntosis, or something that might have happened to the emperor Claudius.

What is "pumpkinification?"

400
This blind prophet lived as a woman for six years. 

Who is Tiresias?

400
This year had five emperors. 

What is 193 CE?

500
This furry-legged trainer is voiced by Danny DeVito in Disney's movie Hercules.

Who is Philoctetes?

500

Named after the first king of Rome, this friendly face loves to hang out in Tucker Hall. 

Who is Numa?

500

Subductisupercilicarptor. Surely that's not really a word?

What is a critical eyebrow-raiser?

Laevius, from subdūcō (“I raise”) +‎ supercilium (“eyebrow”) +‎ carptor (“a criticizer”). For real.

500

The local Lycian peasants were turned into this animal for restricting Leto from drinking from a spring. 

What are frogs?

500

Roll the dice with this bovine body part. 

What are knucklebones?

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