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About the Author
It's a Tragedy!
Greek Theatre
Antigone & Family
Potent Potables
100
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who are the Greeks?
100
This Greek city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
100
The other two plays in the series with Antigone.
What are Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus?
100
The secret identity of The Flash.
Who is Barry Allan? (Also acceptable: Wally West, Jay Garrick)
200
This is the number of Sophocles’s plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is seven?
200
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death
What is hamartia?
200
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison.
What is the choral ode?
200
The King and Queen of Thebes.
Who are Laius and Jocasta?
200
These are the first three "starter" Pokemon from the first generation of games. (Red/Blue/Yellow)
What are Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle?
300
It was the golden age in ancient Greece.
What is 600 BCE to 200 BCE?
300
Pity and fear, wonder and awe. (Hint: this category is about...?)
What is tragedy?
300
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes... Or, in Greek, hypokrites.
What are actors?
300
“Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother.”
What is the prophecy / Oedipus prophecy?
300
Samus Aran, Ness, and Mr. Game & Watch are all characters in this arcade style fighting game.
What is Super Smash Brothers?
400
This was Sophocles’s age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
400
A single flaw in character, or hamartia.
What is a tragic flaw?
400
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
What is the Chorus?
400
Both mother and wife of Oedipus.
Who is Jocasta?
400
The main antagonist of The Force Awakens, who battles Rey and Finn at the end of the film.
Who is Kylo Ren?
500
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is three?
500
Horrible truth that leads to release.
What is catharsis?
500
The Greek word for actor.
What are hypokrites?
500
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play.
What is not letting Antigone bury her brother?
500
These are the four hobbits who leave the Shire with the One Ring of Power.
Who are Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Merry Brandybuck, and Pippin Took?