Jeopardy Oedipus the King Greek theater Vocab The Oedipus Cycle Misc. Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy Themes

$100 Question from H1 At the start of the play what is happening in Thebes?

$100 Answer from H1 Plague

$200 Question from H1 From where has Oedipus inquired for help to the cities problems?

$200 Answer from H1 Oracle at Delphi

$300 Question from H1 Oedipus declares that the murderer of Laius will suffer what punishment?

$300 Answer from H1 Banishment or death

$400 Question from H1 What crime does Oedipus accuse Creon and Tireseus of?

$400 Answer from H1 Trying to steal his throne

$500 Question from H1 What two favors does Oedipus ask Creon for at the end of the play?

$500 Answer from H1 Banish him and care for his children

$100 Question from H2 Hubris

$100 Answer from H2 Extreme Pride

$200 Question from H2 Trilogy

$200 Answer from H2 A group of three

$300 Question from H2 Harmartia

$300 Answer from H2 The tragic flaw or error in judgment in a character

$400 Question from H2 Peripetia

$400 Answer from H2 Reversal of Fortune

$500 Question from H2 Anagnorsis

$500 Answer from H2 The moment of realization or epiphany that triggers the reversal of fortune.

$100 Question from H3 Laius’ family is cursed for how long?

$100 Answer from H3 3 generations

$200 Question from H3 The answer to the riddle of the sphinx is?

$200 Answer from H3 Man

$300 Question from H3 How to Eteocles and Polyneices determine the winner of the battle of Seven Against Thebes

$300 Answer from H3 They duel each other (surrogate warfare)

$400 Question from H3 What crime does Antigone commit?

$400 Answer from H3 She buries Polyneices

$500 Question from H3 What is Creon’s punishment for defying the law of the gods?

$500 Answer from H3 To live knowing that he caused the death of his son and wife

$100 Question from H4 According to Greek tradition, these always come true

$100 Answer from H4 Prophecies

$200 Question from H4 Jocasta does this by telling Oedipus that oracles, and thus the gods, are powerless

$200 Answer from H4 Causes her downfall

$300 Question from H4 The personality trait that causes the downfall of a character in Greek tragedy is called?

$300 Answer from H4 Tragic flaw

$400 Question from H4 Oedipus’ blindness is caused by? (Larger concept)

$400 Answer from H4 His search for the truth and the discoveries it brings

$500 Question from H4 According to the final speech of the Chorus, who are the only happy people?

$500 Answer from H4 The dead

$100 Question from H5 The Greek theater grows out of what religious event?

$100 Answer from H5 The festival of Dionysus

$200 Question from H5 Who was born by popping out of his/her Father’s head?

$200 Answer from H5 Athena

$300 Question from H5 Name 3 of the four realms of the god Apollo

$300 Answer from H5 Sun, music, poetry, medicine

$400 Question from H5 The purpose of the festival of Dionysus was to insure what?

$400 Answer from H5 Fertility

$500 Question from H5 The most famous of all Greek playwrites

$500 Answer from H5 Sophocles

Final Jeopardy The concept that gives prophecies their power and allows mankind to find out about their future is called?

Final Jeopardy Answer Fate