characters
vocabulary
plot
The culture of Ancient Greece
potluck
100
The man of "twists and turns"
Who is Odysseus
100
The vocabulary word meaning "large in size" a. colossal b. balk c. ornate
What is a. colossal
100
Where Odysseus is trapped as the story opens
What is Ogygia (Calypso's island)
100
The word for hospitality
What is xenia
100
The name of Plankton's failing restaurant in the "Spongebob" cartoons
What is "The Chumbucket"
200
The most aggressive of the suitors
Who is Antinous
200
The vocabulary word meaning "to stop or prevent" a. thwart b. inept c. wary
What is a. thwart
200
The trick Penelope uses to delay marrying a suitor
What is weaves/unweaves a burial shroud for Laertes
200
The word for "a glorious homecoming"
What is nostos
200
The animated movie about a guy who invents a weather machine that can produce food that drops from the sky.
What is "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"
300
The "fond old nurse"
Who is Eurycleia
300
The vocabulary word meaning "cowardly" a. guile b. craven c. impetuous
What is b. craven
300
The sign Halitheris inteprets to mean that Odysseus will come home
What is two eagles attacking the men of Ithaca
300
The word for "renown and glory"
What is kleos
300
Princeton High School's principal's first name
What is Gary
400
The son of Nestor
Who is Pisistratus
400
The vocabulary word meaning a long, verbal tirade a. insolent b. indignation c. harangue
What is c. harangue
400
The three disguises Athena adopts in books one and two (in order)
What is Mentes, Mentor, Telemachus
400
The word for perfection or balance in all things
What is arete
400
The old weird children's show that had characters named "Dipsey" and "La la"
What is "The Teletubbies"
500
His epithet is "the noble charioteer"
Who is Nestor
500
The word meaning acting quickly without thought or care a. indignation b. insolent c. impetuous
What is c. impetuous
500
The name of Agamemnon's son who avenges his father's death
Who is Orestes
500
The approximate distance in miles between Ithaca and Pylos
What is approximately 200 miles
500
The group that sings that disturbing song "The Fox." (the refrain is "what does the fox say?")
What is Ylvis (pronounced ill-vis)
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