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With your host, Mrs. Fine!

With your host, Mrs. Fine!. Who am I? 1,000 Points. I have a very strange family… My dad swallowed all of my brothers and sisters, so I had to save them. I live in Mount Olympus and rule over the sky and thunder. ZEUS. Who am I? 5,000 Points. I am the Greek Myth version of the Bible’s Eve

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With your host, Mrs. Fine!

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  1. With your host, Mrs. Fine!

  2. Who am I? 1,000 Points • I have a very strange family… My dad swallowed all of my brothers and sisters, so I had to save them. • I live in Mount Olympus and rule over the sky and thunder.

  3. ZEUS

  4. Who am I? 5,000 Points • I am the Greek Myth version of the Bible’s Eve • I don’t follow directions very well • You can read my story and say “curiosity killed the cat”

  5. PANDORA

  6. Who am I? 30,000 Points • Some of my character traits include selfish, greedy and not-so-intelligent • I once had donkey ears • Gold is my favorite posession

  7. KING MIDAS

  8. Who am I? 40,000 Points • The gods never forgave me for my sins • I tried to make up for them by completing 12 very difficult labors • I am said to be clever

  9. HERCULES

  10. Who am I? 48,972 Points • I helped invent the first lady out of clay • Zeus was pretty mad at me for stealing fire • I ended up chained to a cliff for eagles to peck at me

  11. PROMETHEUS

  12. Odysseus: 1,000 Points • What was the name of my ship?

  13. The Odyssey

  14. Odysseus: 5,000 Points • What war did my men and I win?

  15. The Trojan War

  16. Odysseus: 30,000 Points • How did I escape from the Cyclopes' cave?

  17. I escaped from the cave by hiding underneath a sheep on his way out.

  18. Odysseus: 40,000 • After I blinded the Cyclops, I made sure he knew my name before I left. Which of the following words could be used to describe me? • Playful • Curious • Arrogant • Cautious

  19. C. Arrogant

  20. Odysseus: 68,238 Points • My wife Penelope was as clever as I was. When others insisted she marry to name a new king, she said she would pick a husband as soon as she was done weaving. What did she do to delay the unwanted marriage?

  21. Penelope unpicked the weaving each night

  22. King Midas: 1,000 Points • I made a wish that everything I touched be turned to…

  23. Gold

  24. King Midas: 5,000 • There was a music contest between Apollo and Pan. I was a judge of the contest and voted for my friend even before listening to either musician. What could best describe me based on my actions? • A. Clever • B. Dishonest • C. Truthful • D. Lazy

  25. B. Dishonest

  26. King Midas: 30,000 • I was quite embarrassed by my awful donkey ears! What did I do in an attempt to hide my ears?

  27. I wore a hat to cover up my ears

  28. King Midas: 40,000 Points • When people or texts make an allusion to me, such as, “He’s got the Midas Touch,” what do they mean?

  29. Someone is lucky • Someone is wealthy • Everything that person does, he/she does well

  30. King Midas: 51,309 Points • At first, King Midas felt _________ when anything he touched turned to gold. But when his daughter touched him and she turned to gold, he then felt____________. • A. happy, excited • B. helpless, disappointed • C. ecstatic, unhappy • D. happy, rejected

  31. C. ecstatic, unhappy

  32. Pandora: 1,000 • I was made out of…

  33. Clay

  34. Pandora: 5,000 • When I opened the box, I let out many evils into the world. What were some of those evils? Name at least 3.

  35. Sickness • Death • Old Age • Disease • Fear • Misery • Jealousy

  36. Pandora: 30,000 • When I opened the box and let all the evils out into the world, what one item remained in the box?

  37. Hope

  38. Pandora: 40,000 • Who were my makers?

  39. Epimetheus and Prometheus

  40. Pandora: 42,510 • People now-a-days allude to my story by saying, “You’re opening a Pandora’s box!” What do they mean when saying this?

  41. To open a “Pandora’s Box” means: • To unleash evil into the world • To set yourself up for trouble • To let things get out of hand

  42. Hercules: 1,000 Points • In order to be forgiven of my sins, I had to complete 12 labors. What were the sins I needed to be forgiven for?

  43. Killing my family

  44. Hercules: 5,000 • I was tasked with the job of cleaning up gross animal dung. What did I do to make this job easier for myself? • A. I asked 3 friends to help • B. I created a dam to wash away the dung • C. I was not able to clean up the dung • D. I loaded the dung onto the backs of the animals and they carried it away

  45. B. I created a dam to wash away the dung.

  46. Hercules: 30,000 • How did Hercules kill the Hydra if every time he cut off one head, two more grew in its place?

  47. Whenever Hercules cut off one head, he singed (burned) it so a new one could not regrow.

  48. Hercules: 40,000 One of the tasks of Hercules was to bring fruit from the forbidden garden. How did Hercules accomplish this?

  49. Hercules asked the giant Atlas to get the fruit for him. He said he would hold up the sky for Atlas while he was gone.

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