The Odyssey (1997 miniseries)

The Odyssey (1997 miniseries) - Quiz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Odysseus
C) Laocoön
D) Telemachus

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

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

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

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

8. What is the MPAA rating of the film?

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

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

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

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) 24 reviews
C) 100 reviews
D) 48 reviews

12. Where does Odysseus find Tiresias in the Underworld?

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

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

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

14. How did Odysseus' mother Anticlea die?

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

15. Whose burial shroud is Penelope weaving and unpicking?

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

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

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

17. Which handmaiden does Eurymachus seduce?

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

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

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

19. Which monster destroys Odysseus' boat?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Who orders Calypso to release Odysseus?

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

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

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

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

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

27. Which princess does the party of girls serve?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. Who directed the 1997 miniseries The Odyssey?

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

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

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

34. Which actor plays the lead role of Odysseus?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) A giant wooden horse
B) A secret tunnel
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) Laocoon
B) Telemachus
C) Tiresias
D) Agamemnon

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

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

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 hiding under sheep skins
D) By digging through the cave wall

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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