The Odyssey (1997 miniseries)

The Odyssey (1997 miniseries) - Quiz

1. Which company provided the creature effects for the miniseries?

A) Weta Digital
B) Stan Winston Studio
C) Jim Henson's Creature Shop
D) Industrial Light & Magic

2. What type of animal was the talking animatronic creature roasting on a spit?

A) Sheep
B) Ox
C) Pig
D) Goat

3. Which creature's effect was created using CGI?

A) Scylla
B) Laocoön
C) Polyphemus
D) Sea slug

4. What type of puppet was used for the sea slug-like sea monster?

A) Rod puppet
B) Hand puppet
C) Shadow puppet
D) Marionette

5. Which character was devoured by the sea slug-like sea monster?

A) Polyphemus
B) Laocoön
C) Odysseus
D) Telemachus

6. Which character had a full-bodied version created as a creature effect?

A) Polyphemus
B) Poseidon
C) Zeus
D) Scylla

7. Which later miniseries reused the boat from The Odyssey?

A) Hercules
B) The 10th Kingdom
C) Jason and the Argonauts
D) Merlin

8. What is the MPAA rating of the film?

A) R
B) TV-14
C) PG-13
D) PG

9. For what reason did the MPAA rate the film PG-13?

A) Language and mild peril
B) Drug use and frightening images
C) Nudity and intense gore
D) Violent sequences and some sensuality

10. What rating does The Odyssey hold on Rotten Tomatoes?

A) 79%
B) 88%
C) 92%
D) 65%

11. How many reviews were counted for the Rotten Tomatoes rating?

A) 12 reviews
B) 48 reviews
C) 100 reviews
D) 24 reviews

12. Where does Odysseus find Tiresias in the Underworld?

A) Plains of Elysium
B) Mount Olympus
C) River Styx
D) Isle of Calypso

13. What animal does Odysseus sacrifice into the River Styx?

A) A ram
B) A goat
C) A lamb
D) A bull

14. How did Odysseus' mother Anticlea die?

A) A severe illness
B) Killed by the suitors
C) Suicide from the pain of losing her son
D) Old age

15. Whose burial shroud is Penelope weaving and unpicking?

A) Tiresias
B) Telemachus
C) Anticlea
D) Laertes

16. Who learns the truth about Penelope's shroud from Melanthe?

A) Antinous
B) Anticlus
C) Eurymachus
D) Menelaus

17. Which handmaiden does Eurymachus seduce?

A) Melanthe
B) Nausicaa
C) Calypso
D) Anticlea

18. How many of Odysseus' crew are devoured by Scylla?

A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) Five

19. Which monster destroys Odysseus' boat?

A) Poseidon
B) Scylla
C) Charybdis
D) Hermes

20. Name one of the survivors separated from Odysseus after the boat is destroyed.

A) Laertes
B) Antinous
C) Eurymachus
D) Anticlus

21. How long does Calypso force Odysseus to stay with her?

A) One year
B) Ten years
C) Five years
D) Two years

22. Where does Athena instruct Telemachus to sail to find out about his father's fate?

A) Athens
B) Sparta
C) Troy
D) Crete

23. Who tells Telemachus he believes Odysseus to be dead?

A) Hermes
B) Agamemnon
C) Nestor
D) Menelaus

24. Who orders Calypso to release Odysseus?

A) Poseidon
B) Athena
C) Zeus
D) Hermes

25. Which god confronts Odysseus in a fierce storm while he is sailing home on a raft?

A) Hades
B) Apollo
C) Ares
D) Poseidon

26. Who finds the unconscious Odysseus the morning after the storm?

A) Phaeacian girls
B) Suitors from Ithaca
C) Menelaus and his guards
D) Telemachus and Athena

27. Which princess does the party of girls serve?

A) Melanthe
B) Calypso
C) Nausicaa
D) Anticlea

28. What disguise does Athena give Odysseus when he arrives at his former home?

A) A ragged peasant
B) An old merchant
C) A blind beggar
D) A wealthy prince

29. Who does Odysseus survive a confrontation with before reuniting with his father?

A) Eurymachus
B) Antinous
C) Hermes
D) Menelaus

30. In what year was the miniseries The Odyssey released?

A) 1997
B) 1995
C) 1999
D) 2001

31. Which ancient epic poem is the miniseries based on?

A) The Aeneid by Virgil
B) The Epic of Gilgamesh
C) The Iliad by Homer
D) The Odyssey by Homer

32. Who directed the 1997 miniseries The Odyssey?

A) Steven Spielberg
B) George Lucas
C) Ridley Scott
D) Andrei Konchalovsky

33. Which network originally broadcast The Odyssey beginning on May 18, 1997?

A) HBO
B) NBC
C) CBS
D) ABC

34. Which actor plays the lead role of Odysseus?

A) Jeroen Krabbé
B) Christopher Lee
C) Armand Assante
D) Eric Roberts

35. What award did the series win at the 49th Primetime Emmy Awards?

A) Outstanding Costume Design
B) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special
C) Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special
D) Outstanding Miniseries

36. Who calls Odysseus to service in the Trojan War?

A) Agamemnon
B) Menelaus
C) Achilles
D) Nestor

37. What is the name of Odysseus and Penelope's son?

A) Laocoon
B) Telemachus
C) Achilles
D) Polyphemus

38. Which legendary hero is killed during the Trojan War?

A) Achilles
B) Ajax
C) Patroclus
D) Hector

39. What object does Odysseus use to sneak inside and conquer Troy?

A) A disguised merchant ship
B) A secret tunnel
C) A giant wooden horse
D) A wooden tower

40. Who tries to warn the Trojans about the wooden horse before being devoured by a sea monster?

A) Tiresias
B) Laocoon
C) Telemachus
D) Agamemnon

41. What false name does Odysseus give to the Cyclops Polyphemus?

A) No one
B) Stranger
C) Nobody
D) Ares

42. How do Odysseus and his men escape from the cave of Polyphemus?

A) By digging through the cave wall
B) By waiting for the gods to rescue them
C) By hiding under sheep skins
D) By disguising themselves as cyclopes

43. Who gives Odysseus a bag of winds to help him get home?

A) Zeus
B) Poseidon
C) Aeolus
D) Hermes

44. What do Odysseus' crew believe is inside the bag of winds?

A) More wine
B) Valuable treasure
C) Poisonous gas
D) Magical weapons

45. What does the beautiful witch Circe transform Odysseus' crew into?

A) Wild animals
B) Birds
C) Stone statues
D) Pigs only

46. What plant does Hermes instruct Odysseus to use to protect himself against Circe?

A) Lotus
B) Moly
C) Wolfsbane
D) Ambrosia

47. Who does Circe tell Odysseus he must consult to guide him home?

A) Laocoon
B) Agamemnon
C) Tiresias
D) Aeolus

48. Where does Odysseus have to travel to find the long-dead Tiresias?

A) Mount Olympus
B) The Island of the Sun
C) The Underworld
D) The Cave of the Nymphs

49. Who appears at the palace in Ithaca hoping to marry Penelope while Odysseus is away?

A) Local merchants
B) Foreign kings
C) Lost soldiers
D) Several suitors

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