The Odyssey Trivia 2026: 40 Questions and Answers

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Who is the writer-director of the 2026 epic film The Odyssey?
Answer: Christopher Nolan
Which actor plays the hero Odysseus in Nolan's 2026 film?
Answer: Matt Damon
On what date is The Odyssey (2026) scheduled to be released in cinemas?
Answer: 17 July 2026
The Odyssey (2026) is an adaptation of an epic poem attributed to which ancient poet?
Answer: Homer
The Odyssey is Christopher Nolan's first film since which Best Picture winner?
Answer: Oppenheimer
Which Oscar-winning actress plays Odysseus's wife Penelope in the 2026 film?
Answer: Anne Hathaway
Which studio is distributing Nolan's The Odyssey?
Answer: Universal Pictures
The Odyssey was heavily promoted as being shot using which large-format film system?
Answer: IMAX
Which composer, Nolan's collaborator on Tenet and Oppenheimer, scored The Odyssey?
Answer: Ludwig Göransson
Which 'Spider-Man' star joined the large ensemble cast of The Odyssey?
Answer: Tom Holland
Which 'Dune' actress is part of the cast of Nolan's The Odyssey?
Answer: Zendaya
Matt Damon previously played General Leslie Groves in which 2023 Nolan film?
Answer: Oppenheimer
Anne Hathaway had earlier starred for Nolan in which 2014 space epic?
Answer: Interstellar
Broadly, what genre is Nolan's The Odyssey described as?
Answer: Epic action adventure
Odysseus is the king of which Greek island, which he spends the poem trying to reach?
Answer: Ithaca
What is the name of Odysseus's wife, who waits faithfully for his return?
Answer: Penelope
What is the name of Odysseus and Penelope's son?
Answer: Telemachus
The Odyssey is considered a sequel to which other epic poem attributed to Homer?
Answer: The Iliad
Which war is Odysseus returning home from at the start of his ten-year journey?
Answer: The Trojan War
What kind of creature is Polyphemus, whom Odysseus blinds to escape his cave?
Answer: A one-eyed Cyclops
What false name does Odysseus give the Cyclops so no one comes to help him?
Answer: Nobody
Which god, father of the Cyclops, hounds Odysseus and keeps him from home?
Answer: Poseidon
Which goddess of wisdom is Odysseus's protector throughout the poem?
Answer: Athena
Which enchantress turns Odysseus's men into pigs on the island of Aeaea?
Answer: Circe
Which nymph keeps Odysseus on her island Ogygia for about seven years?
Answer: Calypso
To resist the Sirens' deadly song, Odysseus has his crew do what?
Answer: Plug their ears with beeswax
Odysseus must steer between two sea monsters — Charybdis the whirlpool and which six-headed beast?
Answer: Scylla
On one island, lotus-eating locals offer a fruit that makes Odysseus's men do what?
Answer: Forget about going home
How does Penelope delay choosing a new husband from her many suitors?
Answer: By weaving and secretly unravelling a shroud
How does Odysseus prove his identity to the suitors before defeating them?
Answer: By stringing his great bow and shooting an arrow through a row of twelve axes
Which loyal animal recognises the disguised Odysseus on his return and then dies?
Answer: His old dog, Argos
Penelope tests the returned Odysseus with a secret about their bed — what made it special?
Answer: It was built around a living olive tree and could not be moved
Roughly how many years is Odysseus away from Ithaca in total (war plus journey)?
Answer: Twenty years
In the underworld, which blind prophet does Odysseus consult about getting home?
Answer: Tiresias
Who is the king of the Greek gods, ruling from Mount Olympus?
Answer: Zeus
Which Greek god rules the underworld?
Answer: Hades
Which monster has snakes for hair and turns onlookers to stone?
Answer: Medusa
In Greek myth, who flew too close to the sun on wax wings and fell into the sea?
Answer: Icarus
Which Titan was punished for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans?
Answer: Prometheus
Which hero was famous for completing twelve labours, including slaying the Nemean lion?
Answer: Heracles