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1. Which character from classical Greek mythology was so doomed that he managed to marry his own mother?
2. Thinking himself invulnerable, this character from Norse mythology allowed himself to be used by the gods for archery practice.
3. The beautiful lady Kaguya was unlucky in love - but not as unlucky as the various idiots who asked for her hand in marriage. One, the great warrior, Otomo, bravely slew a fearsome dragon to obtain a priceless jewel. Unfortunately, he was standing under the dragon at the time, and was crushed to death. From which country does this tale of high passions and low IQ come?
4. The Mangai was a hideously ugly, and very stupid, monster from Mongolian folklore. Which of the following is not the name of one of the sisters from the Mangai's story?
5. In Roman mythology, Jupiter (the head of the gods) was almost eaten by his own father as a child. Fortunately, his mother saved him, by giving the father a rock to eat instead. Amazingly, this worked. What was the gastronomically challenged father's name?
6. In Judeo-Christian tradition, Jacob pretended to be his own brother to get his father's blessing in place of his brother. His astonishingly unconvincing disguise (putting furs on his wrists to simulate his brother's hairy arms) managed to fool the boys' blind father. Can you name the brother?
7. The Egyptian god Osiris was tricked by his evil brother into stepping into a golden coffin, which was promptly thrown into a river. Obviously it's the sort of mistake anyone could make. Name the brother.
8. Chief idiots in one South or Central American mythology were the Xibalba Death Lords. These lords allowed themselves to be sacrificed and dismembered, provided their killers promised to revive them. Surprise, surprise, they didn't. From which culture does this myth come?
9. In Arthurian legend, the knight Galahad was conceived when another knight spent the night with Galahad's mother, Elaine, thinking that Elaine was Queen Guinevere. Who was Galahad's father?
10. Finally, back to Greek myth (which has all the best idiots). Which of the following is not a disguise which Zeus used to seduce an unsuspecting woman?
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