Great Floods in Mythology: Multiple Choice

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01In Greek mythology, who were the two survivors of the great flood sent by Zeus to punish humanity for its wickedness?
02According to Norse mythology, the first great flood was not water, but the blood of which slain primordial being?
03According to the Book of Genesis, what type of bird did Noah first send out from the Ark to see if the waters had receded?
04In the mythology of the Muisca people of Colombia, who was the hero who broke the rocks surrounding the Bogotá savanna to drain a great flood, creating the Tequendama Falls?
05In an Aztec flood myth, the god Tezcatlipoca warns a man and his wife, telling them to hollow out a cypress log to survive. What were their names?
06In the mythology of the Inca, which creator god caused a great flood, known as Unu Pachakuti, to destroy a race of giants he had made from stone?
07Which hospitable elderly couple in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' were saved from a flood by Jupiter and Mercury and had their cottage transformed into a temple?
08In Chinese mythology, which legendary hero is credited with controlling the Great Flood by digging canals to channel the water to the sea?
09In Hindu mythology, the god Vishnu appears in what form to warn the sage Manu of an impending flood and guide his ship?
10In the Epic of Gilgamesh, which immortal man tells the story of surviving a great flood sent by the gods?