The Odyssey Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. What does Odysseus give the Cyclops?
   Brandy
2. The "native bloom" that makes people forgetful of their homeland
   Lotus
3. Author of The Odyssey
   Homer
4. Odysseus's mom who he sees in the underworld
   Anticlea
5. God of the sea/earthquakes
   Poseidon
6. People who ambushed Odysseus's men on Ismarus
   Cicones
7. How long was the Trojan War?
   10 years
8. The gift Aeolus gives to Odysseus
   Bag of Wind
9. Calypso's Home
   Ogygia Isle
10. Another name for Helios
    Lord of Noon
11. The Trojan War was fought here
    Troy
12. Home of the Gods
    Olympus
13. Describe the exploits or quest of an epic hero
    Epic
14. Warns Odysseus about the sirens
    Circe
15. God of the Underworld
    Hades
16. God of the sky/weather
    Zeus
17. What Circe turned Odysseus's men into
    Swine
18. The "narrow strait" Tiresias says will take them through Poseidon's wrath
    Denial of yourself and restraint of shipmates
19. The animal that helped Odysseus escape the Cyclop's cave
    Ram
20. Convinced the men to eat the cattle
    Eurylochus
21. The nymph Odysseus lives with at the VERY end of his journey
    Calypso
22. A detailed comparison, using like or as, that is many lines in length
    Epic Simile
23. The Sun God
    Helios
24. Mother of the Cyclops
    Thoosa
25. The real name of Poseidon's son
    Polyphemus
26. How is Odysseus's ship destroyed?
    Lightning bolt from Zeus
27. Used as earplugs
    Beeswax
28. Ancient Greek value
    Honor the Gods
29. What quality is Odysseus famous for?
    Guile
30. Odysseus's fatal flaw
    Hubris
31. Sea monster who eats Odysseus's men
    Scylla
32. Where is Odysseus's home?
    Ithaca
33. "Sweet coupled airs we sing. No lonely seafarer holds clear of entering our green mirror"
    Sirens
34. "So let me tell her forecast: then we die with our eyes open"
    Odysseus
35. Fell off Circe's roof and died
    Elpenor
36. Eats several of Odysseus's men in a cave
    Cyclops
37. "If you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew"
    Tiresias
38. What is the name of the whirlpool?
    Charybdis
39. Gives Odysseus a ship to get home
    Alcinous
40. Goddess of wisdom and war
    Athena
41. Belief that hospitality is important - especially to strangers
    Xenia
42. Messenger to the Gods
    Hermes
43. Another term for cows
    Kine
44. How long was Odysseus away from home?
    20 years