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Eyes on the Prize
A Horse, Of Course
Some Gave All
Wives of War
Games of the Gods
100
The three words "For the Fairest" were inscribed on what object desired by three Olympian goddesses?
Golden Apple
100
Described as "wily minded," who conceives the plan for the Trojan Horse, an alleged gift?
Odysseus
100
Whose body is dragged behind a chariot around the walls of Troy by Achilles?
Hector
100
Who is the wife of Menelaus, reunited with him after the Trojan War?
Helen
100
Who was the mother of Aeneas, the only Trojan chief to survive the war?
Aphrodite
200
Who is awarded the arms of Achilles after his death?
Odysseus
200
What Greek is left behind at the deserted camp in order to deceive the King of Troy?
Sinon
200
Who kills Achilles by shooting an arrow?
Paris
200
Who distracts Zeus from continuing to aid the Trojans in battle?
Hera
200
Who does Zeus send to Poseidon, instructing him to stop aiding the Greeks?
Iris
300
What war prize was given to Agamemnon, resulting in a plague on the Greeks?
Chryseis
300
What priest says to beware the Greeks and their gifts right before he and his sons are killed by a sea serpent sent by Poseidon?
Laocoon
300
What Greek dies bravely in battle after putting on the armor of his friend Achilles?
Patroclus
300
This wife of Hector loses her husband and son.
Andromache
300
Who weighs lots on golden balances to predict the outcome of the fight between Hector and Achilles?
Zeus
400
Who is rightful heir to the bow and arrows of Hercules?
Philoctetes
400
Who is the only god to aid the Trojans when the city falls?
Aphrodite
400
Whom does Philoctetes mortally wound with an arrow?
Paris
400
Who is the wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles?
Thetis
400
When it appears the war might end if Agamemnon can negotiate the return of Helen, what two goddesses cause the war to re-ignite?
Athena and Hera
500
**DAILY DOUBLE** What was the most sacred image of Athena in Troy, a symbol of its safety, stolen by Diomedes?
Palladium
500
Name the Greek chieftain who alone is unafraid to be inside the Trojan Horse.
Pyrrhus or Neoptolemus (son of Achilles, but name must be given)
500
Who refuses to cure Paris, watches him die, and then kills herself?
Oenone
500
Who is the Queen of Troy, the wife of Priam?
Hecuba
500
What two Olympians are injured by Diomedes in battle?
Ares and Aphrodite