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The Contest
100

This one-eyed giant trapped Odysseus and his men in a cave.

Who is Polyphemus?

100

The hero who is the main focus of the book

Who is Odysseus?


100

Odysseus is trying to return to this homeland

What is Ithaca?


100

Odysseus escaped Polyphemus by hiding beneath these animals

What are sheep?

100

Penelope announces a contest involving this weapon

What is Odysseus' bow?

200

These creatures lured sailors with their beautiful singing voices.

What are the Sirens?

200

The enchantress who turned Odysseus' men into pigs

Who is Circe?


200

The island where Polyphemus lived.

What is the land of the Cyclopes?

200

Odysseus had his crew do this so he could safely hear the Sirens

What is tie him to the mast?

200

The contestants must shoot an arrow through these objects

What are twelve axe heads?

300

This six-headed monster snatched sailors from Odysseus' ship.

Who is Scylla?

300

The sea god who became angry after Odysseus blinded Polyphemus.

Who is Poseidon?


300

The island ruled by Circe.

What is Aeaea?


300

Despite warnings, Odysseus' men did this to Helios' cattle.

What is kill and eat them?

300

None of the suitors can perform this task

What is string Odysseus' bow?

400

This whirlpool threatened to swallow Odysseus' ship.

What is Charybdis?

400

Odysseus used this false name when speaking to Polyphemus.

What is "Nobody"?


400

The island where the cattle of Helios lived

What is Thrinacia?


400

Zeus punished the crew for harming the cattle by sending this.

What is a thunderbolt (or storm)?


400

Odysseus is disguised as this when he enters the palace

What is a beggar?

500

These sacred animals belonged to the sun god and should never have been harmed.

What are the cattle of Helios?

500

Odysseus' son who assists him.

Who is Telemachus?

500

Odysseus traveled here to speak with the dead.

What is the Underworld?

500

After his crew died, Odysseus survived alone by clinging to this.

What is wreckage from the ship?

500

The only man who successfully strings the bow and fires through the axe heads.

Who is Odysseus?