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FINAL Jeopardy Question
100

Identity one of the original inhabitants of Tartarus

Cyclops

The Hecatoncheires

100

Name one crime Sisyphus committed that resulted in his imprisonment in Tartarus.


  1. Told the father of Aegina that Zeus kidnapped her

  2. Cheated death by tieing up Thanatos and manipulating Hades/Persephone to let him go back to the living

100

Name one resident of the Underworld OTHER THAN  Hades/Pluto and Persephone/Proserpina

So many options!

100

“Tartarus” refers to…


  1. the titan born from Chaos

  2. the underworld

  3. a specific location within the underworld

  4. All of the above

D) all of the above

100

What Tartarus resident is depicted in the picture?

Typhon (Typhoeus)

200

After Cronus was defeated, _______ were left in Tartarus to guard its new prisoners.

The Hecatoncheires

200

What crime did Tantalus commit that resulted in his imprisonment in Tartarus?

Fed the gods pieces of his son Pelops’ flesh in order to test their omnipotence.

Who was the only god/goddess about to eat?

Demeter  - too sad about Persephone

Ate part of Pelops’ shoulder

Zeus later restored with ivory when he gave life back to the boy

200

How did the Cyclops help Zeus?

They gave him his lightning bolts

200

If you are a parent seeking to curse your unfilial child, who would you call upon?

The Furies (Erinyes/Eumenides)

300

This goddess was stripped of her wings and confined to Tartarus as punishment for siding with the titans.

Arke (Arce)

300

Ixion was a mortal imprisoned in Tartarus because he tried to assault which goddess?

Hera

300

How are the 3 judges of the underworld personally related?

brothers

300

What river in the Underworld do souls drink from to forget their former lives and be reborn into the world?

The Lethe River

400

Which titan was the father of Prometheus and Epimetheus and is confined to Tartarus for siding with his brother Cronus?

Iapetus

400

Who were the women living in Tartarus because they each killed their husband?

Danaids

400

Who is Melinoe?

MELINOE was a frightful, underworld goddess who presided over propitiations offered to the ghosts of the dead.

Sometimes Persphone's daughter


400

What are all three names of the Erinyes/Eumenides/Furies?

Allecto, Megaera,Tisphone

500

These Titan brothers were confined to Tartarus because they are believed to be the leader of the Gigantes.

(Give at least 1)

Crius

and

Coeus

500

What mortal is imprisoned in Tartarus to have his liver pecked out by vultures?

Tityus

500

Who was the original guard in Tartarus? (during the reign of Cronus)

Campe

500

What is one famous entrance to the underworld?

Lake Avernus (Italy)

Taenarum (Greece)

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