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Greek Jeopardy

Greek Jeopardy. They are known as Mother Earth and Father Sky in Ancient Greek myths. What are their official names? Category 1 – 10 points. The first children of Mother Earth and Father Sky are known as…? Category 1 – 20 points. How did Zeus overthrow his father, Cronus?

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Greek Jeopardy

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  1. Greek Jeopardy

  2. They are known as Mother Earth and Father Sky in Ancient Greek myths. What are their official names? Category 1 – 10 points

  3. The first children of Mother Earth and Father Sky are known as…? Category 1 – 20 points

  4. How did Zeus overthrow his father, Cronus? Category 1 – 30 points

  5. How did Gaea react when Zeus banished the Titans to Tarterus? Category 1 – 40 points

  6. Which monster is used to explain the existence of volcanoes? Category 1 – 50 points

  7. What did Prometheus steal from Zeus and give to the humans? Category 2 – 10 points

  8. How did humans change as a result of Prometheus’s gift? Category 2 – 20 points

  9. How did the humans trick Zeus? Category 2 – 30 points

  10. Why did Zeus send Pandora to live among the mortals? Category 2 – 40 points

  11. What was contained in Pandora’s jar? Category 2 – 50 points

  12. Who is the father of Perseus? Category 3 – 10 points

  13. Which gods or goddesses helped Perseus succeed in his quest? Category 3 – 20 points

  14. Why did King Acrisius lock Perseus and his mother in a chest and dump them in the sea? Category 3 – 30 points

  15. What did Perseus have to bring to Polydectes as a wedding gift? Category 3 – 40 points

  16. At the end of the Perseus and Medusa myth, how was the oracle’s prophecy fulfilled? Category 3 – 50 points

  17. Why did Dionysus grant King Midas a wish? Category 4 – 10 points

  18. What was the problem with what King Midas wished for? Category 4 – 20 points

  19. Describe King Midas’s personality. Category 4 – 30 points

  20. What happened to King Midas’s daughter as a result of his wish? Category 4 – 40 points

  21. Why did Apollo give King Midas donkey ears? Category 4 – 50 points

  22. Name two challenges Theseus faced on his way to Athens to see his father? Category 5 – 10 points

  23. How did Daedalus and Icarus escape from prision? Category 5 – 20 points

  24. What promise did Theseus make to his father? Category 5 – 30 points

  25. Who helped Theseus escape the labyrinth? Category 5 – 40 points

  26. Why did King Aegeus drown himself in the sea? Category 5 – 50 points

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