This kind of folklore has lesson or moral for the reader (or listener).
What is a fable?
100
He conspired with his mother to feed his father a drink of mustard, salt, and nectar. This concoction caused his father to vomit up a rock and his siblings.
Who is Zeus?
100
This man cursed Apollo for wasting light on the poor.
Who is Midas?
100
Sometimes the mountains still explode in fire and the earth still quakes, which may explain what happened to these powerful beings.
Who are Cronos and his Titans? (or just Titans)
100
Turned into a spider.
How did Athene punish Arachne for being arrogant?
200
Myths often explain these.
Must get 3 of 4 correct responses.
What are beliefs, customs, acceptable/unacceptable behavior, or mysterious natural phenomena?
200
She is the queen of intriguers and could always outwit her unfaithful husband.
Who is Hera?
200
He built a wife out of marble.
Who is Pygmalion?
200
While Poseidon was making things to impress Demeter, he created these.
What are the camel, the zebra, the hippopotamus, the giraffe, the donkey, and horses?
200
Bound to a mountain peak with great chains forged by Haphaestus, so two vultures could torment him forever by tearing at his belly and eating his liver.
How did Zeus punish Prometheus for giving fire to people?
300
She said, "...for the months you spend with that scoundrel, no grass will grow, no flowers blow, no trees will bear. So long as you are below, there will be desolation everywhere."
Who is Demeter?
300
She caused her father a splitting headache.
Who is Athene?
300
A barber couldn't keep a secret, especially a secret so mischievous. Rather that tell a person, he did this instead.
Bonus 100 points: What was the secret?
What is dig a little hole, put his mouth into it, and whisper?
Bonus 100 points: That Midas has donkey ears. ( :
300
Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds. Because of this she must spend six months of the year with Hades, which explains this.
What are the seasons? or
Why summer and winter are the way they are? or
What is summer and winter?
300
Took her voice so that she can only repeat the last part of what someone else says.
How did Hera punish Echo for lying?
400
King Minos would not let Daedalus leave because he know this secret.
What is the way out of the labyrinth and its purpose?
400
Because of a rivalry between their patron god and this god, Athenians had to be careful when they went to sea, and were often unfortunate in naval battles.
Who is Poseidon?
400
Borne by the west wind, these women arrived in the courtyard, windblown and bewildered.
Who are Psyche's three sisters?
400
She is the owl and wanders the woods look for this guy calling "who...? who...?"
Who is Psyche and Eros? or
Who is Psyche looking for Eros?
400
"He looked down upon the earth and saw a grievous sight. Nothing grew. The fields were blasted and parched. Trees were stripped of leaves, standing blighted, with the blazing sun beating down...The people were staving; the cattle had nothing to eat; the game could find nothing and had fled. And a great wailing and lamentation arose as the people lifted their faces to Olympus and prayed..."
How did Demeter punish Zeus for not listening (trading Persephone for a new lightning bolt)?
500
The rule Apollo gives one of his sons.
What is keep the middle way?
500
He enjoyed the gossip of the "kindly ones."
Who is Hades?
500
The women of Cyprus gathered into the temple of Aphrodite and prayed for this.
What is make Pygmalion fall in love with a girl?
500
These weep tears of yellow sap and were once human.
What are poplar trees?
500
Made him fall in love with someone who cannot return his love-and will forever desire and never achieve.
How did Aphrodite punish Narcissus for betraying the love of Echo?