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100

Odysseus begins his story after just ending the Trojan war which lasted this amount of years.

What is 10 years?

100

This god is the one trying to ensure Odysseus does not return home.

Who is Poseidon?

100

This is the name Odysseus gives to Polyphemus.

What is Nobody?

100

This is definition of the term "Xenia".

What is extreme hospitality in fear that a stranger might be a god?

100

The Odyssey is made up of this many smaller books.

What is 24?

100
This famous condiment was once sold as medicine.

What is a ketchup?

200

This is the spelling of Odysseus' son's name.

What is T-E-L-E-M-A-C-H-U-S?
200

This is the goddess who can be called "the enchantress".

Who is Calypso?

200

This is the name of the cannibals Odysseus and his men encounter.

What are the Laestrygonians?

200

This is the spelling of the term meaning extreme pride.

What is H-U-B-R-I-S?

200

This is the "author" of The Odyssey.

Who is Homer?

200

The term "raise a toast" came from this ancient people.

What are the Romans?

300

The Odyssey begins with the "invocation of the muse" which is defined as this.

What is the asking of the gods of art to help a person tell a story?

300

This is the reason the god of wisdom and battle strategy favors Odysseus.

What is his cleverness?

300
Circe turns Odysseus' men into these animals.

What is pigs?

300
This is an example of hamartia within The Odyssey in a character other than Odysseus. (SAY THE CHARACTER OR CHARACTERS AND THE HAMARTIA)

What is...

-Jealousy (Odysseus' men and the bag of wind)

-Overconfidence (Polyphemus and him sleeping)

300

This is the definition of "trojan horse".

What is something that appears great but is secretly awful?

300

In 190__ the first airplane flight occurred.

What is 1903?

400

This is the reason that Penelope cannot demand the suitors to leave her home.

What is Xenia?

400
This is the method Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon used to determine who would rule the sky, sea, and underworld.

What is drawing sticks?

400

Odysseus begins to tell his story to King Alcinoos, who is king to these people.

Hint: Starts with PH

What are the Phaeacians?

400

This is an example of a "deus ex machina" within the plot.

What is...

-Athena giving answers to Odysseus?

-Hermes warning Odysseus of Circe?

-Bag of wind given by the wing god?

400

This is the general reason why the Trojan war started.

What is someone stole someone else's wife?
400

An official chef's hat has this many pleats.

A. 100

B. 50

C. 200

A. 100

500

Telemachus decides to do this in order to gain information about his father.

What is borrow a boat and visit other lands?

500

This is the name of the man/god who gives Odysseus a bag of wind.

Who is King Aelous?

500
Odysseus and his men run into the Cicones, Lotus Eaters, Laestrygonians, Polyphemus, and Circe in books 7-10. This is the order in which these villain appear in the story.

1. Cicones

2. Lotus Eaters

3. Polyphemus

4. Laestrygonians

5. Circe

500

This is the spelling of the term meaning a repeating pattern in stories that is found in all different cultures.

What is A-R-C-H-E-T-Y-P-E?

500

The Odyssey was written this many years ago (approximately).

What is 2,700 years?

500

This is the actual name of what we call a hashtag.

A. Pentadom

B. Decathorp

C. Octothorp

B. Octothorp