Setting
Character
Plot
Vocabulary
Video Games
100

This is the place where the roses grew. Midas ended up turning the entire place to gold.

What is Marigold's garden?

100

This greedy king turned everything to gold.

Who is King Midas?

100

At the end of the story, King Midas swears to never touch this again.

What is gold?

100

These are used to eat. Examples are forks and spoons.

What are utensils?

100

This video game character was originally called Puckman.

Who is Pac-Man?

200

This is the place where the story starts with King Midas counting his money.

What is King Midas's Treasure Room?

200

This person cares more about nature than money and helps King Midas realize what's important.

Who is Marigold?

200

This is what King Midas offers to do for the poor people to undo his wish.

What is giving his treasure away?

200

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence. The word used to describe Gordium.

What is ancient?

200

This blue character got its name because they can run faster than the speed of sound. Their first appearance was in a racing game, Rad Mobile, in 1991.

Who is Sonic the Hedgehog?

300

This is the place where the lords and ladies gather with King Midas to eat.

What is the Banquet Room?

300

This is how Midas changes by the end of the play.

What is Midas realized there are more important things than gold, like his daughter?

300

This is what he turns to gold, which makes him start to realize his power might be a bad thing. (Hint: this is not a person)

What is wine or food?

300

To run away from a place or situation or danger. A different spelling of this might have you thinking of a pesky bug that might be on your cat or dog.

What is flee?

300

This open-world sandbox game created in 2011 by Mojang is the biggest selling game of all time. One day in this game is the same as 20 minutes in real life.

What is Minecraft?

400

This is the place thousands of years ago that the story is set in. It used to be Turkey.

What is ancient Gordium?

400

This God gave King Midas the ability to turn anything he touches into gold.

Who is Bacchus?

400

This is the name of the power he was given to turn everything gold. It has King Midas's name in it.

What is the Midas touch?

400

This means to subtract or take away from a total.

What is deduct?

400

This North Carolina based company created the breakout game Fortnite in 2018.

What is Epic Games?

500

This is what Bacchus has King Midas do to reverse the wish. It washes the gold off of him.

What is bathe in the River Pactolus?

500

These wealthy people gathered at the castle and were excited about King Midas's power, then ran when he saw him accidentally turn someone to gold.

Who are the lords and ladies?

500
To not be greedy and that some things are more valuable than money and possessions. 

What is the moral of the story?

500

This means to call on someone to be present. This was done in the story to call all of the lords and ladies together.

What is summon?

500

This video game console released in 2006 pioneered the use of motion controls in its gameplay.

What is the Nintendo Wii?