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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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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? Category 1 – 30 points
How did Gaea react when Zeus banished the Titans to Tarterus? Category 1 – 40 points
Which monster is used to explain the existence of volcanoes? Category 1 – 50 points
What did Prometheus steal from Zeus and give to the humans? Category 2 – 10 points
How did humans change as a result of Prometheus’s gift? Category 2 – 20 points
How did the humans trick Zeus? Category 2 – 30 points
Why did Zeus send Pandora to live among the mortals? Category 2 – 40 points
What was contained in Pandora’s jar? Category 2 – 50 points
Who is the father of Perseus? Category 3 – 10 points
Which gods or goddesses helped Perseus succeed in his quest? Category 3 – 20 points
Why did King Acrisius lock Perseus and his mother in a chest and dump them in the sea? Category 3 – 30 points
What did Perseus have to bring to Polydectes as a wedding gift? Category 3 – 40 points
At the end of the Perseus and Medusa myth, how was the oracle’s prophecy fulfilled? Category 3 – 50 points
Why did Dionysus grant King Midas a wish? Category 4 – 10 points
What was the problem with what King Midas wished for? Category 4 – 20 points
Describe King Midas’s personality. Category 4 – 30 points
What happened to King Midas’s daughter as a result of his wish? Category 4 – 40 points
Why did Apollo give King Midas donkey ears? Category 4 – 50 points
Name two challenges Theseus faced on his way to Athens to see his father? Category 5 – 10 points
How did Daedalus and Icarus escape from prision? Category 5 – 20 points
What promise did Theseus make to his father? Category 5 – 30 points
Who helped Theseus escape the labyrinth? Category 5 – 40 points
Why did King Aegeus drown himself in the sea? Category 5 – 50 points
