Characters
Plot Events
Vocabulary
Sumerian Society
100

Gilgamesh holds onto his dead body until the worms come to claim him

Enkidu

100

After a wanton teaches him, Enkidu loses his friendship with __________.

The wild animals 

100

The creaky house with its busted windows gave my an ______________ feeling that something bad was going to happen. 

ominous


100

One of the first civilizations in Mesopotamia 

the Sumerians
200

Monster who asks for Gilgamesh's mercy in the Cedar Forest

Humbaba

200

This is how Humbaba is beaten in the Cedar Forest

Beaten with winds given to Gilgamesh by the gods 

200

You can't change Schlich's sixth hour's mind when comparing him to Tobey McGuire and Andrew Garfield - Tom Holland as Spiderman is ___________________. 

Unsurpassed 
200

Because society and culture came from Mesopotamia, it is often called this. 

The Cradle of Civilization 

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY (BONUS 300): Gilgamesh's mother who helps him interpret his dreams early in the reading


Ninsun

300

Urshanabi, the ferryman, suggests Gilgamesh find this to help him restore his lost youth (bonus 100 points if you give me its REAL name).

A magical plant (Bonus: The Old Men Are Young Again)

300

I ________ for the day when we get a call from the school saying we've got a snow day. 

yearn 

300

This structure is similar to a pyramind

Ziggurat 

400

Goddess who Gilgamesh denies after her proposal of marriage

Ishtar

400

This is the name for the Sumerian afterlife

House of Darkness

400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (BONUS of 400): My four year old _____________ that every day we should have ice cream for dinner. She was ___________ in her decision. 

decreed, resolute

400

Where The Epic of Gilgamesh was found 

Nineveh 

500

Immortal who challenges Gilgamesh to stay awake for seven days and nights

Utnapishtim

500

Utnapishtim was told about a _____________ that would come. 

Flood

500

My ___________________ knew no bounds when I lost my childhood pet.

Lamentation 

500

The OG first written language

Cuneiform