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The Odyssey (1997 miniseries) - Quiz
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  • 1. Which company provided the creature effects for the miniseries?
A) Jim Henson's Creature Shop
B) Weta Digital
C) Stan Winston Studio
D) Industrial Light & Magic
  • 2. What type of animal was the talking animatronic creature roasting on a spit?
A) Goat
B) Sheep
C) Pig
D) Ox
  • 3. Which creature's effect was created using CGI?
A) Sea slug
B) Polyphemus
C) Laocoön
D) Scylla
  • 4. What type of puppet was used for the sea slug-like sea monster?
A) Rod puppet
B) Hand puppet
C) Marionette
D) Shadow puppet
  • 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) Poseidon
B) Zeus
C) Scylla
D) Polyphemus
  • 7. Which later miniseries reused the boat from The Odyssey?
A) Hercules
B) Jason and the Argonauts
C) Merlin
D) The 10th Kingdom
  • 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) Nudity and intense gore
B) Violent sequences and some sensuality
C) Drug use and frightening images
D) Language and mild peril
  • 10. What rating does The Odyssey hold on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 79%
B) 65%
C) 88%
D) 92%
  • 11. How many reviews were counted for the Rotten Tomatoes rating?
A) 48 reviews
B) 24 reviews
C) 12 reviews
D) 100 reviews
  • 12. Where does Odysseus find Tiresias in the Underworld?
A) Isle of Calypso
B) River Styx
C) Mount Olympus
D) Plains of Elysium
  • 13. What animal does Odysseus sacrifice into the River Styx?
A) A goat
B) A lamb
C) A bull
D) A ram
  • 14. How did Odysseus' mother Anticlea die?
A) Killed by the suitors
B) A severe illness
C) Old age
D) Suicide from the pain of losing her son
  • 15. Whose burial shroud is Penelope weaving and unpicking?
A) Tiresias
B) Anticlea
C) Telemachus
D) Laertes
  • 16. Who learns the truth about Penelope's shroud from Melanthe?
A) Anticlus
B) Antinous
C) Eurymachus
D) Menelaus
  • 17. Which handmaiden does Eurymachus seduce?
A) Nausicaa
B) Anticlea
C) Melanthe
D) Calypso
  • 18. How many of Odysseus' crew are devoured by Scylla?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Five
D) Two
  • 19. Which monster destroys Odysseus' boat?
A) Scylla
B) Poseidon
C) Hermes
D) Charybdis
  • 20. Name one of the survivors separated from Odysseus after the boat is destroyed.
A) Anticlus
B) Antinous
C) Eurymachus
D) Laertes
  • 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) Troy
B) Athens
C) Sparta
D) Crete
  • 23. Who tells Telemachus he believes Odysseus to be dead?
A) Hermes
B) Nestor
C) Menelaus
D) Agamemnon
  • 24. Who orders Calypso to release Odysseus?
A) Hermes
B) Athena
C) Poseidon
D) Zeus
  • 25. Which god confronts Odysseus in a fierce storm while he is sailing home on a raft?
A) Ares
B) Apollo
C) Poseidon
D) Hades
  • 26. Who finds the unconscious Odysseus the morning after the storm?
A) Telemachus and Athena
B) Menelaus and his guards
C) Phaeacian girls
D) Suitors from Ithaca
  • 27. Which princess does the party of girls serve?
A) Melanthe
B) Anticlea
C) Nausicaa
D) Calypso
  • 28. What disguise does Athena give Odysseus when he arrives at his former home?
A) A blind beggar
B) An old merchant
C) A wealthy prince
D) A ragged peasant
  • 29. Who does Odysseus survive a confrontation with before reuniting with his father?
A) Hermes
B) Eurymachus
C) Antinous
D) Menelaus
  • 30. In what year was the miniseries The Odyssey released?
A) 2001
B) 1995
C) 1999
D) 1997
  • 31. Which ancient epic poem is the miniseries based on?
A) The Aeneid by Virgil
B) The Iliad by Homer
C) The Odyssey by Homer
D) The Epic of Gilgamesh
  • 32. Who directed the 1997 miniseries The Odyssey?
A) Steven Spielberg
B) Andrei Konchalovsky
C) Ridley Scott
D) George Lucas
  • 33. Which network originally broadcast The Odyssey beginning on May 18, 1997?
A) NBC
B) HBO
C) CBS
D) ABC
  • 34. Which actor plays the lead role of Odysseus?
A) Armand Assante
B) Eric Roberts
C) Jeroen Krabbé
D) Christopher Lee
  • 35. What award did the series win at the 49th Primetime Emmy Awards?
A) Outstanding Miniseries
B) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special
C) Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special
D) Outstanding Costume Design
  • 36. Who calls Odysseus to service in the Trojan War?
A) Menelaus
B) Agamemnon
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) Hector
B) Achilles
C) Patroclus
D) Ajax
  • 39. What object does Odysseus use to sneak inside and conquer Troy?
A) A secret tunnel
B) A giant wooden horse
C) A wooden tower
D) A disguised merchant ship
  • 40. Who tries to warn the Trojans about the wooden horse before being devoured by a sea monster?
A) Telemachus
B) Laocoon
C) Tiresias
D) Agamemnon
  • 41. What false name does Odysseus give to the Cyclops Polyphemus?
A) Stranger
B) No one
C) Nobody
D) Ares
  • 42. How do Odysseus and his men escape from the cave of Polyphemus?
A) By waiting for the gods to rescue them
B) By disguising themselves as cyclopes
C) By digging through the cave wall
D) By hiding under sheep skins
  • 43. Who gives Odysseus a bag of winds to help him get home?
A) Aeolus
B) Zeus
C) Poseidon
D) Hermes
  • 44. What do Odysseus' crew believe is inside the bag of winds?
A) Poisonous gas
B) Valuable treasure
C) More wine
D) Magical weapons
  • 45. What does the beautiful witch Circe transform Odysseus' crew into?
A) Stone statues
B) Pigs only
C) Wild animals
D) Birds
  • 46. What plant does Hermes instruct Odysseus to use to protect himself against Circe?
A) Ambrosia
B) Moly
C) Wolfsbane
D) Lotus
  • 47. Who does Circe tell Odysseus he must consult to guide him home?
A) Laocoon
B) Aeolus
C) Agamemnon
D) Tiresias
  • 48. Where does Odysseus have to travel to find the long-dead Tiresias?
A) The Island of the Sun
B) Mount Olympus
C) The Cave of the Nymphs
D) The Underworld
  • 49. Who appears at the palace in Ithaca hoping to marry Penelope while Odysseus is away?
A) Local merchants
B) Lost soldiers
C) Several suitors
D) Foreign kings
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